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🌎 reading international children's books for
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Avery Udagawa
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Translators recommend
#kidlit
translations at
@wwborders.bsky.social
!
#translation
#scbwitranslation
#worldkidlitmonth
#xl8
@bookishruth.bsky.social
@jasmine-hongyu.bsky.social
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World Kid Lit Month 2025: Fall Picks for All Ages - Words Without Borders
Celebrate #WorldKidLitMonth with thirteen new children's and YA books in translation, from Colombia, the Netherlands, South Korea, and more.
https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2025-09/world-kid-lit-month-2025-fall-picks-for-all-ages/
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Paula Holmes
3 months ago
Tucking in BILLIE AND BEAN AT THE BEACH by Julia Hansson tr by
@bjwoodstein.bsky.social
into a gift bundle ❤️ love this PB adventure series from
@orcabook.bsky.social
that includes BILLIE AND BEAN IN THE CITY & BILLIE AND BEAN IN THE MOUNTAINS perfect for encouraging new adventures
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World Literature Today
3 months ago
For
#WorldKidLitMonth
, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp reviews four middle-grade novels and a picture book—from five continents. Enjoy this globe-trotting tour in our September issue.
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3 months ago
It’s that time of year again: San Diego Comic Con! Four 2025
#Eisner-Nominated
Graphic Novels on the blog today 📖 have a read all about them
#WorldKidLitMonth
#kidlit
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Four 2025 Eisner-Nominated Graphic Novels
By Nanette McGuinness It’s that time of year again: San Diego Comic Con! For those who may not know, San Diego Comic Con is a huge four-and-a-half day lollapalooza of an annual convention cel…
https://worldkidlit.org/2025/09/13/four-2025-eisner-nominated-graphic-novels/
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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈)
3 months ago
For
#WorldKidLitMonth
- a trip to Nigeria. Well, a few trips to Nigeria.
aotearoaworldofchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
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World Kid Lit Month: Bingo for 0-6: Africa
Baby books Written by Atinuke , illustrated by Angela Brooksbank . Walker Books UK, 2025. There are four books featuring Baby and thei...
https://aotearoaworldofchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/world-kid-lit-month-bingo-for-0-6-africa.html
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No Page Unturned Podcast
3 months ago
The paperback edition of Blood of the Old Kings by
@sung-il-kim.com
and translated by
@antonhur.com
is out today, so we are re-releasing our interview with them from last year. The cast loved the first book and found this interview to be a delight.
geeklyinc.com/off-the-book...
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Jewish Voice for Peace
3 months ago
This morning, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded that the Israeli government is committing genocide — affirming what Palestinians and experts have been saying for nearly two years.
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The Multilingual Library
3 months ago
Hello from your
#MultilingualLibrary
! Did you know it's
#WorldKidLitMonth
? Which
#books
are you reading & in which
#languages
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Avery Udagawa
3 months ago
My second
#WorldKidLitMonth
post at
#SCBWI
: The Blog. A look at taking translated
#kidlit
on a book tour! 🙏
@pageonem.bsky.social
,
@japansociety.org
,
@kalyanisaxena.bsky.social
,
@katemilford.bsky.social
,
@authorgracelin.bsky.social
,
@vromansbookstore.bsky.social
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
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World Kid Lit Month: Taking a Translation on Tour
We don’t often associate translated children’s books with book tours—or at least I didn’t, until going on tour this year! In New York at the...
http://scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/world-kid-lit-month-taking-translation.html
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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
3 months ago
Love seeing a trio of beautiful Eerdmans bird books in this post from
@qsprite.bsky.social
! Fly Like a Bird (on sale now), Home, and Plume!
#worldkidlitmonth
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Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves
about 1 year ago
As I've left the other social, thought I'd share our UKLA
#WorldKidLitMonth
reads. @sam_creighton shares Amazing Octopus-Michael Stavarič, illust-Michèle Ganser, transl-Oliver Latch @PushkinPress. Stunning illustrated insights into an amazing creature & celebration of interdependence of knowledge.
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Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves
about 1 year ago
#WorldKitLitMonth
#UKLAMember
@misshill_2018 recommends Cross My Heart And Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes a touching graphic novel all about navigating friendship and identity as you grow up. Wonderfully translated from Norwegian by Matt Bagguley @FarshoreBooks
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Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves
about 1 year ago
#WorldKidLitMonth
I recommend Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono, translated by Emily Balistrieri, illustrated by @Joetoddstanton @Puffin . A tale of a young witch trying to find her way in the world, accompanied by her clever cat Jiji.
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3 months ago
Fab diverse books that are perfect for
#WorldKidLitMonth
- taking readers to China, Vietnam, Thailand, Mexico, Colombia, Ghana, Palestine, Panama, Nigeria, the Philippines and more ...
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Gabby
3 months ago
ASTERIX FOREVER! I first read them in Spanish, translated from the French. I then read them here in English and found a whole different world of jokes and puns. Raising a glass 🥂 to translators and the magic they weave ✨✨✨
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Caz 💖💜💙
3 months ago
Great question! I really enjoyed Michael Ende's tortoise-based time-travelling adventure Momo:
www.penguin.co.uk/books/1109/m...
And another standout for me is The Flowing Queen (UK title) by Kai Meyer, which is quite unbelievably 20 years old!
www.fantasticfiction.com/m/kai-meyer/...
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Momo
At the edge of the city, in the ruins of an old amphitheatre, there lives a little homelss girl called Momo. Momo has a special talent which she uses to help all her friends who come to visit her. The...
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1109/momo-by-michael-ende-trans-j-maxwell-brownjohn/9780140317534
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3 months ago
We made a
#WorldKidLitMonth
starter pack! to help you find diverse & translated children's/YA books from around the globe World Kid Lit Month is the month to explore the world through international & globally inclusive children's books. Where will you travel by book?
go.bsky.app/BNqvNtU
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about 1 year ago
Looking for some Asian
#kidlit
books with feisty female protagonists?
@kellyzhang.bsky.social
has picked 3 must-reads for
#WorldKidLitMonth
! Have a look:
worldkidlit.org/2024/09/18/s...
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
about 1 year ago
Today we celebrate the start of Black History Month. This year's theme of reclaiming narratives is vital. To create a truly equal society, we have to be honest about the injustices our country was built on and remember the people who fought to overcome them
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistory
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Amjad Ali
about 1 year ago
Just updated my post and editable Assembly free for all to use for upcoming
#BlackHistoryMonth
- Check it out here-
www.trythisteaching.com/2020/09/bhm-...
I include links to further reading/resources and information! Image ref in link. This is good! Share&Repost pls.
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BHM 2024
Want to share an assembly with your students about what Black History Month is? Then click here!
https://www.trythisteaching.com/2020/09/bhm-2022/
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Jen Calleja
about 1 year ago
My first Substack, on writing residencies ✉️
open.substack.com/pub/jencalle...
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No-Writing Residency
A month or so ago, I went on a day trip with one of my closest friends to the town of Lewes, which is about fifty minutes on the train from where I live in Hastings.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jencalleja/p/no-writing-residency?r=8oej&utm_medium=ios
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Leah Janeczko
about 1 year ago
Italian Lit Month n.3, by Nanette McGuinness Join us daily in October to read about wonderful Italian books, authors and translators!
#ItalianLit
#ItalianBooks
#Literarytranslation
#ItLit
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#ItalianLitMonth n.3: Three Fun, Fascinating Italian Books for Children and Young Adults
by Nanette McGuinness What do the books that I translate from Italian into English have in common? They’re fascinating and fun—and they also vary greatly. Take, for example, my three most recent tr…
https://glli-us.org/2024/10/02/italianlitmonth-n-3-three-fun-fascinating-italian-books-for-children-and-young-adults/
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Phenomenal work from Leah Janeczko and team who have curated this month's
#ItalianLiterature
focus at GLLI - Global Literature in Libraries Initiative subscribe and enjoy!
#ReadtheWorld
#ReadItaly
#namethetranslator
#translation
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elia ayoub
about 1 year ago
Western outlets doing everything possible to avoid saying that
#Israel
is invading my country
#Lebanon
. This is nothing less than complicity.
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So busy all Sept that I didn't manage to get my bluesky account going at all. But hello, I'm here now :) So proud of all the buzz around
#WorldKidLitMonth
& the many ways global kid lit lovers got involved. Thank you all!
worldkidlit.org/2024/09/30/f...
#worldkidlit
#ReadtheWorld
#kidlituk
#booksky
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Farewell to World Kid Lit Month 2024 … but keep reading the world!
by Jackie Friedman Mighdoll and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp It’s the last day of September, and the end of World Kid Lit Month 2024. Sob! It can’t be over already. On the other hand, the list of books we wa…
https://worldkidlit.org/2024/09/30/farewell/
about 1 year ago
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Avery Udagawa
about 1 year ago
Looking for world reads for kids—and a little (or a LOT) of insight on how they travel to the anglosphere? Check out the guest posts
@ruthahmedzaikemp.bsky.social
has published each Thursday throughout September on the
@scbwi.bsky.social
blog!
#WorldKidLitMonth
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The Official SCBWI Blog
https://scbwi.blogspot.com/search/label/Translation
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