Twelve-year-old Tuva has always felt different from her classmates. In the past, they’ve bullied her. Now, “at best, they ignore” her. But until people from Tuva's Stockholm archipelago go missing--even a classmate--she has no idea why she doesn't fit in nor how different she really is. Accompanied by new kid Rasmus, who befriends her, Tuva … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Secrets Below
The 2026 GLLI Translated Young Adult Book Prize Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2026 prize. This is the eighth year of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, which recognizes publishers, translators, and authors of books in English translation for young adult readers, aged 12 through 18 inclusive. Publisher submissions to the … Continue reading Announcing the Shortlist for the 2026 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated Young Adult Book Prize
What do a vampire, a slime mold, a skeleton, a mad scientist and a mummy have in common? They’re all students at Monstrocity School. And they’re also all close friends of young werewolf Olivia Wolf, the protagonist in the zany Olivia Wolf graphic novels for readers age 7-10. In Olivia Wolf and the Trip Through Time, … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Olivia Wolf and the Trip Through Time
Budding volcanologists rejoice! Young scientists roll up your sleeves! As for the rest of the world, get ready to rock! Mountain of Fire: Into the Heart of Volcanoes is a fascinating nonfiction book about volcanoes for middle grade readers. And perhaps it may even inspire a few young readers to turn an early volcanic passion … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Mountain of Fire: Into the Heart of Volcanoes
In the deep, dark, frigid days of winter, what could be more fun than curling up in a blanket with a shivery ghost story? Set during summer vacation, The Ghosts of Pandora Pickwick is a wonderful combination of two evergreen middle grade tropes: the aforementioned ghost tale and an adoption/origin story. Protagonist Mia Jones has … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Ghosts of Pandora Pickwick
What’s faster than a jet? Or bigger than a whale? And have you ever wondered how many vertebrae are in a giraffe’s neck? These and myriad other fascinating questions are the focus of Faster Than a Jet, Bigger Than a Whale: An Illustrated Guide to Measuring Our World, a wonderful nonfiction book for readers age … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Faster Than a Jet, Bigger Than a Whale: An Illustrated Guide to Measuring Our World
Okchundang Candy 옥춘당 by Jung-soon Go 고정순Translated from Korean by Aerin ParkLevine Querido, March 2025 “I still remember that house filled with summer lingering.” As the story opens, the narrator leads us back into the summers she spent with her grandparents, Mr. Go Jadong and Ms. Kim Soonim. Words rendered in crayon carry a handlettered … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Okchundang Candy
Take a cooking competition in graphic novel format and mix in zany illustrations, alien species and an intergalactic empire. Blend in a reluctant, kindhearted female heroine, top it all off with eco-, exoplanetary, and class politics, and you get The Big Tournament, the first book in the fabulous upper middle grade/YA sci-fi series, Magda: Intergalactic … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Big Tournament
Equal parts Our Bodies, Ourselves, Margaret Mead, and biology/history explainer, Born a Girl: It Takes Courage is an approachable feminist manifesto for today's teens that embraces difficult topics. Organized around the fictionalized stories of five teenage girls---one each from Nepal, France, Afghanistan, Kenya, and Mexico---this nonfiction YA illustrated book lays out a frank, sympathetic description … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Born a Girl: It Takes Courage
Today’s post comes to you from Rasil Kaur Ahuja When the Sun Sets “You read a lot of baby books,” a well-wisher commented recently. “This one,” she added, pointing to a book that was shortlisted for the 2025 Neev Book Award, “doesn’t even have words!” How to explain the power of a story spoken in … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: When the Sun Sets
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