Cats – Building a Global Youth Literature Collection 101

Japan

Kiki's Delivery Service

Eiko Kadono

Emily Balistrieri (Translator)

Yuta Onoda (Illustrator)

Kiki’s Delivery Service. Eiko Kadono. Translated by Emily Balistrieri. Illustrations by Yuta Onoda. Delacorte Press, 2020. Originally published as 魔女の宅急便 (Majyo no Takkyubin) in Japanese by Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc., in Tokyo, in 1985. Kiki’s Delivery Service was originally published in English in 2003; this is a new translation. ISBN 9781984896667. 208 p. (Ages 8-12). Fiction.

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Paris Cat

Dianne Hofmeyr

Piet Grobler (Illustrator)

Paris Cat. Dianne Hofmeyr. Illustrated by Piet Grobler. Tiny Owl Publishing, 2020. First published in London, 2020. ISBN 9781910328620. 32 p. (Ages 5-7). Picture book.

The Middle East & North Africa

Morocco

Alya and the Three Cats

Amina Hachimi Alaoui

Mehdi Retnani (Translator)

Maya Fidawi (Illustrator)

Alya and the Three Cats. Amina Hachimi Alaoui. Translated by Mehdi Retnani. Illustrated by Maya Fidawi. CrackBoom! Books, Montreal, 2020. Originally published in Arabic by Yanbu Al Kitab, in Casablanca, in 2016. ISBN 9782898022364. 32 p. (Ages 2-4). Picture book.