Tag: Middle Grade

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Japan

Cover of The Friends featuring an illustration of three boys playing soccer and hiding among bushes in front of a house in the background.

The Friends

Kazumi Yumoto

Cathy Hirano (Translator)

The Friends. Kazumi Yumoto. Translated by Cathy Hirano. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1996. Originally published as 夏の庭 (Natsu no niwa) in Japanese by Fukutake Publishing Co., Ltd., in 1992. ISBN 9780374324605. 176 p. (Ages 10-14). Fiction.

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Cover of How Do You Live featuring an illustration of four young men in uniform walking together down a residential street with a starry night above and a cat in the foreground.

How Do You Live?

Genzaburō Yoshino

Bruno Navasky (Translator)

How Do You Live? Genzaburō Yoshino. Translated by Bruno Navasky. Foreword by Neil Gaiman. Algonquin Young Readers, 2021. This version originally published as 君たちはどう生きるか (Kimitachi wa dō ikiru ka) in Japanese by Iwanami Shoten Publishers, in Tokyo, in 1982; first published in Japan in 1937. ISBN 9781616209773. 288 p. (Ages 10 and up). Fiction.

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Cover for Kiki's Delivery Service featuring an illustration of a young woman in a black dress with a red bow on her hair who is a witch on a broomstick in the sky with a black cat hanging off the end holding on as if it's about to fall and a red purse hanging off the tip of the broomstick's handle. In the background is a view of the landscape from above like you might see from an airplane. The cover's title is displayed in dark red.

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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Cover for Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit featuring an illustration of warrior-like figure dressed in white and in motion holding a person who is passed out and dressed in a red and orange print in their arms. In the background is a wooden bridge and below them is an illustration of tumultuous water with foamy waves.

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Nahoko Uehashi

Cathy Hirano (Translator)

Yuko Shimizu (Illustrator)

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit. Nahoko Uehashi. Translated by Cathy Hirano. Illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008. Originally published as 精霊の守り人 (Seirei no moribito) in Japanese by Kaisei-Sha Publishing Co., Ltd., in Tokyo, in 1996. ISBN 9780545005425. 272 p. (Ages 10-14). Fiction.

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Cover of Night on the Milky Way Train featuring a surreal illustration of a train that's twisted into a coil and taking up all available space on the cover. It's green, yellow, beige, with a little blue and dark red.

Night on the Milky Way Train (and nine other stories)

Kenji Miyazawa

Roger Pulvers (Translator)

Night on the Milky Way Train (and nine other stories). Kenji Miyazawa. Translated by Roger Pulvers. Balestier Press, 2020. Originally published as 銀河鉄道の夜, in Japanese. Night on the Milky Way Train was first published in 1934. ISBN 9781911221852. 186 p. (Ages 10 and up). Fiction.

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Cover for The Secret of the Blue Glass featuring an illustration of a small boy sitting on a book looking at a large graphic of a blue glass with flourishes indicating it is shining. The background is green.

The Secret of the Blue Glass

Tomiko Inui

Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

The Secret of the Blue Glass. Tomiko Inui. Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori. Pushkin Children’s Books, 2018. Originally published as 木かげの家の小人たち (Kokage no Ie no Kobitotachi) in Japanese by Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc., in Tokyo, in 1967. ISBN 9781782691846. 192 p. (Ages 10-14). Fiction.

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Cover for Shuna's Journey featuring an illustration of a young man dressed in green with a head covering riding an elk over a hill towards the viewer. In the background is a colorful sky that is yellow then becomes light blue then light to dark shades of purple as it approaches the horizon. The title is displayed in bright orange and the author's name is prominently displayed in dark blue.

Shuna's Journey

Hayao Miyazaki

Alex Dudok de Wit (Translator)

Hidao Miyazaki (Illustrator)

Shuna’s Journey. Hayao Miyazaki. Translated by Alex Dudok de Wit. Illustrated by Hidao Miyazaki. First Second, 2022. Originally published as シュナの旅 (Shuna no tabi) in Japanese by Tokuma Shoten Co., Ltd., in Tokyo, in 1983. ISBN 9781250846525. 160 p. (Ages 12 and up). Graphic Novel.

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Cover for Soul Lanterns featuring an illustration of a woman at night with dark hair in a short bob haircut and bangs in a blue kimono looking at the viewer from over her shoulder while holding a paper lantern in her hands. In the background is a cityscape with stars in the night sky. The book's title is displayed in a glowing purple, pink, yellow, and orange as if illuminated by the paper lantern.

Soul Lanterns

Shaw Kuzki

Emily Balistrieri (Translator)

Soul Lanterns. Shaw Kuzki. Translated by Emily Balistrieri. Delacorte Press, 2021. Originally published as 光のうつしえ廣島ヒロシマ広島 (Hikari no utsushie Hiroshima Hiroshima Hiroshima) in Japanese by Kodansha, Ltd., in Tokyo, in 2013. ISBN 9780593174357. 176 p. (Ages 10-14). Fiction.

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Cover for Temple Alley Summer featuring an illustration of a young girl with a blue dress and pink backpack on running down a city alleyway and looking back at the viewer.

Temple Alley Summer

Sachiko Kashiwaba

Avery Fischer Udagawa (Translator)

Miho Satake (Illustrator)

Temple Alley Summer. Sachiko Kashiwaba. Translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa. Illustrations by Miho Satake. Yonder: Restless Books, 2021. Originally published as 帰命寺横丁の夏 (Kimyōji Yokochō no Natsu) in Japanese by Kodansha, Ltd., in Tokyo, in 2011. ISBN 9781632063038. 240 p. (Ages 8-13). Novel.

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Cover for Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window featuring an illustration of a young girl sitting in a formal outfit with a white coat, white socks, black mary jane shoes, a white head covering, and a black brimmed hat with a multi-colored ribbon around it on. The entirety of the cover is simple and white and the text is displayed in black and pink in a serif font. There is a vintage style flourish at the top of the cover that is a pink line with a bouquet of roses at the center.

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Dorothy Britton (Translator)

Chihiro Iwasaki (Illustrator)

Totto-chan: the Little Girl at the Window. Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. Translated by Dorothy Britton. Illustrated by Chihiro Iwasaki. Paperback edition published by Kodansha, 2012. Originally published as 窓ぎわのトットちゃん (Madogiwa no Totto-chan) in Japanese, in 1981. Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window was first published in English in 1982. ISBN 9781568363912. 232 p. (Ages 8 and up). Nonfiction.

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Cover for Yours Sincerely, Giraffe featuring an illustration of a penguin and a giraffe on a bright red background. Only the giraffe's neck and head are visible and he is poking his head into frame with a letter in his mouth to deliver to the penguin.

Yours Sincerely, Giraffe

Megumi Iwasa

Cathy Hirano (Translator)

Jun Takabatake (Illustrator)

Yours Sincerely, Giraffe. Megumi Iwasa. Translated by Cathy Hirano. Illustrated by Jun Takabatake. Gecko Press USA, 2017. Originally published as ぼくはアフリカにすむキリンといいます (Boku wa Africa ni Sumu Kirin to Iimasu) in Japanese by Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Ltd., in Tokyo, in 2001. ISBN 9781927271889. 104 p. (Ages 7-10). Fiction.

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Africa South of the Sahara

Ghana

Cover for The Kaya Girl featuring a realistic style illustration of a girl with an orange headscarf and blue shirt on carrying a large bowl on her head and the blurred shapes of people in the background. The book's title is displayed in dark red on top of the bowl.

The Kaya Girl

Mamle Wolo

Sasha Illingworth (Illustrator)

The Kaya Girl. Mamle Wolo. Illustrated by Sasha Illingworth. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2022. Originally published by Techmate Publishers Ltd., in Ghana, in 2012 and then by Nsona Books in 2018. ISBN 9780316703932. 336 p. (Ages 9 and up). Fiction.

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South Africa

Cover for A Good Day for Climbing Trees featuring an illustration of an illustration of a large bushy tree with a boy underneath it looking up at a girl waving from the top of the tree. The background is yellow and there's is a small silhouette of houses in orange in the distance behind the tree. The book's title is displayed in white within the trees branches.

A Good Day for Climbing Trees

Jaco Jacobs

Kobus Geldenhuys (Translator)

Jim Tierney (Illustrator)

A Good Day for Climbing Trees. Jaco Jacobs. Translated by Kobus Geldenhuys. Illustrated by Jim Tierney. Rock the Boat, 2018. Originally published as ‘n Goeie dag vir boomklim in Afrikaans by Lapa, in South Africa, in 2015. ISBN 9781786073174. 160 p. (Ages 8-12). Fiction.

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Cover for Here Comes Lolo featuring an illustration of a young girl in jeans, blue sneakers, and a pink floral t-shirt with white flowers on it with a car, house and clouds in the background. The cover's background is orange and the word "Lolo" in the title is displayed in large letters with each letter featuring a different colorful pattern. There is a border of yellow graphic flourishes along the top and bottom of the cover.

Here Comes Lolo

Niki Daly

Here Comes Lolo. Niki Daly. Catalyst Press, 2020. Originally published by Otter-Barry Books, in Great Britain, in 2019. ISBN 9781946395337. 78 p. (Ages 4-9). Fiction.

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Cover for Small Mercies featuring an illustration from a bird's eye view of a girl in a blue dress and pants laying in a field of green grass with hands behind her head with a chicken beside her. Red, purple, and yellow flowers are above her as well as two yellow birds with black heads and a red bird with a black head. The book's title is displayed in a pinkish red.

Small Mercies

Bridget Krone

Karen Vermeulen (Illustrator)

Small Mercies. Bridget Krone. Illustrated by Karen Vermeulen. Catalyst Press, 2020. Subsequently published by Walker Books, London, in 2020. ISBN: 9781946395160. 162 p. (Ages 8-12). Fiction.

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Nigeria

Cover for Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country featuring an illustrated collage with a large black silhouette of the African continent in the center on a light blue background surrounded by a large number of illustrated items and scenes from a whale to fashion models walking a catwalk to cars and animals. The title is displayed inside the country's silhouette in bright yellow and the subtitle is displayed in rainbow with each letter featuring a different color.

Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country

Atinuke

Mouni Feddag (Illustratror)

Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country. Atinuke. Illustrated by Mouni Feddag. Candlewick Press, 2021. Originally published by its UK sister company Walker Books in 2019. ISBN 9781536205374. 80 p. (Ages 7-10). Nonfiction.

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Cover of Too Small Tola featuring an illustration of a young small girl with a colorful orange and green basket on her head with fish and produce in it. The cover's background is bright yellow and the book's title is displayed in a patterned teal and orange.

Too Small Tola

Atinuke

Onyinye Iwu (Illustrator)

Too Small Tola. Atinuke. Illustrated by Onyinye Iwu. Candlewick Press, 2021. Originally published in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries by Walker Books in 2020. ISBN 9781536211276. 96 p. (Ages 7-9). Fiction.

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India

Cover of Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability featuring an close up abstract illustration of three people with glasses on and one pointing their finger and their forearm and hand spanning the foreground of the cover. There is a thick dark blue border along the top of the cover that is the same color of the clothing on the arm in the foreground where the title is displayed in white and other text is displayed in orange. Information is also displayed in white on the sleeve of the arm in the foreground.

Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability

Srividya Natarajan and S. Anand

Durgabai Vyam and Subhash Vyam (Illustrators)

Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability. Srividya Natarajan and S. Anand. Illustrated by Durgabai Vyam and Subhash Vyam. Navayana, 2011. First published by Navayana Publishing, in India, in 2011. Also available under the title Ambedkar: incidents in the life of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar from Tate Publishing, London, in 2013. ISBN 9788189059170. 108 p. (Ages 10 and up). Graphic Novel.

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Cover for The Girl Who Loved to Sing Teejan Bai featuring an illustration of the silhouette of a girl singing up to the sky with her arm outstretched and an instrument in her hand. In the background are the black silhouette of houses and two trees. The cover's background is red with a thick orange flourish down the center.

The Girl Who Loved to Sing: Teejan Bai

Lavanya Karthik

The Girl Who Loved to Sing: Teejan Bai. Lavanya Karthik. Duckbill Books, 2021. ISBN 978014351518. 48 p. (Ages 7-9). Nonfiction.

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Cover for Girls Want Azadi featuring an illustration of six kids who are all singing or smiling with one holding a tambourine and one with their eyes close and arm outstretched. Three of the kids are holding a colorful quilted yellow blanket with the author and translator information in the center. The cover's background is light teal and there is a darker blue border along the left side of the book.

Girls Want Azadi

Kamla Bhasin

Shrujana Shridhar (Illustrator)

Girls Want Azadi. Kamla Bhasin. Translated by the author. Illustrated by Shrujana Shridhar. Pratham Books, 2021. Alternative title: Girls Also Want Azadi. Originally published in Hindi, in India. ISBN 9789390968756. 22 p. (Ages 9 and up). Poetry.

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Cover of Jamlo Walks featuring an illustration of a young boy walking in a city landscape with a bag over his shoulder and a newspaper on the ground in the foreground. There is a cloudy vivid blue sky in the background and the title is displayed in a stylizes rugged white font.

Jamlo Walks

Samina Mishra

Tarique Aziz (Illustrator)

Jamlo Walks. Samina Mishra. Illustrated by Tarique Aziz. Puffin Books, 2021. First published by Puffin Random House India, Haryana, India, in 2021. ISBN 9780143453178. 32 p. (Ages 7-9). Nonfiction.

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Cover of Maithili and the Minotaur: Web of Woe featuring an illustration of a determined-looking young girl in a dress next to a nerdy looking minotaur with the body of a human and a cat with three eyes and a building in the background. They are among a lush natural landscape with a body of water and bridge across it in the background with clouds in the sky.

Maithili and the Minotaur: Web of Woe

C.G. Salamander

Rajiv Eipe (Illustrator)

Maithili and the Minotaur: Web of Woe. C. G. Salamander. Illustrated by Rajiv Eipe. Puffin Books, 2021. ISBN 9780143455189. 64 p. (Ages 10 and up). Graphic Novel.

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Cover for Nava Durga: The Nine Forms of the Goddess featuring an illustration of nine goddesses surrounding a curvy orange graphic at the center with the multi-armed goddess Durga surrounded by bushed in the foreground. The title and book information is displayed within the orange graphic in mostly blue and some red. The background is blue with green foliage over top.

Nava Durga: The Nine Forms of the Goddess

Nalini Ramachandran

Priyanka Pachpande (Illustrator)

Nava Durga: The Nine Forms of the Goddess. Nalini Ramachandran. Illustrated by Priyanka Pachpande. Puffin Books, 2021. First published by Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, Gurgram, Haryana, India, in 2020. ISBN 97801434449485. 96 p. Ages (6-9). Nonfiction.

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Cover for Nimmi's Spectabulous Schooldays featuring an illustration of a girl sitting at a bright yellow school desk surrounded by school-like objects like a book and a paper airplane who has a scared look on her face because there is a spider to her left. The book's title is displayed in white and yellow over top a red banner on top of the cover's background which is teal.

Nimmi's Spectabulous Schooldays

Shabnam Minwalla

Nimmi’s Spectabulous Schooldays. Shabnam Minwalla. Talking Cub, 2018. First published in New Delhi, India. ISBN 9789387693777. 160 p. (Ages 8-12). Fiction.

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Cover for Savi and the Memory Keeper featuring an illustration of the silhouette of a large pale yellow tree with spindly roots over top a green landscape of foliage to the left and a city to the right with a girl hugging it's trunk. The book's title is displayed in black on top of the tree.

Savi and the Memory Keeper

Bijal Vachharajani

Savi and the Memory Keeper. Bijal Vachharajani. Hachette India Children’s Books, 2021. First published in India. Also available in a US edition from Blackstone Publishing, Oregon, 2023. ISBN 9789391028015. 242 p. (Ages 10 and up). Fiction.

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Cover for Shaheen Bagh: A Graphic Recollection featuring a dramatic pencil illustration of a solitary older woman with a head covering holding a protest sign on a white background with wind-like flourishes around her. The book's title is displayed in red and black.

Shaheen Bagh: A Graphic Recollection

Ita Mehrotra

Shaheen Bagh: A Graphic Recollection. Ita Mehrotra. Yoda Press, 2021. First published in India. ISBN 9789382579786. 127 p. (Ages 10 and up). Graphic Novel.

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China & Taiwan

China

Cover of Bronze and Sunflower featuring an illustration of two kids, a boy and a girl, riding on the back of a water buffalo who is wading through a rice paddy. In the background is a rural landscape, houses, mountains, and birds.

Bronze and Sunflower

Cao Wenxuan

Helen Wang (Translator)

Meilo So (Illustrator)

Bronze and Sunflower. Cao Wenxuan. Translated by Helen Wang. Illustrated by Meilo So. Candlewick, 2017. Originally published by Phoenix Juvenile and Children’s Publishing in China, and then released by Candlewick sister company Walker Books in the UK in 2015. ISBN 9780763688165. 400 p. (Ages 9-12.) Fiction.

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Cover of Dragonfly Eyes featuring an illustration of tree branches with red flowers in the foreground and a building inn the background in blue. The title is in large purple letters within a lighter purple cloud.

Dragonfly Eyes

Cao Wenxuan

Helen Wang (Translator)

Dragonfly Eyes. Cao Wenxuan. Translated by Helen Wang. Candlewick, 2022. Originally published in China by by Phoenix Juvenile and Children’s Publishing and then released by Candlewick sister company Walker Books in the UK in 2021. ISBN 9781536200188. 384 p. (Ages 9-12.) Fiction.

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Cover of Monkey King: Journey to the West featuring an illustration of a monkey in king-like clothing riding on a lotus brandishing a staff. In the background is a temple, a mountain, and a textured yellow background of a dragon.

Monkey King: Journey to the West

Wu Cheng'en

Julia Lovell (Translator)

Monkey King: Journey to the West. Wu Cheng’en. Translated by Julia Lovell. Forward by Gene Luen Yang. Penguin Books, 2021. ISBN 9780143107187. 339 p. (Ages 12 and up). Epic.

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Cover of My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder featuring an illustration of what appears to be a mailman on a bike with a young child riding with him. They are biking through an alleyway lined with trees and ornate houses.

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder

Nie Jun

Edward Gauvin (Translator)

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder. Nie Jun. Translated from French and Chinese by Edward Gauvin. Graphic Universe, 2018. First published as Les contes de la ruelle in French, in 2016. ISBN 9781541526426., 128 p. (Ages 7-11). Fiction.

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Cover for Rice featuring a close up of the green plants that grow out of rice fields with dew on the leaves and the title 'Rice' in large print made up of rice kernels. There are dragonflies flying among the plants.

Rice

Hongcheng Yu

Rice. Hongcheng Yu. Reycraft Books, 2020. ISBN 9781478869368. (Ages 8-12). Nonfiction.

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Cover for White Fox featuring an illustration of a white fox on a snowy night running to a house in the distance with a tree above them and the moon in the sky.

White Fox

Chen Jiatong

Jennifer Feeley (Translator)

Viola Wong (Illustrator)

White Fox. Chen Jiatong. Translated by Jennifer Feeley. Illustrated by Viola Wong. Chicken House, 2019. First published by People’s Literature Publishing House, in China, in 2014. ISBN 9781912626083. 288 p. (Ages 8-12.) Fiction.

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The Middle East & North Africa

Israel

Cover of Adam and Thomas featuring a stylistic illustration of a forest with pink flourishes outlining trees and leaves. The title on the cover is presented in a frame lined with sticks and the lettering itself is comprised of those same sticks.

Adam & Thomas

Aharon Appelfeld

Jeffrey M. Green (Translator)

Philippe Dumas (Illustrator)

Adam & Thomas. Aharon Appelfeld. Translated by Jeffrey M. Green. Illustrated by Philippe Dumas. Seven Stories Press, 2015. Originally published as Yalda Shelo Minhaolam Hazé (A Girl from Another World) in Hebrew by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir, in Modi’in, Israel, in 2013. ISBN 9781609806347. 149 p. (Ages 10 and up). Fiction.

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Cover for From Foe to Friend featuring an illustration of a man sitting at an open window with green shutters writing on an piece of paper with, unbeknownst to him, a ghost on the outskirts of the window frame with a brown leaf at his tale and a piece of paper in his hand and a goat below the frame looking up at the ghost. There's a frame around the scene and the background is different shades of yellow. The title on the cover is green like the window's shutters.

From Foe to Friend & Other Stories

S.Y. Agnon

Shay Charka (Illustrator)

From Foe to Friend & Other Stories. S.Y. Agnon. A graphic novel by Shay Charka. Translated and adapted by Jeffrey Saks. The Toby Press, 2014. Originally published as Shay veAgnon: Sheloshah Sippurim in Hebrew by Schocken Publishing House Ltd., in Tel Aviv, in 2012. ISBN 9781592643950. 48 p. (Ages 12 and up). Graphic novel.

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Palestine

Cover for The Blue Pool of Questions featuring an illustration of a man's head with blue hair that appears to be giant poking up out of a body of water surrounded by some yellowy red leaves or flowers and buildings also poking up out of the water with people sitting on top of them seemingly to escape the flooding water. The background is a dark red and orange cloudy sky.

The Blue Pool of Questions

Māyā Abū al-Ḥayyāt

Hanan Awad (Translator)

Hassan Manasrah (Illustrator)

The Blue Pool of Questions. Māyā Abū al-Ḥayyāt. Translated by Hanan Awad. Illustrated by Hassan Manasrah. Penny Candy Books, 2017. Originally published in Arabic by Birzeit: Palestine Writing Workshop, in Palestine, in 2016. ISBN 9780997221985. 32 p. (Ages 4 and up). Picture book.

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Cover of Thunderbird: Book One featuring an illustration of an orange and blue phoenix-like bird in front of a tree with brown leaves and stylized flames at the base. The cover has a stylized border made of snowflake-like shapes at the corners and comb-like shapes at the borders.

Thunderbird: Book One

Sonia Nimir

M. Lynx Qualey (Translator)

Thunderbird: Book One. Sonia Nimir. Translated by M. Lynx Qualey. University of Texas Press, 2022. Originally published as طائر الرع in Arabic by Tamer Institute, in Jerusalem, in 2016. ISBN 1477325816. 128 p. (Ages 10-13). Fiction.

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Lebanon

Cover for Ghady and Rawan featuring photos of two distinct city skylines, one with more urban architecture and the other with more decorative architecture, along the top and bottom borders of the cover with the top photo inverted. The middle of the cover is blue mimicking the sky.

Ghady & Rawan

Fatimma Sharafeddine and Samar Mahfouz Barraj

Sawad Hussain and M. Lynx Qualey (Translators)

Ghady & Rawan. Fatima Sharafeddine and Samar Mahfouz Barraj. Translated by Sawad Hussain and M. Lynx Qualey. University of Texas Press, 2019. Originally published as غدي وروان in Arabic by دار الساقي in Beirut, in 2013. ISBN 1477318526. 134 p. (Ages 12-14). Fiction.

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Cover for Stories from the Life of Prophet Muhammad featuring a more child-like hand drawn illustration of animals, characters, and settings including elephants, camels, people, and buildings emerging from behind a stylized column with what looks like palm tree fronds at the top. A sun illustration sits at the top of the cover halfway off the page and the background for the whole cover is bright red.

Stories from the Life of Prophet Muhammad

Nahiba Mheidly

Maha Alhusseini (Translator)

Louijaina al Aseel (Illustrator)

Stories from the Life of Prophet Muhammad. Nahiba Mheidly. Translated by Maha Alhusseini. Illustrated by Loujaina Al Aseel. Dar Alhadaek, 2021. ISBN 6144392661. 72 p. (Ages 7-12). Nonfiction.

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Iran

Cover for A Sweet Jam featuring an illustration of a jar of jam with a person's face in the background of the label on thee jar on a background that is pink and patterned like a picnic tablecloth.

A Sweet Jam

Hūshang Murādī Kirmānī

Caroline Croskery (Translator)

A Sweet Jam. Hūshang Murādī Kirmānī. Translated by Caroline Croskery. CreateSpace, 2015. Originally published as مرباى شيرين in Farsi in 1998/1999 by Muʻīn in Tehran. ISBN 1507886241. 158 p. (Ages 9-12). Fiction.

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Syria

Cover of Wild Poppies featuring a large vibrant orange poppy illustration on a black background with two school age boys, one with a backpack on, illustrated within the poppy's petals on either side facing away from each other.

Wild Poppies

Haya Saleh

Wild Poppies. Haya Saleh. Translated by M. Lynx Qualey. Levine Querido, 2023. Originally published as شقائق النعمان in Arabic by Dar al-Yasmine in Amman. ISBN 9781646142019. 178 p. (Ages 10-14). Fiction.

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Latin America

Chile

Cover for Book of Questions featuring an illustration of a large spiral seashell with water, ships, and animals including rabbits and fish flowing out of it. It appears to be floating in space and there are decorative red lines radiating out of the center of the cover. The book's title and authors are displayed in green and alternate between being filled our just outlined.

Book of Questions

Pablo Neruda

Sara Lissa Paulson (Translator)

Paloma Valdivia (Illustrator)

Book of Questions: Selections/Libro de las preguntas: Selecciones. Pablo Neruda. Translated by Sara Lissa Paulson. Illustrated by Paloma Valdivia. Enchanted Lion Books, 2022. Originally published as Libro de las preguntas in Spanish by Editorial Losada, Buenos Aires, in 1974. ISBN 9781592703227. 80 p. (Ages 6 and up). Poetry.

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Argentina

Cover for Jungle Tales featuring an overlapping illustration of a jungle using green and yellow textured elements with several animals peaking through the elements including a snake, toucan, leopard, flamingo, deer, alligator, and others with a blue river peaking through.

Jungle Tales

Horacio Quiroga

Jeff Zorrilla (Translator)

Bert van Wijk (Illustrator)

Jungle Tales. Horacio Quiroga. Translated by Jeff Zorrilla. Illustrated by Bert van Wijk. Brigham Distributing, 2013, c2012. Originally published as Cuentos de la Selva in Spanish, in Argentina, in 1918. ISBN 9780615708072. 87 p. (Ages 9-11). Fiction.

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Mexico

Cover for The Sea-Ringed World featuring an illustration of four whales with human-like faces with white flourishes emerging from their face back towards their tales. The water around them is a textured blue and black and along the left side of the cover is a rainbow border that appears to be woven and photo-realistic.

The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas

María García Esperón

David Bowles (Translator)

Amanda Mijangos (Illustrator)

The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas. María García Esperón. Translated by David Bowles. Illustrated by Amanda Mijangos. Levine Querido, 2021. Originally published as Diccionario de mitos de América by Ediciones El Naranjo, Mexico City, Mexico, in 2018. ISBN 9781646140152. 240 p. (Ages 8-14). Nonfiction.

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Brazil

Cover for My Sweet Orange Tree featuring an illustration of a young boy with blonde hair sitting on the ground made of brick or cobble beside a window of a building with a toolbox at his feet looking off to the side. The window is blue and the leaves of a tree cover a corner of it.

My Sweet Orange Tree

José Mauro de Vasconcelos

Alison Entrekin (Translator)

My Sweet Orange Tree. José Mauro de Vasconcelos. Translated by Alison Entrekin. Candlewick, 2019. Originally published as O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima in Portuguese by Editora Melhoramentos, in Brazil, in 1968. ISBN ‎9781536203288. 272 p. (Ages 12 and up). Fiction.

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Venezuela

Cover for Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War featuring an illustration of a young girl in a school unfirom with a bucket at her feet appearing to be cleaning a chalkboard. There is a yellow border along the left side of the cover and the title appears to be written in chalk.

Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War

Mónica Montañés

Lawrence Schimel

Eva Sánchez Gómez (Illustrator)

Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War. Mónica Montañés. Translated by Lawrence Schimel. Illustrated by Eva Sánchez Gómez. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2022. Originally published as Los distintos by Ediciones Ekaré in Barcelona, Spain, in 2020. ISBN 9780802855985. 88 p. (Ages 9-14). Fiction.

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El Salvador

Cover for Guacamole featuring an illustration of an avocado with a window with a bird perched on it in the avocado with three children looking out of it. There are limes and a bowl with a red floral pattern filled with cilantro next to the avocado on a table with a red picnic tablecloth on it. The illustration os surrounded by a circled frame with two pieces of tape appearing to adjoin it to the cover which is a gradient of teal hues. There is a dark green line bordering the entire cover outside of those elements.

Guacamole: A Cooking Poem

Jorge Argueta

Elisa Amado

Margarita Sada (Illustrator)

Guacamole: Un poema para cocinar /A Cooking Poem (Bilingual Cooking Poems). Jorge Argueta. Translated from the Spanish by Elisa Amado. Illustrated by Margarita Sada. Groundwood Books/Libros Tigrillo/House of Anansi Press, 2016, c2012. ISBN 9781554988884. 32 p. (Ages 5-8). Poetry.

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