{"id":3038,"date":"2016-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bonnier.com\/news\/harnessing-the-power-of-books-to-help\/"},"modified":"2016-07-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T00:00:00","slug":"harnessing-the-power-of-books-to-help","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.bonnier.com\/en\/news\/harnessing-the-power-of-books-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Harnessing the Power of Books to Help."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 1.05882em 0px 0px; font-size: 1.0625em; line-height: 1.41176; max-width: 530px; color: #423a34; font-family: georgia, serif;\">A total of 30,000 copies were sent to 50 refugee camps in December 2015, plus the stories were published digitally on Carlsen\u2019s website. Support has been strong, Dettke says, with thanks pouring in from volunteers, teachers and NGOs and employees are planning on visiting refugees\u2019 homes in Hamburg to personally give out the books. \u201cIt seems as if the special edition of Pixi books has been only the beginning,\u201d says Dettke.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.05882em 0px 0px; font-size: 1.0625em; line-height: 1.41176; max-width: 530px; color: #423a34; font-family: georgia, serif;\">Meanwhile, at&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #423a34; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;\" title=\"Bonnier Carlsen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bonniercarlsen.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bonnier Carlsen<\/a>, the Swedish children\u2019s book publisher also used its expertise in a separate initiative to show how it could support children arriving in the country from countries torn by conflict. Working together with one of its star author-illustrators, Stina Wirs\u00e9n and the book club&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #423a34; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out;\" title=\"Bonniers Bokklubb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bonniersbokklubb.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bonniers Bokklubb<\/a>&nbsp;in a cooperation with Save the Children, the publisher put out a special coloring book featuring Wirs\u00e9n\u2019s popular Brokiga characters. The coloring books, published in six languages \u2013 Swedish, English, Arabic, Dari, French, Farsi and Somali \u2013 were distributed in 1,000 packets along with Wirs\u00e9n\u2019s book&nbsp;<em>Titta!<\/em>&nbsp;(<em>Look!)<\/em>&nbsp;by Save the Children to refugee families recently arrived in Sweden. Bonniers Bokklubb members were also given a chance to \u201cbuy\u201d packages to be delivered by Save the Children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.05882em 0px 0px; font-size: 1.0625em; line-height: 1.41176; max-width: 530px; color: #423a34; font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5;\">As part of the initiative, Wirs\u00e9n also worked in special reading and coloring workshops at refugee residences. \u201cThe idea is that the children can draw more with the pictures and story I\u2019ve started,\u201d says Wirs\u00e9n. \u201cThey become co-creators of a story, a book they can read over and over again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.05882em 0px 0px; font-size: 1.0625em; line-height: 1.41176; max-width: 530px; color: #423a34; font-family: georgia, serif;\">The initiative is a long-term project, with plans to eventually include more books.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.05882em 0px 0px; font-size: 1.0625em; line-height: 1.41176; max-width: 530px; color: #423a34; font-family: georgia, serif;\">\u201cIt\u2019s so incredibly important to show these kids that they are welcome here,\u201d said Wirs\u00e9n in an interview published on Bonnier Carlsen\u2019s website. \u201cHopefully, they will stay here for a long time. They\u2019re our future, the ones who will be doing surgery on our eyes and taking care of children in our kindergartens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 30,000 copies were sent to 50 refugee camps in December 2015, plus the stories were published digitally on Carlsen\u2019s website. 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