DUSHANBE, April 3, 2010, Asia-Plus — A Week of Children’s Book is ongoing in Tajikistan.
Dedicated to International Children’s Book Day (ICBD), the event that started on April 2 and runs through April 8 has been held in Tajikistan since 2007 in the framework of the Culture Development Program.
The event program include the festival of children’s book and seminar on this subject. Children aged 3 to 16 from all regions of the country are participating in this event. Exhibitions of children’s books by Tajik poets and writers published since 1991, when Tajikistan gained independence, have been organized at all libraries across the country.
Sharif Toshev, Director of Tajik National Public Library named after Abulqosim Firdavsi, says the main objective of the event is to inspire a love of reading.
International Children”s Book Day (ICBD) has been celebrated since 1967, on or around Hans Christian Andersen”s birthday, April 2. International Children’s Book Day is dedicated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children”s books.
