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Girls of Ice and Steel
A Russian teenage girl, in all of her heartrending vulnerability, recently grabbed the world’s attention. Kamila Valieva, Russia’s...

Jenny Kaminer
Mar 10, 20225 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


Exploring Challenging Picturebooks in Education
What should students read? The choice of texts in the classroom has important pedagogical implications for both novice and experienced...
Åse Marie Ommundsen, Gunnar Haaland, and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer
Oct 12, 20216 min read


Lecture: Writing Ancient History as “Oppositional Enlightenment”
LECTURE: Prof. Marina Balina "Writing Ancient History as “Oppositional Enlightenment”: On Historical Novels in Soviet Children’s...
Centre for Research on Children’s & YA Literature
Feb 9, 20212 min read


Spooky Stories from Around the World
In the spirit of the season, we would like to share with you some suggestions of spooky—and some not so spooky—stories from around the...
Tanja Nathanael and Olivia Bushardt
Oct 31, 20196 min read


Russian Samizdat, Children’s Literature, and the Sunset Years of the Soviet Empire
For this post, we invite back translator Olga Bukhina who shares her fascinating account of Samizdat children's literature--part of the...
Olga Bukhina
Sep 25, 20199 min read


An Interview with Translator/Author Olga Bukhina
Those who work in the field of international children’s literature—either as scholars or as authors—are likely already aware of what an...
Tanja Nathanael
May 28, 20196 min read

International Children's Book Day 2017
Join the ChLA International Committee in celebrating International Children's Book Day (ICBD) on April 2nd! About ICBD ICBD is a...
ChLA International Committee
Apr 2, 20174 min read
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