Chinese Books Young

NEW POST: 170. “Perfect Picture Books” from Cardinal Media - …esebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/2024/11/23/170…

NEW POST: The 2025 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards - nominations from China and Taiwan (past and present) …esebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/2024/11/10/169… #worldkidlit

NEW POST: Interview with Jennifer Bond (@ucl) on the complex identities of Chinese girls who attended Western Christian missionary schools in Republican China …esebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/2024/10/20/168… Thank you, Jenny!

The (incomplete) Lit in Colour book list - 100 texts by writers of colour - pre-school to KS2 edition - Vol. 4 wp.penguin.co.uk/wp-content/upl… HT @HertsEnglish

100 books by authors of colour wp.penguin.co.uk/wp-content/upl… Well worth a visit @mattheweduk @benniekara @rachelayres1979 @Team_English1 @BarbaraBleiman Worth sharing too!

This is the most wonderful competition - please consider sharing it, and if you are a teacher, encouraging children in your class to take part!

NEW POST - here are the 10 Chinese titles selected as White Ravens by the International Youth Library in 2024! …esebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/167… @IJBib

Also - students in China are still supposed to read 'whole books.' Below is a 'literary' selection recommended to 12-15 y/o students by the Ministry of Education for independent reading moe.gov.cn/jyb_xwfb/gzdt_…

NEW POST - actually it’s a list of all 30 (yes, thirty!) posts about #TaiwanKidLit by Eleanor Duggan on the Global Literature in Libraries blog during #WorldKidLitMonth - wow! …esebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/2024/09/30/166… Thank you, Eleanor and @GlobalLitin

Fantastic paper - congratulations Yue!

The second "Multilingual Libraries in Schools" newsletter went out last week on the European Day of Languages - anybody signing up gets all previous editions, with tips about how to start a multilingual library in school (or another context) :) forms.gle/nngAQuW6MenU2r…

#TaiwanKidLitMonth: Mama is a Cloud - A Journey through Life's Emotions, by Higo Wu, illustrated by Bei-Lynn ☁️☁️☁️ glli-us.org/2024/09/27/tai… #UntranslatedGems #TaiwanKidLit 🧵

@booksfromtaiwan @PapaPublishing @cb4yr @TianmuLibrary @TAICCA_Official @SELearningEDU @FWeightman @asian_futures @achinatiger @Cathe_Leung #TaiwanKidLitMonth: Meet Joyce Sun - the Magical Illustrator from #Taiwan glli-us.org/2024/09/28/tai… #TaiwanKidLit #PictureBooks #Illustration 🧵

I was gutted when she was down and cheered at every high. Every turn of the page had my heart racing. Fast-paced, action-packed but plenty of heart. What an amazing read. #youngadult #diversereads #representationmatters #ESEAHeritageMonth justinelaismith.wordpress.com/2024/09/07/rev…

#TaiwanKidLitMonth: Whimsy and Wisdom: Exploring the Enchanting World of Liu Hsu Kung's #PictureBooks glli-us.org/2024/09/22/tai… #Taiwan #TaiwanKidLit #WorldKidLit 🧵

@booksfromtaiwan @alohacomics @brokenfrontier #TaiwanKidLitMonth: A Taste of Taiwan through Taiwanese Young Adult Fantasy glli-us.org/2024/09/24/tai… #Taiwan #YALit #IntlYALit #UntranslatedGems 🧵

#TaiwanKidLitMonth: Exploring the Creative Journey of Liu Hsu-Kung glli-us.org/2024/09/21/tai… #PictureBooks #Taiwan #Creativity #WorldKidLit #WorldKidLitMonth🧵

** NEW POST ** The 2024-2025 Chinese Panda Book Awards Shortlists are out! Over 30 shortlisted titles, arranged in 4 age-groups, with short summaries. …esebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/2024/09/26/165… #WorldKidLitMonth

@TECRO_USA @booksfromtaiwan @illustration @LevineQuerido @ArthurALevine1 @cb4yr @TeenVogue @SGCTEENLIBRARY @BPLBostonTeens @TPLTeens @LynnLibraryTeen @nmdlteens @BLC_Teens @WDMLibraryTeen @JustAriSpeaking @thedailyadoptee @clara_ng @camLAorg @CASLmedia @CAALsince1983 #TaiwanKidLitMonth: Discover Taiwan Through These Picture Books glli-us.org/2024/09/19/tai… #TaiwanKidLit #WorldKidLitMonth #PictureBooks🧵