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ChLA 2024 International Panel Abstracts
The ChLA International Committee is pleased to present the abstracts for the 2023 International Panel focusing on Islands in Children’s...

ChLA International Committee
May 15, 20244 min read


School in Children's & Young Adult Literature
For many, September means “Back to School!” In recent years, September has also been designated “World Kid Lit Month.” In celebration of...

Tanja Nathanael and Olivia Bushardt
Sep 7, 202314 min read


Representations of Children and Success in Asia: Dream Chasers
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, a law professor from Yale, was the topic of intense debate about different parenting styles...
Shih-Wen Sue Chen & Sin Wen Lau
Jan 18, 20234 min read


Translated Children’s Books You Should Know About
For this post we are proud to showcase a selection of international children’s books in translation. We asked 11 translators of...
Tanja Nathanael
Dec 21, 202114 min read


Diverse Pooh: Positioning Pooh and Perspectives on Pooh from Around the Globe
When I first saw the CFP in a ChLA newsletter in 2016 for someone to pull together a Winnie-the-Pooh centennial collection, it was a...
Jen Harrison
Oct 28, 20214 min read


Earth Day 2021: A Celebration in International Picture Books
How does one celebrate Earth Day? One might plant a tree or write a poem. One might organize a community clean-up at a local park, beach,...
Tanja Nathanael
Apr 22, 202111 min read


Christmas Around the World
The celebration of Christmas in Western culture is often assumed to take a certain form: singing holiday songs, trimming the tree, and...
Tanja Nathanael and Olivia Bushardt
Dec 22, 202011 min read


My Chinese Words: Part 3
This post is the final post of a three part series in which Perry Nodelman discusses the Chinese translation of his seminal text Words...
Perry Nodelman
Jul 16, 20197 min read


My Chinese Words: Part 2
This post is part two of a three part series in which Perry Nodelman discusses the Chinese translation of his seminal text Words about...
Perry Nodelman
Jul 9, 20195 min read


My Chinese Words: Part 1
I wrote this book: I wrote it—but I can’t read it. What I can read is the book it is a translation of: Seeing this new translation gave...
Perry Nodelman
Jul 2, 20197 min read
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