I have listened and re-listened to Suzanne Kamata’s recent talk for #SCBWI #Japan, about #writing while teaching and parenting in a situation where all three pursuits have been very intense at times. Suzanne keeps going! 💪 Excited to read her latest: River of Dolls and Other Stories.

Thank you for pointing up all the wonderful #translations recognized thos year by @nytimes.com in their #BestIllustrated awards worldkidlit.org/2025/11/24/n...

Katherine Paterson's #kidsbook about Jella Lepman earns a #Star "Paterson portrays her as a woman whose boundless energy, practicality, and persistence enabled her to achieve her goals...in this well-researched, insightful, and consistently engaging story" www.booklistonline.com/products/979...

The lesser prairie chicken was once a common sight in the southern Great Plains, but its numbers are dwindling. Even so, it lost federal protections earlier this year for a second time. Now states and landowners are overseeing conservation efforts. www.kmuw.org/2025-12-01/l...

Pick up a book from our collection or download one from @libbyapp.com and @hoopladigital.bsky.social ! #AuthorQuotes #MondayMotivations

@wydobson.bsky.social The next will very definitely involve 🧙‍♀️🐉!

Sachiko Kashiwaba joined me for this video about THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST on Libby & Sora Reads. Look for Kashiwaba-san 40 seconds in! ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JuG...

OverDrive has updated the Libby & Sora Reads landing page to include a translator credit. Grateful for another move to #namethetranslator. #xl8 #translation pages.libbylife.com/LibbySoraReads

Excited that The Village Beyond the Mist is among NPR’s Books We Love for 2025! 📚❤️ apps.npr.org/best-books/?...

Thank you for listening! 🎧❤️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

A toast to the new twelfth edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary! www.merriam-webster.com/collegiate-d... @merriam-webster.com youtu.be/atzFr6uA5KE

Open access to THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST via Sora and Libby, now through December 2! #SachikoKashiwaba #kidlit #bookclub #booksky pages.libbylife.com/LibbySoraReads

Thank you, #TranslatorsAloud!

Chelsea buns in Obuse, Nagano, remain the stuff of #kidlit! William Yamaguchi Dobson "was able to slip the slenderest of references to the Iwasaki bakery in my debut middle-grade novel. It's called The Fortress of Lost Memories . . ." 1/3

This mystery place in Nagoya is maybe the coolest bookstore I've ever been to. Arrows lead you through the winding path of the store like a museum exhibit, all the shelves are giant books, and there are little sitting rooms/crime scenes throughout the store.

One daughter and I went out to lunch today, and she happened to snap a pic of my #TranslatorsAloud merch in the wild. Grab yours! 👇

Kudos, 2025 #SCBWI Pitch-Perfect Translation Grant winners! ⭐️ @patiencehaggin.bsky.social for The Girl with the Green Backpack by Elisa Castiglioni from Italian (Middle Grade) ⭐️ Aerin Park for Mo Story, written and illustrated by Yeonju Choi, from Korean (Picture Book) www.scbwi.org/2025-pitch-p...

Look out world, there's a new #CaoWenxuan title translated from Chinese by @helenwanglondon.bsky.social. A #picturebook this time! Illustrated by Suzy Lee . . . starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social. #worldkidlit #kidlit

Book mail! @katemilford.bsky.social's RIALTO is coming in April and is about "anxiety and sibling relationships...to a similar degree to which GREENGLASS HOUSE is about adoption." It's set in #Missouri and involves a theme park town swallowed by forest. I'm in! #kidlit #booksky

Good to see the #LiteraryArtsFund established in the wake of cuts to the #NationalEndowmentfortheArts, #NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities, and #IMLS. Those still need funding, *and* and it is heartening to see the private sector step up. #booksky www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

“Around 60 percent of US consumers wish they read books more.” #booksky

"The Children’s Booker Prize, which will launch in 2026 and be awarded annually from 2027, will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old, written in or translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland." #kidlit thebookerprizes.com/the-children...

I am so excited that @usbby.bsky.social will present an Outstanding International Books panel at SCBWI's 2026 New York Conference, 16-18 January! And online in the virtual edition! #scbwiNY26 #worldkidlit

This free event, featuring our own members, will be of high interest to all here. Register today! www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

Thank you so much, @proptartmn.bsky.social, for reading and sharing! Honored to be your “work over 50” title!

Grew up with the Biene Maja on TV (in Austria) so would love to see this more widely known

Did you know? Karin Redclift translated Maya the Bee (the original story by Waldemar Bonsels from over a century ago, now in the public domain) from German to English *and* illustrated and self-published it. How inspiring! #kidlit #mayathebee #xl8 karinredclift.com/mayathebee

Local activists and organizers were the beating heart of No Kings Day — and they will keep leading the fight on the ground in your community. Use our map to see what groups are near you and get in touch with your local Indivisibles: indivisible.org/groups

I’m putting together a new baby gift. I love including the board book JUMP! by Tatsuhide Matsuoka tr by Cathy Hirano the illustrations are fun and shouting Boing! as you flip the pages is even better #worldkidlitmonth

Read "Being Banned is Not an Award," @philnel.bsky.social's incisive piece for #IBBY #Bookbird 63:3, free through 31 Oct 2025: tinyurl.com/3hy62uye #BannedBooksWeek

Still thinking about what Chimamdani Ngozi Adichie said at this weekend's National Book Festival. #Truth

The Wild Ones by Antonio Ramos Revillas, tr Claire Storey, would not let me go on #InternationalTranslationDay 2025. What a read. #WorldKidLitMonth #YA #xl8

Today is International Translation Day, and we honor the translators responsible for making the rich and wondrous diversity of world literature available to us! #InternationalTranslationDay #💙📚 #Booksky

It's International Translation Day, also known as the feast of St Jerome, patron saint of translators! #internationaltranslationday #xl8 #translatorslife

In honour of International Translation Day, please enjoy these shelves of my translation children!

My fourth #WorldKidLitMonth post for #SCBWI: The Blog. All about how illustrations and illustrators have been part of my #translation journey. Zooms in on Lina's clown-shaped umbrella handle in THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST by Sachiko Kashiwaba, illus #MihoSatake! scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...

My third #WorldKidLitMonth post at #SCBWI: The Blog. About translating a children's novel that has been translated before. (And being influenced despite myself!) scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...

Translators recommend #kidlit translations at @wwborders.bsky.social! #translation #scbwitranslation #worldkidlitmonth #xl8 @bookishruth.bsky.social @jasmine-hongyu.bsky.social wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

We're back from our summer break! And ready to share a host of wonderful readings in translation with you this autumn. We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS and have a new (hopefully easier) submissions process. Simply fill in the Google form: buff.ly/czKIq7K and attach your video file when prompted. 👍

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...

“Don’t forget to sing about life.” 🕊️ Discover five picture #books that celebrate birds, #song, & the beauty of the natural world this #WorldKidLitMonth. 🌿📖 worldkidlit.org/2025/09/11/d...

Publication day! This was one of the hardest stories I’ve ever translated, both for the language and content. It’s also one of the most important stories I’ve translated. I hope as many people as possible will read it and reflect on the reality of war. #booksky #translation #literarytranslation

"A hot topic this #WorldKidLitMonth is AI... concerns are rising that AI may be perceived as an acceptable alternative to human translators. As one such translator, I say nay! But you don’t have to take my word for it..." @averyudagawa.bsky.social 😊 scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/ai-w... #kidlit #scbwi

First of four #WorldKidLitMonth posts at #SCBWI: The Blog! Shout-out to chief blogger @themermancam.bsky.social and #scbwiSummer25 speakers Claire Storey, @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social, Soman Chainani, and @debbieohi.com! scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/ai-w...

"[#NameTheTranslator] grew out of movements in the twenty-teens, the early twenty twenties, and beyond to make translator crediting standard practice." Avery Fischer Udagawa discusses the importance of #NameTheTranslator in the age of AI on the ALSC blog. #kidlit

Love 💕 @averyudagawa.bsky.social #worldkidlitmonth blog today on the @wearealsc.bsky.social blog www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2025/09...

Proud to be a mentor for ALTA/SALT's 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program, for a translator of children's literature working from any South Asian language into English (based anywhere in the world). #xl8 #worldkidlit #kidlit #kidlituk #booksky

It's World Kid Lit Month: the annual celebration of international children's literature🎉 We kick things off with children’s librarian, author, and blogger extraordinaire Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social! What will you be reading this month? worldkidlit.org/2025/09/01/k... #WorldKidLitMonth

"Have you tried translating a children’s book into English? Can YOU help bring more of the world into English-language children’s literature?" A rousing call to #translation action from @hatbooks.bsky.social at #SCBWI: The Blog: scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/08/tran...

AI cannot develop a relationship with an editor or have the emotional experience that a #translation must recreate. Pearls of wisdom from @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social's breakout session at #scbwiSummer25! #kidlit #worldkidlit #xl8