USBBY

Creating a multilingual library of picture books - NALDIC In 2022, we started a research project that asks what impact a school-university partnership can have on multilingual awareness across an

Want to create a #MultilingualLibrary? 💙📚

Read our short blog post on this topic for NALDIC (National Subject Organization for #EAL): t.ly/S5FXW 🗣💬

Key messages:
📚something is better than nothing!
📚developing a #multilingual #library can be relatively simple & affordable

#ESLsky #books #langsky

14.01.2025 10:55 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

The Chinatown Novel That Wasn’t - JSTOR Daily Examining Lin Yutang’s 1948 novel Chinatown Family, Richard Jean So reveals the ways in which literature is shaped by editorial interventions.

Here's an interesting thread about how editors and publishers' choices of authors for pre-defined #kidsbooks can skew authenticity daily.jstor.org/the-chinatow...

30.07.2025 14:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Call for Applications: A series co-editor for Best Literary Translations 2027 — Deep Vellum The Best Literary Translations co-editors are looking for a new editor with expertise in Middle Eastern literatures. The Best Literary Translations is an annual anthology that has been published by De...

We are looking for a new series co-editor for Best Literary Translations! Deadline to apply is Monday, August 4! www.deepvellum.org/news/call-fo...

29.07.2025 01:18 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Wonderful to hear @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social describe finding the #ya book by Ondjake that she would pitch and translate as Our Beautiful Darkness—in the stunning Lisbon bookstore Ler Devagar. Thank you to @usbby.bsky.social and #ILA for spotlighting #worldkidlit and #translation.

24.07.2025 00:05 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Gujarati Pulp Fiction: A Note from Our Translator In this post, Vishwambhari S. Parmar, the primary translator for our Gujarati Pulp Fiction anthology, talks about her experience growing up biliterate.   Chaya Padchaya by H. N. Golibar   Even tho...

Vishwmabhari S. Parmar's post from February about growing up bilterate and how she encountered the less-than-wholesome side of Gujarati literature

www.blaft.com/blogs/news/g...

Come hear her speak at Champaca in Vasant Nagar, Bangalore on Saturday, 6 PM!

22.07.2025 06:06 — 👍 1    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Tomorrow's the day! Have you registered for Writing, Translating, and Selecting Books for Young People? We are cohosting with #ILA 7/23 6:30-8 PM ET will feature author and translator Lyn Miller-Lachmann Use this link to register for the event
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

22.07.2025 10:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children’s life chances. So whatever else you do, please never stop helping kids find books to read & love. Never stop sharing books, talking about books, celebrating books & reading. It will change their lives! #literacy

15.07.2025 20:02 — 👍 187    🔁 55    💬 5    📌 4

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Writing, Translating, and Selecting Books for Young People. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) and the International Literacy Association (ILA) annually promote books with cultural significance for young people. USBBY selects the Outstan...

Discover innovative ways to expose students to diverse cultures, perspectives, and experiences through #translated #kidsbooks Join us July 23 at 6:30 ET for a free webinar with author & translator Lyn Miller-Lachmann, cohosted w/ #ILA us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

16.07.2025 20:19 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

WOLFSTONGUE | Kirkus Reviews A boy with speech difficulties discovers that he can talk to animals.

#kidsbooks for sensitive readers “Unusual and thought-provoking” Wolfstongue opens a #mg #fantasy trilogy @usbby.bsky.social #OutstandingInternationalBook @littleislandbooks.bsky.social Booth 1641 #txla25 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

02.04.2025 14:30 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you ALA for gathering forward thinking librarians from around the globe to celebrate literacy! I enjoyed meeting librarians from throughout our country.

@kidlit @librarians @schoollibrarians @ALA @reforma @usbby.bsky.social @ibby @redfoxliterary.bsky.social
@bookmobile-itasca.bsky.social

29.06.2025 14:01 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Register for the USBBY @usbby.bsky.social International Literacy Association webinar July 23 with author and translator Lynn Miller-Lachmann

16.07.2025 16:42 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0