In 2012, the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) launched its Silent Books project in response to the large numbers of refugees from the Middle East and Africa on the island of Lampedusa, Italy. The first part of the project was to provide books to local and refugee children that could be read regardless of language. This led to the creation of the first library on Lampedusa. The second part of the project was to create collections of silent books. Over 100 books from 20 countries were collected from IBBY's national sections. One set was deposited at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, another at the library in Lampedusa, and another as part of a travelling exhibition. Since then, IBBY has created new collections of silent books biennially.[3]
IBBY Italia and IBBY Sweden have both produced guides for reading silent books.
Lampedusa collections
Individual books are nominated by IBBY's national sections, and the collections are displayed at IBBY congresses and at the annual Bologna Children's Book Fair.
Lampedusa collection 1 (2013)
110 books were nominated from 4 continents[4] Honour list:
Daniel Defoe & Ajubel, Robinson Crusoe, Media Vaca, 2008
Ara Jo, 로켓 보이 (The Rocket Boy), Hansol soo book, 2011
Charlotte Dematons, Holland op z'n moist (The most beautiful Holland) Leopold/Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Amsterdam, 2015
David Pintor, Barcelona (Barcelona), Kalandraka, Pontevedra, 2015
Marla Frazee, The farmer and the clown, Beach Lane Books, New York, 2014.
Lampedusa collection 4 (2019)
67 books were nominated from 16 countries[7] Honour list:
Ayesha AlBadi, Ah, it’s inflating!, AlFulk, United Arab Emirates 2018
Marta Bartolj, Kje Si? (Where are you?), Miš založba, Dob 2018
Ilan Brenman, Guilherme Karsten, Engaños (Tricks), V&R Editoras, Buenos Aires/Ciudad de México 2017 (ed. or. Melhoramentos, Brasil 2015)
Jorge Campos, Alter-Nativo (Alter-Native), Aira Editorial, Baixo 2017
Icinori, E poi, Orecchio Acerbo, Roma 2018 (ed.or. Albin Michel Jeunesse, Paris 2018)
Eva Lindström, Limpan är sugen (Sizzler is peckish), En bok för alla, Stockholm 2017
Sven Nordqvist, Hundpromenaden (The Dog Walk), Opal, Bromma 2018
Nazli Tahvili, Chalk Eagle, Tiny Owl, London 2018
Judith Vanistendael, Blokje om (Round the block), Querido Kinderboeken, Amsterdam 2018
Geert Vervaeke, Tierendium. Een kijk-en zoekboek (Zoo. A search-and-find book), Lannoo, Tielt
Menzione Speciale Palazzo Delle Esposizioni:
Sassafras de Bruyn, De jager en zijn hond: een wonderlijke reis door de wereld van Bruegel (The Hunter and his Dog – A journey through the wonderous world of Bruegel), Lannoo, Tielt, 2018
Menzione Speciale Amnesty International:
Ji Hyeon Lee, La porta (The door), Orecchio Acerbo, Roma 2018 [originally Iyagikot Publishing, Seoul 2017]
Lampedusa collection 5 (2021)
76 books were nominated from 22 countries[8] Honour list 2021:
Stedho (Steven Dhondt), Daan Quichot: De spaghetti van opa Pier (Daan Quichot: Grandpa Pier's spaghetti), Baeckens Books, Mechelen, 2019 (Belgium)
Peter Van den Ende, Zwerveling (The wanderer), Lannoo, Tielt, 2020 (Belgium)
Cécile Gariép, Objet perdu (Lost object), Les Éditions de la Pastèque, Montreal, 2019 (Canada)
Kinga Rofusz, Otthon (Home), Vivandra books, Budapest, 2018 (Hungary)
Javier Sáez-Castán & Manuel Marsol, Museum, Orecchio acerbo, Rome, 2019 (Italy)
Group Mokomoko, Sanbiki no kobuta (The three little pigs: cloth picture book), Group Mokomoko, Tokyo, 2020 (Japan)
Deok-Kyu Choi, 커다란 손 (Father big hands), YUNedition, Goyang, 2020 (Korea)
Jeon Mihwa, 그러던 어느 날 (Then one day), Munhakdongne Publishing Group, Seoul, 2019 (Korea)
Rajendra Bhakta Joshi & Binita Buddhacharya, चङ्गा (Kite), Nepalese Society for Children's Literature, Kathmandu, 2020 (Nepal)
Ram Kumar Pande & Dev Koimee, नेपाल र यती (Nepaland Yati), Nepalese Society for Children's Literature, Kathmandu, 2020 (Nepal)
Yanik Coat, Aleph, Gecko Press, Wellington, 2018 (orig. Albin Michel, Paris 2017) (New Zealand)
Karin Cyren, Maraton, Lilla Piratförlaget, Stockholm, 2019 (Sweden)
Albertine, Séraphine: l’anniversaire (Séraphine: the birthday), La Joie de lire, Geneva, 2020 (Switzerland)
Mies van Hout, Guck-Guck! Dreieckig (Peekaboo! Triangle), Aracari Verlag, Zurich, 2018 (Switzerland)
Mies van Hout, Guck-Guck! Viereckig (Peekaboo! Rectangle), Aracari Verlag, Zurich, 2018 (Switzerland)
Mies van Hout, Guck-Guck! Rund (Peekaboo! Round), Aracari Verlag, Zurich, 2018 (Switzerland)
Lampedusa collection 6 (2023)
70 books were nominated from 22 countries[9] Honour list:
Freya Blackwood, The Boy and the Elephant, HarperCollins, Sydney, 2021 (Australia),
Ruth Ohi, Blanket, Groundwood, Toronto 2022 (Canada)
Rafael Yockteng, Jairo Buitrago, Ugh! Un relato del Pleistoceno, Babel Libros, Colombia 2022 (Colombia)
Óscar Pantoja, Flor Capella, Cazucá, Rey Naranjo, Bogotà 2020 (Colombia)
Kati Närhi, Kadoksissa, Capuchina kustannus, Finland 2022 (Finland)
Benjamin Gottwald, Spinne spielt Klavier, Carlsen Verlag Gmbh, Hamburg 2022 (Germany)
Jeugov, Il fiore ritrovato, Topipittori, Milano 2022 (Italy)
Lee Myung-ae, 휴가 (Vacation), Kidari publishing.co, Republic of Korea 2021 (Republic of Korea)
Renske Gerstel, Rondo, Uitgeverij De Harmonie, Amsterdam 2021 (Netherlands)
Fran Parreño, (idea Gonçal López-Pampló), On va aquesta gent, Animallibres, Barcelona 2021 (Spain, OEPLI Organización Española para el Libro Infantil y Juvenil)
Futuro Anteriore:
Elena Safonova, Река, Albus corvus, Mosca 2021.
Topor, I Masochisti, Vanvere edizioni, Roma 2022.
Pino Tovaglia, Una storia lunga come, Lazy Dog, Milano 2022
Menzione Speciale Palazzo Delle Esposizioni:
Katsumi Komagata, Moon Phase, One Stroke, Tokyo 2019
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Dipacho, Antonia va al río, Cataplum Libros, Bogotà 2019
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