World Kid Lit Month
From World Kid Lit CIC
Resource type: Event
Price band: Free
Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
Region(s): All of UK
September is World Kid Lit Month, an annual celebration of international literature for children and young adults: books from other countries, set in other countries, or translated from other languages.
The World Kid Lit website provides a number of resources to support schools that are interested in exploring global literature as a way to provide a more diverse and inclusive reading experience and promote empathy and understanding:
- Read the World booklists and book maps.
- Lists of children’s and YA books in translation published for each year since 2017.
- Ideas and resources to help schools celebrate World Kid Lit Month.
Cost: Free.
About World Kid Lit CIC: World Kid Lit CIC is a not-for-profit organisation that is dedicated to improving awareness of and access to diverse, inclusive, global literature for young people. Based in the UK, it works with literature and literacy advocates, librarians and educators across five continents to raise the profile of world literature for young people in the media, arts and education landscapes.
Further resources:
- World Kid Lit Month is an opportunity to celebrate the multilingual and multicultural landscape of your school community. Find out more in our blog.
- Share your world reading journey with the hashtag #WorldKidLitMonth on social media.
- Discover some of the best books available in translation for young people by exploring the winners of the ALA Mildred L. Batchelder Award and the GLLI Translated YA Book Award.
- Outside In World is dedicated to exploring, promoting and celebrating children’s books from around the world in translation to English. The team posts regular reviews of books in translation and you can search for books from different countries using their Book Finder.
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