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An Interview with Translator Takami Nieda
With this post we welcome Takami Nieda, translator of the award-winning debut novel by Chesil: The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the...

Tanja Nathanael
Sep 6, 20227 min read


Chesil’s The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the Heart: a review
The Color of the Sky is the Shape of the Heart (2022) explores a young teen’s journey through crisis as she protests her treatment as...

Tanja Nathanael
Sep 6, 20224 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


Around the World in 18 Books: An Introduction to Literary Translation in Children’s & YA Publishing
The recording of Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp’s talk Around the World in 18 Books: An introduction to literary translation in children’s and YA...
ChLA International Committee
Dec 3, 20202 min read


Children’s Literature in Translation: Beyond Three Percent
Please join Mia Spangenberg, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Daniel Hahn, and David Jacobson on Monday, October 12, 2020 from 2:00-2:45 PM EST for a...
ChLA International Committee
Sep 22, 20202 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


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


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
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