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We've been asked this a few times & now have an answer! If you're in publishing, but not author you can join Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans! The group is still in development but you can sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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#kidlit #queerkidlit #booksky #lgbtq

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Happy (Upcoming) Lesbian Visibility Day 2025! Saturday is Lesbian Visibility Day, and we're celebrating with lesbian fiction! For even more recs, check out last year's post. Middle Grade Pasta Girls by Taylor Tracy (September 9, 2025) Hot-headed and energetic Romea Marino is starting ninth grade…

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There's a Goodreads giveaway on now for a finished paperback of my Sydney Taylor Honor Book GOING BICOASTAL (aka bi YA Sliding Doors with a touch of Choose Your Own Adventure), which pubs on May 27th! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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Shopper’s Delight: Independent Bookstore Day 2025 Independent Bookstore Day occurs on the last Saturday of April every year, and we love to celebrate here by highlighting some great indies and the opportunities and recommendations they give queer books! (Please note the below are only as…

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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Why not get down to your local bookstore and buy one of these classic children's books in translation? Or another children's book from another country... see our website for hundreds of ideas! worldkidlit.org #IndieBookstoreDay #WorldKidLit #booksky #kidlit

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I am so grateful for the opportunity to interview @federicoerebia.bsky.social about THE FIRST EVER Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards! Read our interview here! Congratulations to all the winners! #kidlit #mglit #yalit #tlsky #tlskychat #edusky #readrs #librarians #skybrarians

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#EnchantedLion spotted in the wild at the Cambridge, MA public library 👀 Thank you so much for featuring THANK YOU, EVERYTHING 🧡🧡🧡 #kidlit #librariesrule #worldkidlit

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Did a translation of this classic the other day. A boy starts to wonder if he's a "bad kid" because everyone is always only ever mad at him. Finally, he writes, "Please let no one be mad at me" as his Tanabata wish, and the grownups realize he's not getting the love he needs 😭 #pb #worldkidlit

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This book by Rocio Bonilla was released today in my translation, on the same day as the original Catalan and the translations into Spanish, Basque and Galician. Visca/viva/gora multilingualism. Original published by Animallibres, translations by Algar. #WorldKidLit

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Two of my latest sample translations. Get in touch for more! #WorldKidLit foreignrights.bromera.com

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The Catalan section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has chosen the 35 best Catalan children's books of the last year. And I've done sample translations of two of the books on the list! #WorldKidLit www.ibbycat.cat/la-conseller...

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Sweet Dickey, I love my job and I love my community and I love this week. That is all. NO. WAIT. I am also super excited to learn about Periyar, the head of the South Indian Self-Respect Movement. THAT is all. #LibrarySky #BookSky #worldkidlit #kidlit #TLsky #publibs #skybrarians #GLAMs 🍎📜📚

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@authorgracelin.bsky.social at People's Book! You heard right! Join us to celebrate this beautiful new book on 5/15 at 5:30pm. The wonderful @teachandtransform.bsky.social will be joining Grace in conversation. RSVP! peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/grace-...

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We'll have copies of Banned Book Bingo for ya at People's Book this Saturday 4/26 Independent Bookstore Day! Five in a row will get you a prize! Happy browsing! #readfreely @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social @abfefreeexpression.bsky.social

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🚨🚨🚨 Hey #kidlit, and all fellow book people, this is not a drill, @endpapers.bsky.social has begun posting endpapers on Bluesky!!! Bluesky is now—objectively—684% better. 💙❤️

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Mahmoud v. Taylor is being heard at the Supreme Court today and supporters of the freedom to read are holding a Rally for Inclusive Education. We stopped by to show our support! #freedomtoread #ireadbannedbooks #kidlit #booksnotbans #lgbtqkidlit

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New thing for Storytime Solidarity. @worldkidlit.bsky.social storytimesolidarity.com/aanhpi-resou...

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It's been a couple of weeks since I published a Reading the World piece, so this week I'm releasing a couple of entries, linked by the Himalaya. First up, Kunzang Choden and Folktales of Bhutan: #readingtheworld #bhutan #kunzangchoden worldthereading.blogspot.com/2024/04/bhut...

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#BookSky people - I need your help on my #ReadTheWorld adventure. Let me know which books/authors you recommend for these countries: Chad Guinea Liechtenstein Maldives Malta Monaco Nauru Niger Palau Paraguay Qatar Saint Vincent And The Grenadines San Marino Seychelles Solomon Islands 📚💙

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Pajama Press is excited to announce that we are opening our submissions for middle-grade and YA fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction. Please visit the Pajama Press submission page on our website for more details. #opensubmission #YAbooks #middlegrade #fantasy #scifi #historicalfiction

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Canadian stories. Canadian creators. Canadian owned. 🇨🇦 Founded in 1984, Orca Book Publishers is an independent Canadian children’s book publisher.

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Gracias to Publishers Weekly @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social for giving a starred review to my translation of CRISTINA PLAYS, written by Peruvian author Micaela Chirif, illustrated by Paula Ortiz, and published TODAY by @orcabook.bsky.social ! 😍😍 #kidlit #worldkidlit #xl8 #booksky #scbwi

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#SamiraSurfs - a Rohingya refugee girl finds empowerment in a girls' surf club, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh. Read Rukhsanna Guidroz's interview in DiVERSE Conversations with YA & Chn's Verse Novelists @aaslala.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @bloomsburylit.bsky.social

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Congratulations to Claire Storey, translator of The Darkness of Colours by Martín Blasco - winner of the 2025 #GLLITranslatedYABookPrize! Claire is our former blog co-editor and is a tireless champion of translated YA/kid lit! Congratulations to the author and to @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social too!

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Today’s read is THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST by Sachiko Kashiwaba tr by @averyudagawa.bsky.social illus by Miho Satake 🥰 yes I think it is Batchelder bound coming May 27, 2025 from Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers. #worldkidlit restlessbooks.org/bookstore/th...

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Restless Books, the publisher of Sachiko Kashiwaba and many other authors in the U.S., has an appeal for small donations through May 1. Yes, the domestic book bans also affect publishers of #worldkidlit! @worldkidlit.bsky.social t.e2ma.net/message/k4v2...

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Happy International Children’s Book Week at my library! This year, it feels a little more rebellious than it should. #BookSky #LibrarySky #TLSky #EduSky #GLAMs #skybrarians #publibs #kidlit #worldkidlit #JerseyRootsGlobalReach 📚🍎📜🌎

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@cbcbooks.bsky.social has an incredible feature on the newest translated children’s literature - Hot Off the Press ! #globalkidlit www.cbcbooks.org/2025/04/11/t...

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Thrilled to see a such a great and varied group of authors and books featured on the School Library Network! Check it out below #italianliterature #kidlit #globalkidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2025/03/20/t...

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Fascinating interview with #Cameroonian author Alain Serge Dzotap about his latest #kidlit book ‘Adi of Boutanga’ - published this month by @ebyrbooks.bsky.social 🇨🇲✨ #readAfrica #cameroon worldkidlit.org/2025/04/14/m...

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On this inaugural #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay created by @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social we celebrate and highlight the importance of reading diverse titles. 🎉🥳 @doucette515.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @slj.com @worldkidlit.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social

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KIDLIT BOOK NEWS is a new FEED. Use #kidlitbooknews when posting about book deals, cover reveals, trade reviews, awards, launches, etc. Pre-order the wonderful JUST ASK ME! by @kdmaz.bsky.social with link below. #kidlit #kidlitcommunity bookshop.org/p/books/mayb...

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Celebrating our National Libraries this week and every week! #NationalLibraryWeek #library #books #ALA #librarians #libraries #kidlit

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Some charming #globalkidlit books and series reviewed by @qsprite.bsky.social to give you inspiration for Spring 🌸📚 #namethetranslator #kidlit #worldkidlit worldkidlit.org/2025/04/03/n...

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Congrats to all those shortlisted! 🙌🥳👏 Take a look at all the amazing YA books in the 2025 Global Literature in Library Initiative’s translated young adult book prize #kidlit #namethetranslator #ya glli-us.org/2025/03/20/2...

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Please do come along to this fun children’s translation workshop led by the wonderful @anamzafar.bsky.social in May! #kidlit #translation #dublin ilfdublin.com/whats-on/sch...

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All about #NewZealand #kidlit on the blog today! Librarian Anne Coppell shares with us a sampling of recent releases from #Aotearoa New Zealand worldkidlit.org/2025/03/17/r...

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We’re delighted to be able to talk about the #CanexPrize, an exciting new award for publishers in #Africa. Today Borders Literature founder Olatoun Gabi-Williams talks to Wale Okediran about the prize! #AfricanLit #publishers worldkidlit.org/2025/03/03/c...

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Reading #MG #VerseNovel LITTLE BONES by Sandy Bigna @aussie_kids_books Heads up enthusiasts @worldkidlit.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @qplnyc.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social

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