World Kid Lit

World Kid Lit

global literature for young people

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Author: Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Literary translator (from Arabic, German and Russian into English), language teacher, director of World Kid Lit CIC, and non-stop reader
August 30, 2021February 28, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Meet the translators: Alice Fletcher, Anam Zafar and Georgia Wall

August 25, 2021August 20, 2021 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

YA book review: No and Me by Delphine De Vigan

July 27, 2021July 30, 2021 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

English PEN funding for Siân Valvis’s adaptation of Russian folktale, Kolobok

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Silent books for refugees in Lampedusa, Italy: IBBY UK’s selection of wordless books

July 14, 2021February 28, 2025 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Young readers’ reviews: translated fiction book club at Colmore Junior School

July 1, 2021August 19, 2024 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

10 ways to celebrate #WorldKidLitMonth in your school

June 17, 2021February 28, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Sabir’s Paradise: Author Amal Alaboud introduces her Arabic-English bilingual picture book

June 11, 2021December 7, 2024 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

The 2021 list: children’s and teen books in translation

June 7, 2021 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Young reader review: The Wild Book

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Young Reader Review: The Murderer’s Ape

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