Paula Holmes (@qsprite.bsky.social)

AI: Another reason to #NameTheTranslator this World Kid Lit Month September is World Kid Lit Month, an annual celebration of international children’s literature. It’s the perfect month to break out ALSC Batchelder Award and Honor books, titles on the USBBY Outstanding International Books list, and winners of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize. Looking to run a reading challenge? Check out the bingo charts and new competition for schools at WorldKidLit.org. Looking to order world reads? Visit GlobalYouthLiterature.org for “building a global youth literature collection 101.” Along the way, savor the diversity of languages in which authors write—and notice the growing number of U.S. publishers who name source languages on and in translated books. See how they #namethetranslator too! This practice grew out of movements in the twenty-teens, the early twenty twenties, and beyond to make translator crediting standard practice. It is now required in all books considered for the Batchelder Award. And not a moment too soon, for the... The post AI: Another reason to #NameTheTranslator this World Kid Lit Month appeared first on ALSC Blog. September is World Kid Lit Month, an annual celebration of international children’s literature. It’s the perfect month to break out ALSC Batchelder Award and Honor books, titles on the USBBY Outstanding International Books list, and winners of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize. Looking to run a reading challenge? Check out the bingo charts and new competition for schools at WorldKidLit.org. Looking to order world reads? Visit GlobalYouthLiterature.org for “building a global youth literature collection 101.” Along the way, savor the diversity of languages in which authors write—and notice the growing number of U.S. publishers who name source languages on and in translated books. See how they #namethetranslator too! This practice grew out of movements in the twenty-teens, the early twenty twenties, and beyond to make translator crediting standard practice. It is now required in all books considered for the Batchelder Award. And not a moment too soon, for the... The post AI: Another reason to #NameTheTranslator this World Kid Lit Month appeared first on ALSC Blog. Read original article: Read More https://drwebdomain.blog/2025/09/03/ai-another-reason-to-namethetranslator-this-world-kid-lit-month/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social