Looking for a summer read to share with the young translated-literature fans in your life? The World Kid Lit team share four recently published favourites for the summer … EDITH:
It’s September and that means … World Kid Lit Month! The time to go global with our reading, and think about broadening horizons in terms of the books we make available to youn
September is World Kid Lit Month: a month for young readers (and adult readers of children’s and YA literature) to travel the world through books. How to take part? Si
Since its publication in France in 2006, as riots were exploding in the Paris banlieues, Eve Out of Her Ruins has become an anthem for ‘disenfranchised youth’ with a resonance
‘If someone could look down on us from above, they’d see that the world is full of people running about in a hurry, sweating and very tired, and their lost souls … ’
The wonderful Emma Press has released two sets of Bicki-Books. These are charming, small-format picture books for children aged three plus, all translated from the Latvian, and cur
‘Cat & Dog are not the same, in fact they are very different and the perfect subjects for a tale of opposites … ’ Books featuring the concept of opposites are a well-esta
Many children and adults will know the Polish husband-and-wife team Daniel and Aleksandra Mizielinski from their bestselling nonfiction title Maps (2013), an illustrated feast for
Sally Jones is back! Translated books for younger readers rarely receive the recognition they deserve in the English-speaking press. The Murderer’s Ape, however, appears to be an
It’s September – and that means it’s World Kid Lit Month! But what exactly is World Kid Lit and how can you get involved? Johanna McCalmont and Claire Storey tell us
