The White Ravens is a catalog published annually in English by the International Youth Library as a recommendation list for international children's and youth literature. The most recent White Ravens catalog is presented each year in October at the Frankfurt Book Fair and the following spring at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. The first catalog was issued in 1986.
9-507: From the large quantity of the review and donation copies, which the library receives from publishing houses, institutions, organizations and other friends of the library, the language specialists ( lektors ) select 200 new releases from over 40 countries in more than 30 languages. The White Raven label is given to books which are chosen "based on the universal relevance of the themes they address, their literary and pictorial qualities, or their innovative approaches or design." Each title listed in
18-552: The attributes were partially reversed or lost. Appendant to these figures the " Man of Sorrows " and the distinguished "Mother of God" (Blutenburger Madonna) were erected in the choir on crest consoles that match those of the apostles. Since 1983 the International Youth Library ( Internationale Jugendbibliothek ) has been housed in Blutenburg Castle. The Blutenburg concerts are well known. Near
27-546: The banks of river Würm . The castle was built between two arms of the River Würm for Duke Albert III, Duke of Bavaria in 1438–39 as a hunting-lodge, replacing an older castle burned down in war. The origin of this castle is a moated castle of the 13th century. The core of this castle was a residential tower, the remains of which were uncovered in 1981. The fortress was first mentioned in writing only in 1432. Albert's son, Duke Sigismund of Bavaria , ordered extensions of
36-476: The castle beginning in 1488 and later died here in 1501. The main building became derelict during the Thirty Years War , but was rebuilt in 1680–81. The castle is still surrounded by a ring wall with three towers and a gate tower. The defensive character of the castle was significantly reduced by reconstruction in 17th century because the plant was no longer defensible. Sigismund of Bavaria also ordered
45-578: The castle, a memorial by the sculptor Hubertus von Pilgrim was set up to remember the thousands of victims of the death march that the prisoners of the Dachau concentration camp were forced to go on. This memorial is one of 22 identical sculptures erected along the routes of the death marches. In 2013 at the Blutenburg Castle there was erected the Sculpture of Agnes Bernauer with Albert III, Duke of Bavaria by Joseph Michael Neustifter . The memorial
54-459: The catalog is briefly described with a short annotation and several keywords that capture content and genre, as well as a notation for suggested reader age level. The catalogs contain a name index, subject index and reading age index. In earlier editions, identification symbols for "Special Mentions", for books found to contribute to intercultural communication, and for easy-to-read texts were added to some annotations. An online database of titles in
63-600: The catalogs from 2012 to the current year is hosted on the website of the IYL. It includes an advanced search facility by catalog year. Beginning in 2010 the International Youth Library has organised a biennial week-long programme of readings and book-related events by invited authors and illustrators from Germany and countries around the world. These take place on the grounds of Blutenburg Castle as well as in schools, libraries and cultural venues throughout
72-532: The construction of the palace chapel, a splendid masterpiece of late Gothic style which still has preserved its stained-glass windows, along with the altars with three paintings created in 1491 by Jan Polack . The cycle of the statues of the apostles on the side walls was built around 1490/95. The executive master is controversial, which is why the statues are assigned to the "Master of the Blutenburg apostles." The apostles can not always be clearly identified as
81-546: The state of Bavaria . The guest authors have often won awards in their home countries, even if their works have not been selected for presentation in the White Ravens catalog. The 7th White Ravens Festival was held in July 2023 and included a programme of 13 authors performing multiple readings at over 60 venues. Blutenburg Castle Blutenburg Castle is an old ducal country seat in the west of Munich , Germany , on
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