Ruth
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🌎 reading international children's books for #WorldKidLitMonth 📚
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There's a reason authoritarian regimes crack down on artists first. Because ART speaks to people more than anything else in this world. ART informs our hearts and our minds. Art forms bridges between our souls. Art heals what the world breaks.
So yes. Promote the art. Keep making the art. Please.
So yes. Promote the art. Keep making the art. Please.
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Translators recommend #kidlit translations at @wwborders.bsky.social!
#translation #scbwitranslation #worldkidlitmonth #xl8
@bookishruth.bsky.social @jasmine-hongyu.bsky.social
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#translation #scbwitranslation #worldkidlitmonth #xl8
@bookishruth.bsky.social @jasmine-hongyu.bsky.social
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
World Kid Lit Month 2025: Fall Picks for All Ages - Words Without Borders
Celebrate #WorldKidLitMonth with thirteen new children's and YA books in translation, from Colombia, the Netherlands, South Korea, and more.
wordswithoutborders.org
September 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Translators recommend #kidlit translations at @wwborders.bsky.social!
#translation #scbwitranslation #worldkidlitmonth #xl8
@bookishruth.bsky.social @jasmine-hongyu.bsky.social
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
#translation #scbwitranslation #worldkidlitmonth #xl8
@bookishruth.bsky.social @jasmine-hongyu.bsky.social
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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Tucking in BILLIE AND BEAN AT THE BEACH by Julia Hansson tr by @bjwoodstein.bsky.social into a gift bundle ❤️ love this PB adventure series from @orcabook.bsky.social that includes BILLIE AND BEAN IN THE CITY & BILLIE AND BEAN IN THE MOUNTAINS perfect for encouraging new adventures #worldkidlitmonth
September 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Tucking in BILLIE AND BEAN AT THE BEACH by Julia Hansson tr by @bjwoodstein.bsky.social into a gift bundle ❤️ love this PB adventure series from @orcabook.bsky.social that includes BILLIE AND BEAN IN THE CITY & BILLIE AND BEAN IN THE MOUNTAINS perfect for encouraging new adventures #worldkidlitmonth
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For #WorldKidLitMonth, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp reviews four middle-grade novels and a picture book—from five continents. Enjoy this globe-trotting tour in our September issue.
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
September 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For #WorldKidLitMonth, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp reviews four middle-grade novels and a picture book—from five continents. Enjoy this globe-trotting tour in our September issue.
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
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It’s that time of year again: San Diego Comic Con! Four 2025 #Eisner-Nominated Graphic Novels on the blog today 📖 have a read all about them #WorldKidLitMonth #kidlit
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/13/f...
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/13/f...
Four 2025 Eisner-Nominated Graphic Novels
By Nanette McGuinness It’s that time of year again: San Diego Comic Con! For those who may not know, San Diego Comic Con is a huge four-and-a-half day lollapalooza of an annual convention cel…
worldkidlit.org
September 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It’s that time of year again: San Diego Comic Con! Four 2025 #Eisner-Nominated Graphic Novels on the blog today 📖 have a read all about them #WorldKidLitMonth #kidlit
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/13/f...
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/13/f...
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For #WorldKidLitMonth - a trip to Nigeria. Well, a few trips to Nigeria.
aotearoaworldofchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
aotearoaworldofchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
World Kid Lit Month: Bingo for 0-6: Africa
Baby books Written by Atinuke , illustrated by Angela Brooksbank . Walker Books UK, 2025. There are four books featuring Baby and thei...
aotearoaworldofchildrensbooks.blogspot.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
For #WorldKidLitMonth - a trip to Nigeria. Well, a few trips to Nigeria.
aotearoaworldofchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
aotearoaworldofchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
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The paperback edition of Blood of the Old Kings by @sung-il-kim.com and translated by @antonhur.com is out today, so we are re-releasing our interview with them from last year. The cast loved the first book and found this interview to be a delight.
geeklyinc.com/off-the-book...
geeklyinc.com/off-the-book...
September 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The paperback edition of Blood of the Old Kings by @sung-il-kim.com and translated by @antonhur.com is out today, so we are re-releasing our interview with them from last year. The cast loved the first book and found this interview to be a delight.
geeklyinc.com/off-the-book...
geeklyinc.com/off-the-book...
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This morning, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded that the Israeli government is committing genocide — affirming what Palestinians and experts have been saying for nearly two years.
September 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This morning, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded that the Israeli government is committing genocide — affirming what Palestinians and experts have been saying for nearly two years.
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Hello from your #MultilingualLibrary!
Did you know it's #WorldKidLitMonth?
Which #books are you reading & in which #languages?
Did you know it's #WorldKidLitMonth?
Which #books are you reading & in which #languages?
September 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Hello from your #MultilingualLibrary!
Did you know it's #WorldKidLitMonth?
Which #books are you reading & in which #languages?
Did you know it's #WorldKidLitMonth?
Which #books are you reading & in which #languages?
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My second #WorldKidLitMonth post at #SCBWI: The Blog. A look at taking translated #kidlit on a book tour!
🙏 @pageonem.bsky.social, @japansociety.org, @kalyanisaxena.bsky.social, @katemilford.bsky.social, @authorgracelin.bsky.social, @vromansbookstore.bsky.social
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
🙏 @pageonem.bsky.social, @japansociety.org, @kalyanisaxena.bsky.social, @katemilford.bsky.social, @authorgracelin.bsky.social, @vromansbookstore.bsky.social
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
World Kid Lit Month: Taking a Translation on Tour
We don’t often associate translated children’s books with book tours—or at least I didn’t, until going on tour this year! In New York at the...
scbwi.blogspot.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
My second #WorldKidLitMonth post at #SCBWI: The Blog. A look at taking translated #kidlit on a book tour!
🙏 @pageonem.bsky.social, @japansociety.org, @kalyanisaxena.bsky.social, @katemilford.bsky.social, @authorgracelin.bsky.social, @vromansbookstore.bsky.social
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
🙏 @pageonem.bsky.social, @japansociety.org, @kalyanisaxena.bsky.social, @katemilford.bsky.social, @authorgracelin.bsky.social, @vromansbookstore.bsky.social
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/worl...
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Love seeing a trio of beautiful Eerdmans bird books in this post from @qsprite.bsky.social! Fly Like a Bird (on sale now), Home, and Plume! #worldkidlitmonth
“Don’t forget to sing about life.” 🕊️ Discover five picture #books that celebrate birds, #song, & the beauty of the natural world this #WorldKidLitMonth. 🌿📖
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/11/d...
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/11/d...
Don’t Forget to Sing about Life: Five Beautiful Books about Birds
By Paula Holmes At sunrise, I am greeted by mourning doves sitting on the fence, cooing outside my window. This greeting cannot be ignored as my semi-feral cat, Seraphina, is demanding I open the s…
worldkidlit.org
September 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Love seeing a trio of beautiful Eerdmans bird books in this post from @qsprite.bsky.social! Fly Like a Bird (on sale now), Home, and Plume! #worldkidlitmonth
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As I've left the other social, thought I'd share our UKLA #WorldKidLitMonth reads.
@sam_creighton shares Amazing Octopus-Michael Stavarič, illust-Michèle Ganser, transl-Oliver Latch
@PushkinPress. Stunning illustrated insights into an amazing creature & celebration of interdependence of knowledge.
@sam_creighton shares Amazing Octopus-Michael Stavarič, illust-Michèle Ganser, transl-Oliver Latch
@PushkinPress. Stunning illustrated insights into an amazing creature & celebration of interdependence of knowledge.
September 20, 2024 at 6:38 AM
As I've left the other social, thought I'd share our UKLA #WorldKidLitMonth reads.
@sam_creighton shares Amazing Octopus-Michael Stavarič, illust-Michèle Ganser, transl-Oliver Latch
@PushkinPress. Stunning illustrated insights into an amazing creature & celebration of interdependence of knowledge.
@sam_creighton shares Amazing Octopus-Michael Stavarič, illust-Michèle Ganser, transl-Oliver Latch
@PushkinPress. Stunning illustrated insights into an amazing creature & celebration of interdependence of knowledge.
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#WorldKitLitMonth #UKLAMember
@misshill_2018
recommends Cross My Heart And Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes a touching graphic novel all about navigating friendship and identity as you grow up. Wonderfully translated from Norwegian by Matt Bagguley
@FarshoreBooks
@misshill_2018
recommends Cross My Heart And Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes a touching graphic novel all about navigating friendship and identity as you grow up. Wonderfully translated from Norwegian by Matt Bagguley
@FarshoreBooks
September 20, 2024 at 6:42 AM
#WorldKitLitMonth #UKLAMember
@misshill_2018
recommends Cross My Heart And Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes a touching graphic novel all about navigating friendship and identity as you grow up. Wonderfully translated from Norwegian by Matt Bagguley
@FarshoreBooks
@misshill_2018
recommends Cross My Heart And Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes a touching graphic novel all about navigating friendship and identity as you grow up. Wonderfully translated from Norwegian by Matt Bagguley
@FarshoreBooks
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#WorldKidLitMonth I recommend Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono, translated by Emily Balistrieri, illustrated by
@Joetoddstanton @Puffin
. A tale of a young witch trying to find her way in the world, accompanied by her clever cat Jiji.
@Joetoddstanton @Puffin
. A tale of a young witch trying to find her way in the world, accompanied by her clever cat Jiji.
September 20, 2024 at 6:43 AM
#WorldKidLitMonth I recommend Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono, translated by Emily Balistrieri, illustrated by
@Joetoddstanton @Puffin
. A tale of a young witch trying to find her way in the world, accompanied by her clever cat Jiji.
@Joetoddstanton @Puffin
. A tale of a young witch trying to find her way in the world, accompanied by her clever cat Jiji.
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Fab diverse books that are perfect for #WorldKidLitMonth - taking readers to China, Vietnam, Thailand, Mexico, Colombia, Ghana, Palestine, Panama, Nigeria, the Philippines and more ...
Thrilled and honored to see KINGDOM OF DUST included on NYPL's Vibrant Voices Titles for Kids list for 2025-2026!
Thank you to the librarians and staff of the library for sharing my book with your patrons!
www.nypl.org/books-more/r... @harperkids.bsky.social
Thank you to the librarians and staff of the library for sharing my book with your patrons!
www.nypl.org/books-more/r... @harperkids.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Fab diverse books that are perfect for #WorldKidLitMonth - taking readers to China, Vietnam, Thailand, Mexico, Colombia, Ghana, Palestine, Panama, Nigeria, the Philippines and more ...
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ASTERIX FOREVER! I first read them in Spanish, translated from the French. I then read them here in English and found a whole different world of jokes and puns. Raising a glass 🥂 to translators and the magic they weave ✨✨✨
September 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
ASTERIX FOREVER! I first read them in Spanish, translated from the French. I then read them here in English and found a whole different world of jokes and puns. Raising a glass 🥂 to translators and the magic they weave ✨✨✨
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Great question! I really enjoyed Michael Ende's tortoise-based time-travelling adventure Momo:
www.penguin.co.uk/books/1109/m...
And another standout for me is The Flowing Queen (UK title) by Kai Meyer, which is quite unbelievably 20 years old!
www.fantasticfiction.com/m/kai-meyer/...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/1109/m...
And another standout for me is The Flowing Queen (UK title) by Kai Meyer, which is quite unbelievably 20 years old!
www.fantasticfiction.com/m/kai-meyer/...
Momo
At the edge of the city, in the ruins of an old amphitheatre, there lives a little homelss girl called Momo. Momo has a special talent which she uses to help all her friends who come to visit her. The...
www.penguin.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Great question! I really enjoyed Michael Ende's tortoise-based time-travelling adventure Momo:
www.penguin.co.uk/books/1109/m...
And another standout for me is The Flowing Queen (UK title) by Kai Meyer, which is quite unbelievably 20 years old!
www.fantasticfiction.com/m/kai-meyer/...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/1109/m...
And another standout for me is The Flowing Queen (UK title) by Kai Meyer, which is quite unbelievably 20 years old!
www.fantasticfiction.com/m/kai-meyer/...
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We made a #WorldKidLitMonth starter pack! to help you find diverse & translated children's/YA books from around the globe
World Kid Lit Month is the month to explore the world through international & globally inclusive children's books. Where will you travel by book?
go.bsky.app/BNqvNtU
World Kid Lit Month is the month to explore the world through international & globally inclusive children's books. Where will you travel by book?
go.bsky.app/BNqvNtU
September 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We made a #WorldKidLitMonth starter pack! to help you find diverse & translated children's/YA books from around the globe
World Kid Lit Month is the month to explore the world through international & globally inclusive children's books. Where will you travel by book?
go.bsky.app/BNqvNtU
World Kid Lit Month is the month to explore the world through international & globally inclusive children's books. Where will you travel by book?
go.bsky.app/BNqvNtU
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Looking for some Asian #kidlit books with feisty female protagonists? @kellyzhang.bsky.social has picked 3 must-reads for #WorldKidLitMonth ! Have a look:
worldkidlit.org/2024/09/18/s...
worldkidlit.org/2024/09/18/s...
September 18, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Looking for some Asian #kidlit books with feisty female protagonists? @kellyzhang.bsky.social has picked 3 must-reads for #WorldKidLitMonth ! Have a look:
worldkidlit.org/2024/09/18/s...
worldkidlit.org/2024/09/18/s...
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Today we celebrate the start of Black History Month.
This year's theme of reclaiming narratives is vital.
To create a truly equal society, we have to be honest about the injustices our country was built on and remember the people who fought to overcome them #BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistory
This year's theme of reclaiming narratives is vital.
To create a truly equal society, we have to be honest about the injustices our country was built on and remember the people who fought to overcome them #BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistory
October 1, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Today we celebrate the start of Black History Month.
This year's theme of reclaiming narratives is vital.
To create a truly equal society, we have to be honest about the injustices our country was built on and remember the people who fought to overcome them #BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistory
This year's theme of reclaiming narratives is vital.
To create a truly equal society, we have to be honest about the injustices our country was built on and remember the people who fought to overcome them #BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistory
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Just updated my post and editable Assembly free for all to use for upcoming #BlackHistoryMonth - Check it out here- www.trythisteaching.com/2020/09/bhm-...
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BHM 2024
Want to share an assembly with your students about what Black History Month is? Then click here!
www.trythisteaching.com
September 30, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Just updated my post and editable Assembly free for all to use for upcoming #BlackHistoryMonth - Check it out here- www.trythisteaching.com/2020/09/bhm-...
I include links to further reading/resources and information! Image ref in link. This is good! Share&Repost pls. #EduSky
I include links to further reading/resources and information! Image ref in link. This is good! Share&Repost pls. #EduSky
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My first Substack, on writing residencies ✉️ open.substack.com/pub/jencalle...
No-Writing Residency
A month or so ago, I went on a day trip with one of my closest friends to the town of Lewes, which is about fifty minutes on the train from where I live in Hastings.
open.substack.com
October 2, 2024 at 11:27 AM
My first Substack, on writing residencies ✉️ open.substack.com/pub/jencalle...
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Italian Lit Month n.3, by Nanette McGuinness
Join us daily in October to read about wonderful Italian books, authors and translators!
#ItalianLit #ItalianBooks #Literarytranslation #ItLit
Join us daily in October to read about wonderful Italian books, authors and translators!
#ItalianLit #ItalianBooks #Literarytranslation #ItLit
#ItalianLitMonth n.3: Three Fun, Fascinating Italian Books for Children and Young Adults
by Nanette McGuinness What do the books that I translate from Italian into English have in common? They’re fascinating and fun—and they also vary greatly. Take, for example, my three most recent tr…
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October 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Italian Lit Month n.3, by Nanette McGuinness
Join us daily in October to read about wonderful Italian books, authors and translators!
#ItalianLit #ItalianBooks #Literarytranslation #ItLit
Join us daily in October to read about wonderful Italian books, authors and translators!
#ItalianLit #ItalianBooks #Literarytranslation #ItLit
Phenomenal work from Leah Janeczko and team who have curated this month's #ItalianLiterature focus at GLLI - Global Literature in Libraries Initiative
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#ReadtheWorld #ReadItaly #namethetranslator #translation
subscribe and enjoy!
#ReadtheWorld #ReadItaly #namethetranslator #translation
Our blog has launched! Read my intro here, and follow us all month to discover amazing Italian books, authors and translators! Our posts are short enough to read over a coffee (or espresso) break. Visit glli-us.org/articles/ from October 1st to 31st, and treat your bookshelf to a taste of Italy!
#ItalianLitMonth n.1: Italian Lit Month: A Chorus of Voices
by Leah Janeczko Yesterday, September 30th, was the feast day of San Girolamo – St. Jerome – and I’m thankful to this patron saint of translators for ushering us into October, the month of the Glob…
glli-us.org
October 2, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Phenomenal work from Leah Janeczko and team who have curated this month's #ItalianLiterature focus at GLLI - Global Literature in Libraries Initiative
subscribe and enjoy!
#ReadtheWorld #ReadItaly #namethetranslator #translation
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#ReadtheWorld #ReadItaly #namethetranslator #translation
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