September is World Kid Lit Month, an annual celebration of international children’s literature. It’s the perfect month to break out ALSC Batchelder Award and Honor books, titles on the USBBY Outstanding International Books list, and winners of the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize. Looking to run a reading challenge? Check out the bingo charts and new competition for schools at WorldKidLit.org. Looking to order world reads? Visit GlobalYouthLiterature.org for “building a global youth literature collection 101.”
Tag: Translators
Naming Source Languages and Translators Serves Young Readers
Not long ago, I asked a group of grade six English learners to do a “source language scavenger hunt,” finding middle grade and YA novels in the school library and recording the language in which each was written. I also had them note the author’s name and, if applicable, the translator’s. This “hunt” had several goals: