In this fourth episode of WLT Book Buzz, Laura Hernandez & Bunmi Ishola cover 18 books in translation for children and young adults, with translations from Japanese,…
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December 20, 2021
September 20, 2021In this third episode of WLT Book Buzz, Laura Hernandez & Bunmi Ishola cover 17 books from the Middle East and Northern Africa. Persian New Year, a diverse take on Alice in Wonderlan…
December 7, 2020Sonia Nimr / Source: TAMER Institute for Community Education This whirlwind adventure begins with protagonist Qamar’s birth and follows her life along the titular wondrous journeys aroun…
June 14, 2016Nominees for the $25,000 children’s literature award selected by jury panel of their peersNORMAN, Okla. (June 14, 2016) – World Literature Today, the University of Okla…
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