We are celebrating the 10th birthday of "1001 languages on bilingual-picturebooks.org"!
Programme at the Bologna Book Fair

23.2.2026

We want to celebrate this birthday in style and where better to do so than at the International Children's Book Fair in Bologna. The Bologna Book Fair thought so too and is giving us a stand at the fair! We are incredibly excited and looking forward to our time in Bologna. We are in the middle of the preparations: We have set up the stand and will bring a book pirate atmosphere to Bologna with lots of wonderful sea chests and suitcases and characters from the 1001 Languages books.

The Bologna Book Fair will take place from 13 to 16 April 2026.
If you would like to come to the fair, you can find all the information on the Bologna Book Fair website.

Our fair programme // Out book fair schedule

Here is an overview of the programme at our booth (Hall 29, Booth E41):
Check out the programme at our booth (Hall 29, Booth E41):

1001 Languages:

• Why 1001 Languages? - An Insight into Language Loss and Multilingual Futures
  13. & 14.4. at 16:15 p.m. with Elisa Zerrer
• Growing up with 1001 languages - learning to understand linguistic diversity and experiencing self-efficacy from an early age
  13.,14. & 15.4. at 14:45 p.m. with Sophia Balke

Translate and Creative Writing with Children

• Join in and translate stories
  13., 14., & 15.4. at 10:15 a.m. and 16.4. at 10 a.m. with Elisa Zerrer
• Do Picturebook Workshops with Children - the Text-Workshop
  13.,14. & 15.4. at 11 a.m. and 16.4. at 11:30 a.m. with Martin Gries

Finding Stories:

• The Cat from Dog Street - A story from just around the corner
  13. & 15.4. at 11:45 a.m. with Lene Pochstein
• Professor Bang and a group of superdiverse children from Berlin
  13., 14. & 15.4. at 9:30 a.m. and 16.4. at 10:45 a.m. with Anne Hirschfelder
• The Importance of being Hopefull
  13. & 14.4. at 12:15 p.m. with Julia Chrosziel
• How Future Questions Meet the SDGs - A Global Children's Project
  14.4. at 17:00 p.m. and 15.5. at 13.30 p.m. with Martin Gries

Illustrating with Children

• Do Picturebook Workshops with Children - the Picture Workshop
  13.,14. & 15.4. at 15:30 p.m. and 16.4. at 12:15 a.m. with Martin Gries
• Children as Creative Partners: Reconnecting with the Heart of Picture Book Storytelling
  14.4. at 11:45 a.m. with Elena Prochnow

Multilingualism and Transnationality

• How Communities Use 1001 Languages to Revitalize Their Heritage - How Sarnami Enriches Childhood in Suriname
  13.4. at 13.30 p.m. and 15.4. at 17:00 p.m. with Martin Gries
• How Children Explore Future and SDGs - A Picturebook Journey Across Iran, Turkey and Germany
  13.4. at 17.00 p.m. and 14.4. at 13:30 p.m. with Martin Gries
• When Stories travel - a multilingual Reading
  13. & 15.4.at 14:15 p.m. with Elisa Zerrer

Inspiration - Working with books from 1001 languages

• 1001 Ways to Be Inspired: Stories from the Community
  13. & 15.4. at 12.45 p.m. and 16.4. at 9:15 a.m. with Anne Hirschfelder
• Create an audiobook
  14.4. at 14.15 p.m. and 15.4. at 12:15 a.m. with Elisa Zerrer

... and we are very delighted that Axel Scheffler will be visiting our stand for a signing session.

• Signing session with Axel Scheffler, creator of The Gruffalo
  15.4. at 16:00 p.m.

Become a supporter of the project! For another 10 years of "1001 Language." // Become a supporter of the project! For another 10 years of "1001 Language".

For our birthday, we would like 100 people to support us with 10 euros or more per month. With this donation, you will help to make the diversity of children's stories and languages visible. Are you with us? We look forward to seeing you and would like to thank you in advance!

For our birthday, we would like to have 100 people who support us with 10 euros or more per month. With this donation, you will help to make the diversity of children's stories and languages visible. Are you in? We look forward to having you on board and thank you in advance!

Yes, I would like to donate // Yes, I want to donate!