This year I have enjoyed serving on the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Book Award Committee with USBBY, the United States Board on Books for Young People. Our chair, Dr. Kathy Short, is a professor at the University of Arizona, College of Education in Tucson. She is the Director of an exciting project called Worlds of Words. … Continue reading Worlds of Words
Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature
The latest issue of Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature arrived last week. It is vol. 56. No. 1. The journal has a regular feature called Translators and Their Books. This issue includes an article called "I am a Translator, a Transmitter of Culture" by Anna Becchi. The author is a translator from German, Dutch … Continue reading Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature
Our Neighbor: Mexico
Helping young readers understand the culture, history and beauty of Mexico has never been more important! Children's books are windows and mirrors and may be the answer to how we break down walls. My school has many families with Hispanic backgrounds and most of our students take Spanish classes from age four to eighth grade. … Continue reading Our Neighbor: Mexico
Our Neighbor: Canada
Recently I attended the USBBY Regional Conference in Seattle. There were colleagues from all over the world, especially Canada. We listened to a panel of speakers representing first nations/indigenous peoples of Canada. It was fascinating! Here are some resources to add books for young people to your collection. Canadian Children's Book Centre "The Canadian Children’s … Continue reading Our Neighbor: Canada
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
" The Batchelder Award is given to the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States." Visit the American Library Association site for details. Link here. This award honors Mildred L. Batchelder, … Continue reading Mildred L. Batchelder Award
International books for children
Dear colleagues, I am honored and excited to be the GLLI guest editor for March 2018. I have been a public and school librarian for many years. My daughter is from India and now lives in New Zealand. For her 21st birthday we visited Japan, her favorite place in the world. In 2011, I spent … Continue reading International books for children
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative 