By Paula Holmes Finland is widely regarded as the happiest county on Earth. Maybe we can’t all move there, but we can all enjoy fabulous books and have a moment of Finnish happiness. Through the la…

'The Dreamcrafter' by author-illustrator Zoolbo Orgil, translated by Bujinlkham Erdenebaatar—what publisher Claudia Zoe Bedrick described as “the first imaginative picture book from Mongolia in transl...

Act Locally, Read Globally

By Paula Holmes Finland is widely regarded as the happiest county on Earth. Maybe we can’t all move there, but we can all enjoy fabulous books and have a moment of Finnish happiness. Through the la…

Celebrate World Kid Lit Month this September and promote diverse global literature for children and young adults in your library.

Celebrate World Kid Lit Month this September and promote diverse global literature for children and young adults in your library.

Celebrate World Kid Lit Month this September and promote diverse global literature for children and young adults in your library.

Comparing two translations of a children’s novel is often impossible, as, typically only one has been published. But at least two English-language translations exist of a trim, eight-chapter classi…

In 2021, a New York Times article titled "Monitoring the Weather at the Edge of the World" inspired a new picture book, written by Nelly Buchet and illustrated by Elizabeth Haidle.

By Paula Holmes I started thinking about titling this post as Part II reading with your cat ears updating my WorldKid*Cat*LitMonth post from 2022 on the joy of cat books. Then I sat in a presentati…

Today’s post comes to you from Deborah Iwabuchi: When it comes to weather, Japanese children’s books contain lots of it. Today, I present three books on rain that have been translated into En…

Our beautiful darkness. Written by Ondjaki. Illustrated by António Jorge Gonçalves. Translated from the Portuguese by Lyn Miller-L...

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By Paula Holmes I started thinking about titling this post as Part II reading with your cat ears updating my WorldKid*Cat*LitMonth post from 2022 on the joy of cat books. Then I sat in a presentati…

As World Kid Lit Month approaches – the 10th anniversary! – we’re thrilled to share this downloadable book list to help you find picture books from Africa. Click here or on the gr…

The great cruelty of life, and also its great mercy, is that only hindsight ever knows each last — the last time your lover put their hand on the small of your back, the last sip of the last …

Explore insights from ALA Annual 2026 on the carceral system and its impact on children and caregivers in our communities.

Written & illustrated by Isol Translated from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel A young girl discovers the value of the chaotic, creative underside in this picture book from Astrid Lindg...

Daring adventures, inspiring biographies, friendship tales, understanding complex emotions—it’s all here in Booklist’s picture books webinar on Thursday, August 13 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT. Join us a...

Find the best international literature at the Restless bookstore: fiction, narrative nonfiction, travel writing, classics, journalism, memoir, thrillers, speculative fiction, books for young readers, ...

Sigfríður S. Sólsker, Managing Director of Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags (BFL), the Faroe Islands’ main publisher of children’s and youth literature, shares insights into children’s publishing in t…

By Ruth Donnelly This week we meet another Mexican author and illustrator, Azul López – creator of this year’s Batchelder Award winner, Croco. Azul tells us all about where her inspiration comes fr…

This week, public health detectives in Michigan got their first big lead in the cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people in the state amid a broader national surge. Initial eviden...