We’re on a mission to highlight the vast diversity of children’s and YA books in translation, as well as the world of amazing books still available for translation into English.
Here you’ll find the languages so far mentioned on this blog and, where available, links to resources on other websites.
If you can help us to include literature in translation from a language not yet included here, please get in touch!
Languages
Afrikaans ~ on this blog
Akan ~ on this blog
Albanian ~ on this blog ~ Shpresa Programme UK ~ Eagle Books, Switzerland (translations into German and English)
Amharic ~ on this blog
Andandi ~ World Kid Lit
Arabic ~ on World Kid Lit blog ~ ArabKidLitNow! ~ Qatar Foundation Read Alouds: picture books in Arabic and English ~ Syrian picture books: Planet Picture Book ~ Syrian books: Outside in World ~ Hadi Badi ~ Resources for teaching Egyptian Arabic literature (Words Without Borders campus) ~ Arabic Literature @ GLLI ~ Children’s and YA books in translation from Arabic ~ Arabic publishers: Al-Salwa Books, Kalimat
Armenian ~ on this blog
Basque ~ on this blog
Bengali ~ on this blog ~ Tulika Books: Bengali books, translations from Bengali and bilingual books ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Asia
Berber
Bosnian ~ on this blog
Breton
Bulgarian ~ on this blog
Burmese ~ on this blog
Cabo Verdean Crioulo ~ World Kid Lit blog
Catalan ~ on this blog ~ catalogue of the Institut Ramon Llull
Cherokee ~ search World Kid Lit
Chinese ~ on this blog ~ specifically Cantonese and Mandarin ~ Chinese Books for Young readers blog ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Asia ~ Resources for teaching Chinese literature (Words Without Borders campus) ~ The Best Chinese Picture Books (Five Books)
Cree ~ World Kid Lit blog
Croatian ~ on this blog
Czech ~ on this blog
Danish ~ on this blog ~ Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Scandinavia
Dari ~ on this blog
Darija
Duala ~ on this blog
Dutch ~ on this blog
Eritrean ~ on this blog
Esperanto ~ on this blog
Estonian ~ on this blog ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Central and Eastern Europe
Evenki ~ on this blog
Faroese ~ on this blog ~ Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Scandinavia
Farsi ~ on this blog ~ Resources for teaching Farsi literature (Words Without Borders campus) ~ Farsi literary agencies: POL Literary and Translation Agency
Filipino ~ on this blog
Finland Swedish ~ on this blog
Finnish ~ on this blog ~ Outside in World ~ Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Scandinavia
Flemish ~ on this blog
French ~ on this blog ~ French Friday on Library Mice blog ~ children’s books from France at Outside in World ~ children’s books from Switzerland at Outside in World
Fula (Fulani) ~ on this blog
Gaelic ~ World Kid Lit blog
Georgian ~ on this blog
German ~ on this blog ~ children’s books from Germany at Outside in World ~ children’s books from Austria at Outside in World ~ children’s books from Switzerland at Outside in World
Greek ~ on this blog ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Central and Eastern Europe
Guaraní ~ Guaraní children’s books (World Kid Lit blog) |
Gujarati ~ on this blog
Hai||om ~ World Kid Lit ~ New Africa Books
Hausa ~ World Kid Lit
Hebrew ~ on this blog
Hindi ~ on this blog
Hungarian ~ on this blog ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Central and Eastern Europe ~ Corvina Arts and Foreign Language Publishing Company
Icelandic ~ on this blog ~ Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Scandinavia
Igbo ~ on this blog
Indonesian ~ on this blog ~ Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Asia
Inuinnaqtun ~ World Kid Lit blog ~ Inhabit Media
Inuktitut ~ World Kid Lit blog ~ Inhabit Media
Irish ~ on this blog | Gaelic ~ on this blog
isiNdebele ~ search World Kid Lit for isiNdebele or Ndebele ~ New Africa Books
isiXhosa ~ search World Kid Lit for Xhosa or isiXhosa ~ New Africa Books ~ AwareBears Never Ending Stories
Italian ~ on this blog
Jamaican Patois ~ on this blog
Japanese ~ on this blog ~ Japanese manga book list produced by Islington Libraries, UK ~ Japanese books in translation at Outside in World ~ SCBWI Japan list of recommended translations ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Asia ~ Resources for teaching Japanese literature (Words Without Borders campus)
Kannada ~ on this blog
Kazakh ~ mentions on World Kid Lit blog
Khmer ~ on this blog
K’iche’ ~ World Kid Lit blog
Kiswahili (Swahili) ~ on this blog
Korean ~ on this blog ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Asia ~ Resources for teaching Korean literature (Words Without Borders campus)
Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji) ~ on this blog ~ see also The Boy at the Back of the Class, about a Kurdish-speaking boy from Syria
Lakota ~ World Kid Lit blog
Lao ~ Big Brother Mouse publishing
Latin ~ on this blog
Latvian ~ on this blog ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Central and Eastern Europe
Lingít (Tlingit) ~ World Kid Lit blog ~ Baby Raven Reads
Lithuanian ~ on this blog ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Central and Eastern Europe
Luganda ~ on this blog
Luxembourgish ~ on this blog
Macedonian ~ on World Kid Lit
Malay ~ on this blog
Malayalam ~ on this blog
Maltese~ on this blog
Maori (te reo Māori) ~ on this blog ~ Gecko Press
Me’phaa (Tlapanec)
Moldavian ~ on this blog
Mongolian ~ on World Kid Lit
Montenegrin
Nahuatl
Nepalese ~ on this blog
Norwegian ~ on this blog ~ Outside in World ~ Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Scandinavia
Nubian ~ search World Kid Lit blog for Nubian or Nobiin
Nuu (N|uu) ~ search World Kid Lit for Nuu or N|uu ~ New Africa Books
Panchmahali Bhili
Pashto (Pashtun) ~ on this blog
Polish ~ on this blog ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Central and Eastern Europe ~ Polish prize for children’s literature Nagrody Literacka Podróż Hestii
Portuguese ~ on this blog ~ children’s books from Portugal at Outside in World ~ children’s books from Brazil at Outside in World ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from the Americas
Portuñol / Portunhol
Punjabi ~ on this blog
Q’anjob’al
Qʼeqchiʼ
Romanian ~ on this blog ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Central and Eastern Europe
Russian ~ on this blog ~ Russian Kid Lit blog ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Central and Eastern Europe ~ Resources for teaching Russian literature (Words Without Borders campus)
Sanskrit ~ on this blog
Santhali
Scots ~ on this blog
Sepedi ~ search World Kid Lit ~ New Africa Books
Serbian ~ on this blog
Serbo-Croatian ~ on this blog
Sesotho (Sotho) ~ World Kid Lit blog ~ New Africa Books
Setswana (Tswana) ~ search World Kid Lit for Tswana or Setswana ~ New Africa Books
Shona ~ on this blog
Shuar
Siamese ~ on this blog
Sindhi
Siraiki
Siswati ~ World Kid Lit blog ~ New Africa Books
Slovak ~ on this blog
Slovenian (Slovene) ~ on this blog ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Central and Eastern Europe ~ Malinc Publishing House
Sm’algya̱x (Tsimshian) ~ search World Kid Lit blog for Sm’algya̱x / Tsimshian ~ Baby Raven Reads
Somali ~ on this blog
Spanish ~ on this blog ~children’s books from Spain at Outside in World ~ children’s books from Argentina at Outside in World ~ children’s books from Mexico at Outside in World ~ World Kid Lit Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from the Americas
Sumerian
Swahili (Kiswahili) ~ on this blog
Swedish ~ on this blog ~ Downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Scandinavia
Tagalog ~ on this blog
Tajik
Tamil ~ on this blog
Thai ~ World Kid Lit
Tibetan ~ on World Kid Lit
Tigrinya ~ World Kid Lit
Tshivenda ~ World Kid Lit ~ New Africa Books
Tsonga (Xitsonga) ~ search World Kid Lit for Tswana or Xitsonga ~ New Africa Books
Tswana (Setswana) ~ search World Kid Lit for Tswana or Setswana ~ New Africa Books
Tuareg
Turkish ~
- An Overview of Children’s Literature in Turkey
- search World Kid Lit
- Outside in World: children’s books translated from Turkish
Ukrainian
- search World Kid Lit
- TAULT – literary agency for Ukrainian literature in translation
- WKL downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Central and Eastern Europe
- list of Ukrainian children’s book publishers
Urdu
- search World Kid Lit blog
- children’s book publishers: Auraq
Uyghur
Uzbek
Vietnamese
- search World Kid Lit
- WKL downloadable book list: Children’s Books in Translation from Asia
Warlpiri
Welsh ~ on this blog
X̱aad Kíl (Haida) ~ search World Kid Lit blog for X̱aad Kíl / Haida ~ Baby Raven Reads
Xhosa ~ search World Kid Lit blog for Xhosa, also search for isiXhosa ~ New Africa Books
Yiddish ~ on this blog
Yoruba ~ on this blog
Zulu ~ search World Kid Lit for Zulu or isiZulu ~ New Africa Books
World Kid Lit 