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
September 20, 2020May 4, 2021 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Coming up in week 4 of #WorldKidLitMonth!

September 14, 2020March 1, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Publisher spotlight: global picture book champion Patricia Aldana

September 12, 2020February 28, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

The Fabulous Lost and Found: an interactive bilingual storybook in 25+ languages

September 10, 2020March 1, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

TripFiction: Travel the World by Book

September 3, 2020September 24, 2020 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Fighting the Good Fight: Social Justice in (Translated) Children’s Books and Graphic Novels

August 20, 2020February 28, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

A Kid Lit Top 12 for Women in Translation Month

August 18, 2020March 1, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Mother Tongue Twisters: poetry for children in India’s many languages

August 12, 2020February 28, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Translate This: An Old Lady Stepped Out Of Her Door

August 7, 2020February 28, 2026 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Finnish illustrator Marika Maijala flourishes as an author

July 8, 2020March 3, 2021 Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

Baek Heena named 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) Laureate

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