Join us at #ALAAC26 Saturday, June 27, 2:30 pm at the Hyatt Regency, Room Clark ABC to hear from Koshiro Hata and Yuko Ohnari, the husband-and-wife creative team behind several picture books published in Japan and DOWNPOUR published in English translation by @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social

I'll tell it to you straight. This discussion of an upcoming title with @kylelukoff.bsky.social & Priscilla Tey reads more like an intensive course of picture book making than your average Q&A. And you get to read it for free, you lucky ducks! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/06/03/c...

Your first look the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2026 longlist 🤩 The quality of titles this year were truly extraordinary. Our judges have managed to narrow it down from a total of 151 submissions to these 17 Congratulations to all nominees 🏆 childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...

Congratulations to @geckopress.bsky.social @postwavebooks.bsky.social & @childsplayusa.bsky.social #BestBooksForBabies 2026 www.kidsburgh.org/best-books-f...

"One of the subtexts of the conversations and panel discussions at each year’s #BCBF is how publishers can foster camaraderie among nations and serve as stewards of the future..." www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

THIS WEEK! It's happening! This program's my baby. And this year, I can brag that it's my AWARD-WINNING baby! 🥹 More info: live-parsippany.pantheonsite.io/event/intern... @usbby.bsky.social @njasl.bsky.social @rutgerscomminfo.bsky.social #publibs #edusky #TLsky #librarysky #skybrarians #GLAMs 📚🍎

IBBY UK has news going into #bcbf booksforkeeps.co.uk/2027-submiss...

Come check out all of the award-winning books in #PLA2026 Booth 1530 including @ebyrbooks.bsky.social Journey of the Humpbacks #OIB2026 www.usbby.org/2026oib.html

#internationalchildrensbookday Thank you @usbby.bsky.social for getting Open Hearts Big Dreams connected with IBBY and all that global reading!

Whether or not you were able to join us on March 16, we have the webinar for you here youtu.be/KDfFZSdwMwE?...

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S BOOK DAY at Rutgers

Help spread the word about the TIME CORRECTION for next week’s @usbby.bsky.social webinar!

#kidlit #worldkidlit #scbwi

Register for this 45-minute webinar w/ Ireland's Children's Laureate @pforde123.bsky.social and US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Mac Barnett Mar 24, 2026 Noon Eastern Time us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Time correction! Please note that this event will take place on Zoom 3/24 at NOON ET/9 AM PT

My proudest achievement is building a book family that powers this prize In 10 years, Jhalak Prize has grown from a single prize to a portfolio of 3 awards: 1. Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize, 2. Jhalak Poetry Prize 3. Jhalak Prose Prize BEHOLD THIS EXCELLENCE! #jhalakprizeat10

Join us to hear Ireland's Children's Laureate @pforde123.bsky.social & US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Mac Barnett discuss their mission, memorable moments, and their hope for the future of children & the books they read #FreeWebinar 3/24 2PM ET tinyurl.com/mruj7966

It's #WomensHistoryMonth! Beate Sirota came to Japan as a young girl, learning its language, customs, and traditions. When she had the chance, she dared to do the unthinkable — write a clause for the new national constitution guaranteeing women equal rights www.crestonbooks.co/nostepsbehind

You can still register for USBBY x BAB: Outstanding International Children's Books Celebration us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Explore #kidsbooks in the Russian Ukraine War: The Role of #Translations youtu.be/52TCwfQKRbM?...

"Reading books from other countries and cultures broadens children’s awareness of the world and their place in a global society." -Susan Polos, current President of USBBY

Highlights from USBBY Boston 2025 buff.ly/3AGU5aZ via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #USBBY #Boston

The catalog of the #BCBF special exhibit at @unitednations1945.bsky.social "highlight[ing] the power of children’s literature to promote awareness, empathy, and concrete action" is available online here www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/en/exhibitio...

"The Artists Support Ukraine Foundation recently created an incredible video and photo gallery about the damage to Ukrainian libraries..." lhrt.news/2026/02/28/w...

Are you aware that @shelf-awareness.com wants you to get yourself to our #webinar? www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

Don't miss this outstanding celebration on March 16th!

Join us for a celebration of USBBY 2026 Outstanding International Books List, featuring members of the selection committee in conversation with Books Across Borders! March 16 at 8 pm ET Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I won’t be able to attend because of time zones, but am proud that 2 books I translated were chosen for this year’s list. 🤩🤩 #kidlit #worldkidlit #xl8 #scbwi

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Join us for a celebration of the USBBY 2026 Outstanding International Books List, featuring members of the selection committee who will highlight the exciting international children's titles on this year's list

Have you seen @slj.com 's coverage of this year's #OutstandingInternationalBooks list? www.slj.com/story/usbby-...

The 2026 Outstanding International Books List from @usbby.bsky.social, first presented last month at the New York conference of @scbwi.bsky.social, is now in School Library Journal and available at @slj.com: www.slj.com/story/usbby-... #kidlit #worldkidlit #BookIndustryNews

#BCBF flies to New York, the final stop of the Bologna Grand Tour 2026 on February 20, at the United Nations Headquarters w/the exhibition Turning the Page on Change bringing together 173 international children’s books dedicated to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda

Thanks for sharing the news @slj.com #OIB

Huge congratulations to Seng Soun Ratanavanh who has been longlisted for The Carnegie Medal for Illustration for The Paper Bridge – we’re so proud! #carnegies2026 The Carnegies CILIP Publisher Spotlight Find out more about this stunning book - www.florisbooks.co.u...

Sad to hear this – hopeful that this wonderful initiative returns. #ukkidlt #kidlituk

I translated the picture book SOME DAYS written & illustrated by María Wernicke. 🥰🥰 #kidlit #translation #xl8 #worldkidlit #booksky

📣 @usbby.bsky.social has published its Outstanding International Book List 2026. UK entries include some of our faves: ⭐️Tyger/ @whatsfsaid.bsky.social ⭐️ @lantanapub.bsky.social Play date ⭐️Atinuke/Brooksbank M Is for Mango @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.usbby.org/2026oib.html #KidLitUK

REady to volunteer for a committee? www.usbby.org/volunteer-wi...

1/2 The #shortlist for this year's #HansChristianAndersenAward has been announced by #IBBY! Authors: Ahmad Akbarpour (Iran),Timothée de Fombelle (France), María José Ferrada (Chile), Lee Geum-yi (Republic of Korea), Pam Muñoz Ryan (US), Michael Rosen (UK) www.ibby.org/awards-activ...

The book banning of Indigenous stories in libraries has impacts on readers| Removal of their stories continues the erasure of histories and contributions of Native Nations and their citizens Thank you @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for writing this Op-Ed www.cherokeephoenix.org/opinion/opin...

Thank you for sharing thois @writerjane.bsky.social !

"[Young people] are currently being denied access to the glorious, outstanding & often ground-breaking narratives coming out of Britain's Black and Asian communities.” Bernadine Evaristo, "Our education system has fallen behind the times". New Lit in Colour report: litincolour.penguin.co.uk

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Carly Gledhill. Of 4,168 illustrators from 96 countries who submitted work to the Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition, Gledhill, from Manchester, was the one UK artist in the selection of 75 from 31 countries, just announced. @carlygledhill.bsky.social

Now a Batchelder Award Winner

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Oh, Yuko Ohnari and Koshiro Hata’s Downpour (tr. me) is in here 🥰👦🏻☔️🥳

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The #InclusiveBooksForChildren 2026 shortlist includes titles from @barefootbooks.bsky.social @childsplayusa.bsky.social & @nosycrow.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social Start your weekend TBR pile with WON'T GO, LET'S PLAY and SUPA NOVA! www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/blog/ibc-awa...