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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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In “Cover to Cover”, @penamerica.bsky.social lists 4,128 titles removed from public schools across USA during 2023–2024 academic year: the result of more than 10,000 instances of school book bans that year @publisherswkly.bsky.social #inclusivekidlit www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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We’re very excited by the 2025 Mildred Batchelder award winner and honored books! 📚 Read here for full reviews by Jackie Friedman of all the wonderful #kidlit books named this year #translatedlit #globalkidlit worldkidlit.org/2025/02/18/2...

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The Mildred L. Batchelder Award is awarded to an American publisher for an outstanding children’s book originating in a country other than the US and in a language other than English and subsequently translated into English for US publication. SLJ reviews the 2025 honorees. #alayma bit.ly/3PZilwM

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We have part 2 of children’s book writer and translator WANG Li interviewing ZHU Chengliang, illustrator of internationally bestselling and multi-award-winning Chinese picture book A New Year’s Reunion on the blog @candlewickpress.bsky.social #chinesenewyear worldkidlit.org/2025/02/03/i...

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Congratulations to @margaritapoet whose #VerseNovel #WildDreamers has received the distinction of Belpré Young Adult Author Honor Book. Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts inc @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social

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Fabulous to see schools putting the WORLD into World Book Day this year! #worldkidlit #readtheworld #worldbookday

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On our carefully curated list of the best new books for teens and young adults of 2024 is a historical novel set in Baghdad's golden age (translated from Arabic) and a graphic novella of young love from Angola (translated from Portuguese) @worldkidlit.bsky.social https://fivebooks.com/best-books/be…

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DiVERSE Conversations with YA and Chn's Verse Novelists feat. Interview with Aida Salazar #MG #VerseNovels pic: Lluvia Higuera Heads up @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @bloomsburylit.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social

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Congratulations 🎈🎉 to #TapiocaStories for MARCELO MARTELLO MARSHMALLOW by Ruth Rocha & Ana Matsusaki tr by Tal Goldfajn on being selected for @usbby.bsky.social 2025 Outstanding International Books list #worldkidlit 🥰

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Kudos to #SCBWI members Tal Goldfajn, @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social, @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social, Lena Traer, and @kellyzhang.bsky.social, whose translations appear on the USBBY Outstanding International Book List, 2025! www.usbby.org/outstanding-... @usbby.bsky.social @scbwi.bsky.social

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Join French author/illustrator Sandrine Kao as she leads this special ♥️love♥️themed draw-along session as part of the @societyofauthors.bsky.social French Week 2025 Free! Register here: societyofauthors.org/event/french... #SoAatHome #TranslationPrizes #PicturesMeanBusiness #FeelGoodFriday

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Over on our blog this week, children’s book writer and translator WANG Li interviews ZHU Chengliang, illustrator of internationally bestselling and multi-award-winning Chinese picture book A New Year’s Reunion @candlewickpress.bsky.social worldkidlit.org/2025/01/27/i... #ChineseNewYear #WorldKidLit

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4 must-read children's books for #HolocaustMemorialDay and always. Given that today was the #ALAYMA #Batchelder awards, we'd especially recommend the 2023 Batchelder winner - Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II by Lia Levi, illustrated by Jess Mason, translated from Italian by Sylvia Notini

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Congratulations to all the winners and honorees of the #ALAYMA #Batchelder Award for literature for young people in translation And the winner is ... John the Skeleton! Written in Estonian by Triinu Laan, illustrated by Marja-Liisa Plats, translated by Adam Cullen & published by Restless Books 🎉

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#kidlit #worldkidlit #xl8 Translated by Vineet Lal

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@shaun505.bsky.social - big news today! CHOOCH HELPED won the Caldecott Medal. Author is Andrea L. Rogers; illustrator is Rebecca Lee Kunz. Both are citizens of Cherokee Nation. americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/01/choo...

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The Mildred L. Batchelder Award for best work of translation is JOHN THE SKELETON by Triinu Laan, illus. by Marja-Liisa Plats, trans. by Adam Cullen #ALAyma

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Congratulations to all the winners and honorees of the #ALAYMA #Batchelder Award for children's books in translation from other languages “A Sleepless Night was first published in Spanish as “Una noche sin dormir“ Congratulations to @transitbooks.bsky.social too ... is it your first Batchelder?

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And now a #Batchelder Award Winner. Go Estonia!!! #worldkidlit #alayma

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DiVERSE Conversations with YA and Children's Verse Novelists USA release 23Jan. Heads up @worldkidlit.bsky.social @IRSCL_News @MCChildsBookDay @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @GlobalLitin @aaslala.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social @readonthebeach.bsky.social

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We always keep an eye out for great children's books translated into English, and 2024 had some wonderful titles originally published in other languages @worldkidlit.bsky.social, @outsideinworld.bsky.social

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Libraries & librarians have never been more important. If we care about the future, we must make sure every school, every community, every child has access to a library & a librarian. And we have to give them all our support, so they can do their vital work, which benefits us ALL! #SaveLibraries

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Join French author/illustrator Sandrine Kao as she leads this special love themed draw-along session as part of the @societyofauthors.bsky.social French Week 2025. Free! Register here: societyofauthors.org/event/french... #SoAatHome #TranslationPrizes #FrenchKidLit #PicturesMeanBusiness

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📚✨ @bankstreet.edu is back with their 2025 edition of The Best Children's Books of the Year in Spanish! Click the link to explore this list of outstanding titles in Spanish published or translated in 2024! 👉 bankstedu.info/4hk6yEE #kidlit

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Great to see THE LOST HOMEWORK by Richard O'Neill, illustrated by Kirsti Beautyman in @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social's Year 2 recommended reading list "The reader learns about Sonny's life as a Traveller... a good picture book to show children all our lives are different... wonderful illustrations"

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Congratulations @padmatv.bsky.social on the release of SAFE HARBOUR Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts inc. @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social

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Recent #VerseNovels, the delightful Fia and The Last Snow Deer by @eilishfisher.bsky.social & the heartwarming RADIANT by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. Heads up @jholmblad.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social

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Waiting for me at my dad's house was a copy of the ARC of my translation of picture book CRISTINA PLAYS written by Micaela Chirif & illustrated by Paila Ortiz forthcoming from @orcabook.bsky.social #kidlit #worldkidlit

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Today I am reading the third book in the Moonwind Mysteries THE LOST ONES by Johan Rundberg tr by Eva Apelqvist #worldkidlit if possible this is the best one yet - MG historical fiction mystery from Sweden - please keep publishing this series!

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"I have a gripe with a lot of kids’ books...often there is too much text and no sense of mystery. To have a huge pictures of eyes, infused with wordless emotion, is unexpected and breathtaking" Translator Rahul Bery tells us about SUNDAY by Marcelo Tolentino worldkidlit.org/2025/01/20/t... #booksky

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What a treasure trove this list is…

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My 3rd and final prediction is that Enchanted Lion will win a Batchelder my money is on Loose Threads by Isol tr by @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social an easy fantasy chapter book built around an embroidered Palestinian scarf & the child who gets lost among the threads #worldkidlit

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Prediction #2 for the Batchelder Shelf MARCELO MARTELLO MARSHMALLOW by Ruth Rocha & Ana Matsusaki tr by Tal Goldfajn frTapioca Stories PB w/ substantial amount of text, a child who comes up with better words highlights the translator’s craft additionally the collage work is outstanding #WorldKidLit

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First of three predictions for my Batchelder shelf - A DAY WITH MOUSSE by Claire Leboug tr by Sophie Lewis from @transitbooks.bsky.social I like that it is a chapter book & the story has themes of friendship, loneliness, routines, & caring 🥰 I am excited for Mousse’s next adventure #worldkidlit

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😍😍 Mafalda translated by @terribleman.com #kidlit #worldkidlit #xl8 #translation #comics #Argentina #Quino

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New year ... new reading challenge? If you've never read a book from another country, or translated from another language, now's the time to start! Here's our look ahead at translated children's books/YA out in 2025 Which ones are you excited to read? worldkidlit.org/2025/01/08/t... #booksky

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In the last 4 weeks alone, users from 77 different countries have accessed the Lost Wor(l)ds website, learning about different activities to support multilingual learners in schools. That's pretty cool :) #langsky www.multilingualism-in-schools.net

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