worldkidlit
🌟non-profit helping readers of all age discover diverse, translated and global children's books and YA
🌟anti-racism through reading
🌟year round, and especially September #WorldKidLitMonth
- We’ve loved the newest releases of #kidlit translations from Latin America 📚 🌟 Have a look at the selection below, and tell us your thoughts! #latinamerica #translation worldkidlit.org/2026/02/02/n...
- Congratulations to the winners of this year's #Batchelder Award! The 2026 winner is Croco, published by Tapioca Stories. Originally published in Spanish as Croco, the book was written and illustrated by Azul López and translated by Kit Maude www.tapiocastories.com/product-page... #worldkidlit
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- Our interview this week was with Christina Moorehead, USBBY General Secretary. Find out all about USBBY, the amazing work to select the annual Outstanding International Books list, and what's on offer at the Regional Conference. Thanks @qsprite.bsky.social! worldkidlit.org/2026/01/19/a... #kidslit
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- This year is National Year of Reading in the UK, and you know us: we want to make it 🌟 International 🌟 Year of Reading! Here are 3 ways you can broaden your horizons and read the world in 2026... Let's all go all in for reading this year! #NationalYearofReading #GoAllIn #WorldKidLit
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- Reposted by worldkidlitThe Society of Authors and children’s reading charity Coram Beanstalk have launched a campaign aimed at supporting 1,000 primary school children to become life-long readers. buff.ly/95eajFC #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn
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- We have a fascinating behind-the-scenes interview for you today! Translator Boris Dralyuk on the music of language, softening difficult messages for children, what makes Who Will Make the Snow? distinctly Ukrainian...and his creative collaboration with Jennifer Croft worldkidlit.org/2026/01/12/i...
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- Is 2026 the year to read the world? Why not start with #Venezuela ... We particularly recommend The Caiman by María Eugenia Manrique, illustrated by Ramón París, translated by Amy Brill from Spanish [Venezuela] More Latin American kidlit recs here... worldkidlit.org/2024/09/23/r... #worldkidlit
- If your new year's ambition is to diversify your reading, and you're thinking it's time you discovered more stories from around the world … we’ve got you covered! Our growing 2026 list already includes translations from 22 countries worldkidlit.org/2026/01/05/t... #kidslit #worldkidlit
- "So many people think it’s easy writing books for children, but it’s not. It’s actually really complicated. The way to get a feeling for it is to read, read, read" For our last blog post of the year we head to South Africa to meet Dutch children's author Joukje Akveld worldkidlit.org/2025/12/29/i...
- What if every child could find books in their language at the local library? 💛 The Multilingual Library is making that happen - celebrating culture, identity & reading for all. #WorldKidLit #library #diversereading 🌈📖 worldkidlit.org/2025/12/15/t...
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- 🍵🌄 From misty mountain tea-gardens to dreamy children’s books: discover how one family’s work in the hills found its way into art & story. A breathtaking reminder that home, nature & childhood memories belong in picture-books! #WorldKidLit #reading #kidlit worldkidlit.org/2025/12/01/f...
- 🎨✨ Did you know? This year’s NYT / NYPL Best Illustrated Children’s Books include five translated titles! @nytimes.com 📕 A beautiful reminder that picture-book art truly has no borders. #WorldKidLit #kidlit #picturebooks worldkidlit.org/2025/11/24/n...
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- We’re thrilled to announce the winners of our inaugural International Reading Award 📚 which celebrates international #reading for pleasure in schools. 🥇 🏫 🎉 Meet the winners! #worldkidlit #schools #readingprize worldkidlit.org/2025/11/18/2...
- Aotearoa’s children’s books are bursting with life, language, and identity! 🇳🇿✨ Take a deep dive into how te reo Māori and storytelling come together #NZ #NewZealand #kidlit worldkidlit.org/2025/11/11/childrens-literature-in-aotearoa-new-zealand/
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- Please suggest titles for the 2026 Mildred L. Batchelder Book Award - the prize for translated children's/YA books published in the USA. And if you don't know which recent books were translated from other languages, check out our annual list! worldkidlit.org/2025/01/08/2... #kidslit #worldkidlit
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- FABULOUS news! The Children’s Booker Prize supported by AKO Foundation will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged 8-12 years old, written in or translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland #worldkidlit #UkKidLit #irishkidlit #xl8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayTw...
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- We love when publishers treat translation as part of the art. @northsouthbooks.bsky.social Editorial Director Alisah Niehaus Berger talks about nurturing bilingual books, amplifying new voices and giving translators cover credit 📖❤️ #WorldKidLit #Translation #kidlit worldkidlit.org/2025/10/21/m...
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- 🌍📚 Got a little one who loves stories? Katy Dycus’ toddler’s favourite picture books in translation are full of chaos, color & cuddles 💛 What stories are on repeat at your house? #WorldKidLit #kidlit #translation worldkidlit.org/2025/10/14/m...
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- Illustrator + storyteller + dream-maker = Jeska Verstegen 🌟🖍️ If you don’t know her work yet, this is the moment. #WorldKidLit #kidlit #illustrator worldkidlit.org/2025/10/07/m...
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- If your school has run a reading project or reading challenge with an international dimension in the last 12 months ... you're eligible to enter the pilot World Kid Lit Reading for Pleasure award! Win books! Enter by Sunday, October 10th worldkidlit.org/reading-chal... #edusky #readerteacher
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- Day 30: It's a wrap! And just like that, another #WorldKidLitMonth has come to an end! But we're not going anywhere. Follow us on social media & subscribe to our blog posts. This Sept alone, we’ve reviewed books from 27 countries. Come explore! worldkidlit.org/2025/09/30/i... #kidslit #booksky
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- Day 29 of #WorldKidLitMonth on our blog: Environmental Stories from Nigeria, South Africa and Rwanda🌿🌊 Today, Ayo Oyeku shares 3 books that show "the world as a gift that will keep giving if we show gratitude by the way we live in it" worldkidlit.org/2025/09/29/e... #ReadAfrica #readtheworld
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