The spring publishing season is in full swing now with new releases coming out every week. You can see the ones I've reviewed below. A lot of the April releases are about gardening and nature, which is no surprise because Earth Day was on April 22nd. There was also a family story and a story… Continue reading April 2024 New Releases
We read a lot of back list titles in November and December, some of them released earlier this year. I posted about 10 of them on Instagram @kidsreadtheworld and wanted to share them with you here too. My grade k/1 class and I have been focusing heavily on social emotional development the past few months… Continue reading November/December 2023 List Updates
There were some outstanding translated picture books released in October. Below is a list of the ones I reviewed in October . If you know of any other can't miss titles please let me know! Super Space Weekend - October 3 (France) Do you have a space-obsessed kid? Super Space Weekend hit shelves this month in the… Continue reading October 2023 New Releases
September was a huge month in the picture book publishing world. I reviewed 17 new releases that were either translated or written my authors outside of the US. They are all below. If you know of any other can't miss titles please let me know! George and Tao - September 5 (Belgium) Have you ever… Continue reading September 2023 New Releases
While September is gearing up to be a busy month in the publishing world, there were a few new releases in August I suggest you take a look at. All the picture books born this month that I reviewed are below. If you know of any other can't miss titles please let me know! Fodo… Continue reading August 2023 New Releases
Worms are the best class pet. Hear me out. 1. They are incredibly quiet. You will never hear a sound from your worm bin, unless it's the kids saying "wow! cool!". 2. They teach kids about composting. Their poop is every plant's dream! 3. You don't have to feed them very often. We feed ours… Continue reading Books Featuring Worms
This week we read books from Estonia, all in translation ~ there was a poetry collection, two picture books my girls found delightful, and one middle grade novel I enjoyed. Estonia is a county in Northern Europe across from Finland which has a mainland and over 2,200 islands. Sounds like a fun place to explore!… Continue reading Kids Read: Estonia
Nepalese author Anuradha was presented with a difficult task when asked to take the Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Sage, Islamic literature's first true autobiography written in the 15th and 16th centuries, and turn it into a story which would appeal to and inspire today's middle grade aged kids. What has come out of… Continue reading The Story of Babur ~ Including Author Interview
I had a fairly easy time finding books by Nigerian authors this week. Storyteller Atinuke has a large variety of popular picture and beginning chapter books that are widely available in the US. There are also Nigerian folktales that have made their way into picture book format, which you can see in the list below.… Continue reading Kids Read: Nigeria
Over the past few months I've been learning a lot about the process of translating picture books, why translation is important, and how few translated picture books are getting the attention they deserve (this is slowly changing, I believe). More about all this in another post. For now, I think this is the first week… Continue reading Kids Read: Latvia
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