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Bloomsbury Launches First Young Adult Book Guide in Mideast

Doha, January 07 (QNA) - Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has launched the new volume of its Golden Guide for Children's Books and the first ever Young Adult Golden Guide in the Middle East. Offering a handpicked selection of the best young adult titles in the Arabic market, the guides are a critical resource for librarians, parents and educators when choosing books for either the home or the classroom. By delivering top quality learning content for children and young adults in the Middle East, BQFP is supporting QF on its mission to preserve and develop the Arabic language in addition to promoting culture and education in the region. The launch and workshop took place earlier this week and were attended by librarians from preparatory and secondary independent schools across Qatar, who will now be able to stock their library shelves with top quality Arabic books in terms of content and production. In 2012, BQFP released its first volume of the Golden Guide for Children's Books, covering the best Arabic-language titles for ages 2 to 10 as an educational resource for parents and teachers. Filling a gap in the market, BQFP is now launching the first ever guide focused on young adult fiction for Arabic books covering ages 9 to 18 in order to help pre-teens and teenagers with their literary choices as they start reading more complex and thought-provoking material. The Young Adult Golden Guide includes over 200 titles from approximately 50 publishers, and listing the genres of novels, mysteries and science fiction, biographies, poetry, self-development, art and the world around us. (QNA)

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