ウィンメルブックってなんですか？
What is Wimmelbook?
ウィンメルブック(WIMMELBUCH:独)とは、スイスやドイツのドイツ語圏で昔から親しまれてきた絵本文化の一つです。大判で文字がなく、たくさんの登場人物たちがページいっぱいに描かれ、絵本を開くたびに新たな発見があり、さまざまな物語を連想させる描写が読者の主体性や想像力を育んでくれる楽しい絵本です。公園、動物園、街、工場、学校など、子ども達に馴染みのある場所を舞台に描かれており、最近では実在する場所を街や施設を描いたウィンメルブックが増えています。
この"読み聞かせない"絵本は、子ども達が自らが物語の語り手となって発言する機会を与えてくれるので、スイスなどでは各家庭や幼稚園にも必ずある教育的役割を担った絵本でもあります。
セノアトリエでは、数あるWIMMELBUCHの中でも、実在の場所を舞台に描かれたものに着目し、子どもたちの主体性を養うのはもちろんのこと、地域への関心を育み、地域コミュニティの再生や活性化のツールとしての価値にも注目し、「こどもと街が絵本でつながる」をコンセプトにウィンメルブックを手掛けています。
WIMMELBUCH (German) is a picture book culture that has been popular in German-speaking countries such as Switzerland and Germany for a long time. This is a fun picture book that is large in size, has no text, and has many characters drawn on every page, making new discoveries every time you open the picture book.The illustrations, which are reminiscent of various stories, foster the reader's independence and imagination. The stories are set in places that children are familiar with, such as parks, zoos, towns, factories, and schools, and recently there has been an increase in the number of Wimmel books depicting towns and facilities in real places.
These "unreadable" picture books give children the opportunity to become the narrators of the story themselves and have their say, so in Switzerland and elsewhere, picture books have played an essential educational role in every home and kindergarten.
Among the many WIMMELBUCHs, Seno Atelier focuses on those drawn in real places, and not only cultivates children's independence, but also cultivates interest in the local area and revitalizes and revitalizes the local community. Focusing on its value as a tool, we are developing Wimmelbook with the concept of "connecting children and the city through picture books".