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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Teachers! Librarians! Does your school have a #ReadtheWorld display? Have students/staff run a reading project with an international dimension this year? Enter the Schools' Int'l Reading Award by 23 Oct Your school could win a 10-book bundle of global books! worldkidlit.org/internationa... #kidlit

Poster for the World Kid Lit Schools International Reading Award

Key details:
Promote international reading and your school could win a bundle of books from every continent!
Awards for
* Best “Read the World” display
* Best group project
* Best solo project
All ages! Free to enter. Open to schools anywhere in the world. Enter by 23 October 2026! Full details at: https://worldkidlit.org/international-reading-award/

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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Girl Power Africa Style! #ReadAfrica this #WorldKidLitMonth and #BlackHistoryMonth with a picture book from Sierra Leone, a gripping fantasy set in Kenya, and African Queens from across the continent🌍 Which have you read and what's going on your TBR pile? worldkidlit.org/2026/09/26/g...

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African Queens – Incredible Stories of Africa’s Legendary Women Leaders

Written & illustrated by Onyinye Iwu

Published by Walker Books, 2026

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A Print for Ami

Written by Vickie Remoe

Illustrated by Alexey Koshelev

Published by Pikin Books, 2021

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Soni and the Life Drinkers – Intasimi Warriors Book 3

Written by Shiko Nguro

Illustrated by Melissa McIndoe

Published by Lantana, 2025

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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Read children's & YA books from and set in Afghanistan, Chile, China, France, Germany, Italy, Palestine and South Korea this #WorldKidLitMonth and beyond! #translatedgems #namethetranslator #booksky #kidlit #kidlitUK #graphicnovels #middlegrade #yalit #childrensbooks

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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just a few days left of #WorldKidLitMonth 2026 but it's never too late to set yourself a #readtheworld reading challenge! Use these bingo charts for inspiration or make your own! Link here to the canva template to make your own: worldkidlit.org/what-is-worl... #kidlitUK #booksky #kidlit #GoAllIn

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: reading prompts for reading children's and YA books in translation and books from every continent

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: middle grade reading prompts for reading children's books in translation and books from every continent

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: reading prompts for discovering picture books from other countries and in translation from other languages

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: teen/YA reading prompts for discovering books from other countries and in translation from other languages

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Elena Arévalo Melville @earevalomelville.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A book I was privileged to work on published by Macmillan Educación, México, Los Nombres Secretos reflects the realities of children who must leave their home and adapt and forge new identities abroad because of conflict. #WorldBookDay #NationalYearofReading #GoAllIn #kidlitartpostcard #Booksky

Cover of Fundación Cuatro Gatos selected fiction Los Nombres Secretos and inside illustration side by side.
Cover is Amber kissing Alma the dog and making a deep connection. Illustration is of Ambar within a group of school friends playing zapatito-cochinito-cambia-de-pie in a patio you can see the city beyond.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oops! I meant day 23 of #WorldKidLitMonth And, here's Day 23 part two: World Kid Lit Month 2026: Explorer Challenger: 7-12: Africa. aotearoaworldofchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2026/09/worl...

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World Kid Lit Month 2026: Explorer Challenger: 7-12: Africa

Ikenga. Written by Nnedi Okorafor. Viking, 2020. Fiction. In southeastern Nigeria, twelve-year-old Mnamdi is determined to ave...

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Tristan Felix B. @tristiger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Voice of the Snow is outttt (tr. me) 🥰👦🏻❄️

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 23/09/2026

"Asking 'Who Am I?' in Two Novels about Japanese Young Adults" The age of the protagonists, the school setting, and the problems... make these two novels ideal for young adult readers looking for something meaty to sink their teeth into." My contribution to #worldkidlitmonth

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#WorldKidLit Month: Asking “Who Am I?” in Two Novels about Japanese Young Adults

Today’s post comes to you from Alison Fincher: Go and The Color of the Sky Is the Shape of the Heart were not necessarily written for a young adult audience. In fact, Go won Japan’s top award for p…

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 23/09/2026

#worldkidlitmonth Sachiko Kashiwaba (1953- ) grew up in the Tohoku Region, Japan's "internal colony" and the region of Japan most affected by the 3/11 Triple Disasters. She trained as a pharmacist and wrote part-time until after her children were born.

A color photograph of Sachiko Kashiwaba cheerfully smiling in front of a neutral background.

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 26/09/2026

#worldkidlitmonth Miyuki Miyabe (1960- ) began her career as a mystery writer; she won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Prize for her debut novel. Most of her work is still in the mystery genre, where she broke new ground for women with the publication of her 1992 novel, All She Was Worth.

A color photograph of Miyuki Miyabe speaking earnestly. She has bobbed hair and is wearing stylish yellow glasses and a striped purple sweater over a collared shirt.

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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#ReadJapan #JapaneseKidLit for #WorldKidLitMonth! Phenomenonal bluesky action from @readjapaneseliterature.com this month! and GLLI (Global Literature in Libraries Initiative) has an entire month of Japan kid lit this September glli-us.org #kidlit #kidlitUK #readtheworld #readasia #booksky

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Global Literature in Libraries Initiative

Act Locally, Read Globally

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s the ten-year anniversary of #WorldKidLitMonth! Celebrate with nine new children’s and YA books from across the globe, including translations from Korean, Italian, Spanish, French, Arabic, and German. Don’t miss this exciting list of recommendations: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

At the top, the book covers of the nine books featured on this list (Banana Express, Down in the Blue Ocean, Up in the Blue Sky, When You Were A Cloud, Elfie’s Grimoire, Comet Club, Hmong: A Graphic History, The Necklace of Seven Souls, and Papa Drew a Thousand Birds) over a peach-colored background. Below this, in black text over an off white background, it reads:
“World Kid Lit Month 2026: 9 New Books to Read Now
By Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Ruth Donnelly, Charisma Lee, Nanette McGuinness, Lori Sieling & Gemma Ware”

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Avery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Forty years of the #WhiteRavens! Continuing a tradition begun in 1986, »The White Ravens 2026« features brief annotations of 216 notable new children’s and young adult books in 46 languages from 62 countries and territories. From the International Youth Library in Munich: www.ijb.de/en/home/the-...

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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Teachers! School staff! Does your school know about the @worldkidlit Schools' International Reading Award? Prizes for * Best #ReadtheWorld display * Best group project * Best solo project Your school could win a global book bundle! Please share: worldkidlit.org/internationa... #booksky #edusky

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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🍁 Tomorrow is the first day of fall! 🍂 Meet the new season with Bette Westera's POEMS FOR EVERY SEASON: A Year of Haiku, Sonnets, and More. Illus. by Henriette Boerendans, translated from the Dutch by David Colmer. ⭐⭐FOUR STARRED REVIEWS⭐⭐ #poetry #fall #childrensbooks #picturebooks #worldkidlit

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Recently updated on our site: Fairy tales for children and teens. 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/fairy... #kidlit Fairy tales for children and teens with books by books by Hans Christian Andersen, The Brothers Grimm, Isabel Otter, Michael Rosen, Sophie A...

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Fairy tales for children and teens

Fairy tales for children and teens with books by Hans Christian Andersen, Michael Rosen, Sophie Anderson, Sally Gardner and Konnie Huq.

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Arabic Literature for Young Readers: 10 Publishers to Know As a way of marking #WorldKidLitMonth, we are refreshing this profile of 10 publishers that have a focus on children's literature in Arabic.... arablit.org/2026/09/09/arabic-liter…

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Arabic Literature for Young Readers: 10 Publishers to Know

As a way of marking #WorldKidLitMonth, we are refreshing this profile of 10 publishers that have a focus on children's literature in Arabic.

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Paula Holmes @qsprite.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Sunday morning reading #worldkidlitmonth BENEATH THE MISTS by Camilla Sten & Viveca Sten tr by A.A. Prime book two The Whispering Sea Mysteries - if it’s as good as the first I am in for a treat and will be unavailable until I am finished ☺️

Cover of BENEATH THE MISTS Tuva stands at the edge of the water lantern in hand. The bow of a boat is behind, in front swirling mist barren trees and glowing eyes are in front of a large hill far in the background

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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Why do we love #booksintranslation? "Children see that life can look very different from their own, which nurtures curiosity and naturally opens discussions about other countries, traditions, and worldviews." —Shnell Donacien, Diverse Classroom Books #worldkidlitmonth #childrensbooks #diversebooks

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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thank you, @qsprite.bsky.social, for showcasing PUMA CONCOLOR in your cat feature for #worldkidlitmonth!

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Paula Holmes @qsprite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In 1968 the 1st @wearealsc.bsky.social #BatchelderAward went to THE LITTLE MAN by Erich Kästner illus by Rick Schreiter tr by James Kirkup published by Alfred A Knopf it needs a seal which I can fix & taking a walk back in time reading it now during #worldkidlitmonth

Cover of THE LITTLE MAN on top of a box of matches which is made into a little bed, sits a small man in a stripe sportcoat holding a top hat
along with the title, the words, “the biggest littlest artiste in the circus firmament with Hokus Von Pokus, professor, and past master of applied magic courtesy of Stilke’s Circus” framed illustration. The corners of the cover feature doves, a rabbit and a top hat and gloves.

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Sambasivan & Parikh @sambasivanparikh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It’s Back-to-School season and we have a fresh book for the Fall! We're so excited to see THE FIRE WALKER featured in @cbcbooks.bsky.social September Hot Off the Press! cbcbooks.org #kidlit #ClassroomLibrary #elementarylibrary #worldkidlitmonth #CBCHotOffThePress

Copies of THE FIRE WALKER arranged in a spiral

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Nina Harel tells a tale of a child's first time taking a phone message. Published in our 2004 issue of International Children’s Literature, find this #WorldKidLitMonth story (tr. Miriam Shlesinger) and other translated reads for kids at the link: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

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"Please Leave a Message" by Nira Harel - Words Without Borders

Israeli writer Nina Harel tells a story about a resourceful child who takes a phone message when he can't write yet.

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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

When was the last time you read a children's book? What was the last book you read that was from another country? Well, September is the perfect time to try both together! Join us for #WorldKidLitMonth: pick a country and travel there by book Resources and ideas here worldkidlit.org

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 19/09/2026

#worldkidlitmonth Summer Adventures and Goodbyes—Four Japanese Books for Middle Schoolers by Sabrina Rossi of the International School of Amsterdam Books "all set in the hot Japanese summer and offering" *Two of these are written for adults but appropriate and delightful MG reads

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#WorldKidLit Month: Summer Adventures and Goodbyes—Four Japanese Books for Middle Graders

Today’s post comes to you from Sabrina Rossi: If summer feels already like a distant memory, you may want to dive into the following middle grade books, all set in the hot Japanese summer and offer…

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Book 154 of 2026: Animals Brag About Their Bottoms by Maki Saito, translated by Brian Bergstrom. What’s not to love about a #BoardBook about animal butts? My kids LOVE it and I suspect it will be on our shelves and reread through til my kids are adults. #KidLit #BookSky #WorldKidLitMonth

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Animals Brag About Their Bottoms

Fans of Taro Gomi’s Everyone Poops and Matthew Van Flee…

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 20/09/2026

#worldkidlitmonth Eiko Kadono (1935- ) began writing in 1970 and has published about 250 books, mostly picture books. She has also translated around 100 titles from other languages.

A color photograph of Eiko Kadono, an older Japanese woman in a pink, floral sweater.

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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Looking for more great kid lit from around the world? 🌍📚 We’ve rounded up 10 brilliant sites, people and organisations to follow for book recommendations, reviews and news. Bookmark this one! #WorldKidLitMonth #reading #kidlit worldkidlit.org/2026/09/12/1...

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10 Best Sites for World Kid Lit Recos!

By Jackie Friedman Mighdoll One of the things I love best about World Kid Lit is the community! I love the books, of course. But what has given me the greatest joy since I started editing the blog …

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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

📚🌍 Discover the world in verse! Our latest #WorldKidLitMonth post explores three powerful verse novels from Aotearoa New Zealand, Ireland and Canada, and why verse can be such an accessible way into stories and poetry worldkidlit.org/2026/09/11/r... #kidlit #diversity #poetry

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Read the World in Verse

These three verse novels, from Ireland, Canada and New Zealand, offer a surprisingly accessible way for middle-grade and young adult readers to encounter some difficult subjects. By Ruth Donnelly I…

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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 09/09/2026

#worldkitlitmonth Focus on Japan: Rainy Weather from All Angles Deborah Iwabuchi presents three books on rain that have been translated into English. Iwabuchi has co-authored bestselling books on writing and reading English for the Japanese market and translated novels of popular Japanese authors.

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#WorldKidLit Month Focus on Japan: Rainy Weather From All Angles

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…

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