Welcome back to #WorldKidLit Month! I will recommend some excellent, traditional translations of the Brothers Grimm at the end of this post, but first I want to suggest that your collection or library needs a copy of Grimms Märchen ohne Worte (Grimm's Fairy Tales Without Words) no matter how many other editions of Grimm's you … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Month 2025: Grimm’s Without Words
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#WorldKidLit Month 2025: Marieke Nijkamp’s Ink Girls, Rebels of the Printed Word
Welcome back to #WorldKid Lit Month! Today's post about a graphic novel written by an author from the Netherlands comes to us from Kim Tyo-Dickerson. Ink Girls (2023), written by Marieke Nijkamp and illustrated by Sylvia Bi, is a vibrant, alternate history graphic novel starring three rebel girls fighting against censorship and corruption, a story … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Month 2025: Marieke Nijkamp’s Ink Girls, Rebels of the Printed Word
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Four Eisner- Nominated Graphic Novels in Translation
It’s that time of year again--or at least it was when I wrote this post: 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 celebrating all things comics related. There are panels with authors and actors; talks about art, craft, … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Four Eisner- Nominated Graphic Novels in Translation
#WorldKidLit Month 2025: ‘A Magician’s Flower’ by Finnish author and illustrator Marika Maijala
Welcome back to #WorldKidLit month at GLLI! Marika Maijala, a Finnish picture book author and illustrator, has a freshly translated book - A Magician's Flower - out with Elsewhere Editions. Her first picture book, Rosie Runs [see the GLLI review here], was selected for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition, and in 2020, Maijala was nominated for … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Month 2025: ‘A Magician’s Flower’ by Finnish author and illustrator Marika Maijala
#WorldKidLit Month 2025: Claude Ponti
Welcome back to #WorldKidLit month! Today we will be looking at two picture books by French author and illustrator, Claude Ponti. Ponti's book feature fanciful illustrations and even more fantastical language - his books have been translated into 13 languages, but as FranceLivre noted, he can be a headache for translators, as the French in … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Month 2025: Claude Ponti
#WorldKidLit Month 2025: Ukrainian Kid Lit
Today's post is from Kelsey Hedrick. See her earlier #WorldKidLit Month post about Russian here. Let’s start as well with a song from the 2022 Eurovision Contest - The Kalush Orchestra singing a techno folk song that celebrated Ukrainian culture and gave strength to the people fighting in the war. Anya and the Dragon (2019), … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Month 2025: Ukrainian Kid Lit
#WorldKidLit Month 2025: Sergio Ruzzier
Welcome back to #WorldKidLit month! Today we will be looking at some more wonderful Italian picture books. Sergio Ruzzier is an Italian illustrator, author, and translator. He was a 2011 Sendak Fellow, won the Andersen Prize in Italy in 2023, and has had two of his books (Fox and Chick: The Party in 2019, and … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Month 2025: Sergio Ruzzier
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Monster in the Lake
When Eric, a timid mallard, hears a fellow duck suggest the group of four duck friends go down to the lake, he is alarmed. After all, a monster lives under the water, and it will pull them under. The others laugh at him. They say only fish and frogs live underwater, but Eric is convinced … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Monster in the Lake
#WorldKidLit Month 2025: Author and Illustrator Felicita Sala
Today's post comes to us from Angela Roberts. Felicita Sala is an author and illustrator whose work I return to again and again. I have read and reread her stories and frequently recommend them to my patrons. My first encounter with Sala’s work was about six or seven years ago, on the recommendation of a … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Month 2025: Author and Illustrator Felicita Sala
#WorldKidLit Month 2025: Russian Recommendations
Today's post is by Kelsey Hedrick. On February 27, 2022, I was running in the Baikal Marathon when I learned that Russia had finally taken the step to invade Ukraine. I had been living in Russia for almost six years at that point, had worked to speak decent Russian, and felt more at home in Moscow … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Month 2025: Russian Recommendations
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