#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Papa Drew a Thousand Birds

“Papa painted a thousand birds…because the world was falling apart.” So begins this memoir for teen and adult readers by the father-daughter team of Ahmadjan and Maren Amini. Maren grew up in Germany amid her father’s art and stories of his native Afghanistan. The son of farmers from the Panjshir Valley of northern Afghanistan, Ahmadjan … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Papa Drew a Thousand Birds

#ItalianLitMonth n.39: Translating Sensitive Content in From Another World by Evelina Santangelo

by Ruth Clarke From Another World is primarily the story of Khaled, a child migrant who has decided to retrace his journey back home, away from a Europe that he fails to understand. At the same time, it is the story of Karolina, a single mother in Brussels searching for her missing teenage son. She … Continue reading #ItalianLitMonth n.39: Translating Sensitive Content in From Another World by Evelina Santangelo