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Japan

Cover of Sato the Rabbit featuring a child in a rabbit costume surrounded by clouds and a pinkish-orange hue and playing with a small cloud.

Sato the Rabbit

Yuki Ainoya

Michael Blaskowsky (Translator)

Sato the Rabbit. Yuki Ainoya. Translated by Michael Blaskowsky. Enchanted Lion Books, 2021. Originally published as うさぎのさとうくん (Usagi no Sato-kun) in Japanese by Shogakukan, in 2006. ISBN 9781592703180. 64 p. (Ages 4-7). Picture book.

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Cover of Every Color of Light: A Book About the Sky featuring a dark blue illustration of a starry night above a forest with yellow and green text.

Every Color of Light: A Book about the Sky

Hiroshi Osada

David Boyd (Translator)

Ryōji Arai (Illustrator)

Every Color of Light: A Book about the Sky. Hiroshi Osada. Translated by David Boyd. Illustrated by Ryōji Arai. Enchanted Lion Books, 2020. Originally published as きょうはそらにまるいつき (Kyō wa sora ni marui tsuki) in Japanese by Kodansha Ltd., in Tokyo, in 2011. ISBN 9781592702916. 38 p. (Ages 4-10). Picture book.

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Cover for When the Sakura Bloom featuring an illustration of a vivid soft pink cherry tree in bloom in the foreground and a woman and child in the background visible between its the branches. The book's title is displayed in hot pink.

When the Sakura Bloom

Narisa Togo

Michael Sedunary (Translator)

When the Sakura Bloom. Narisa Togo. Translated by Michael Sedunary. Berbay Publishing Pty Ltd, 2022. Originally published as さくらがさくと (Sakura Ga Sakuto) in Japanese by Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc., in Tokyo, in 2020. ISBN 97806489953319. 32 p. (Ages 4-8). Picture book.

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Africa South of the Sahara

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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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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India

Cover for We Are the Dancing Forest featuring a collage-like illustration of a blue polka dotted elephant with a tree coming out of it's trunk running up a purple hill to the left surrounded by birds with a person on top of it while another person chases from behind. The background is white and the title is displayed in bright red and curves along the back of the elephant. The remaining text is displayed in bright green.

We are the Dancing Forest

Raj Shekhar

Devashish Makhija (Translator)

Venkat Shyam (Illustrator)

We Are the Dancing Forest. Raj Shekhar. Translated by Devashish Makhija. Illustrated by Venkat Shyam. Tulika Books, 2022. Originally published as Hum Jangal Ke Jagar Magar in Hindi by Tulika Books, in Chennai, in 2022. ISBN 9789390834716. 24 p. (Ages 5 and up). Picture book.

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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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Korea

Cover for The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky featuring an illustration of a boy who is swimming and breaching from the perspective that you are deep in the water underneath them.

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky

Kim Jihyun

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky. Kim Jihyun. Floris Books, 2021. First published in South Korea as Last Summer by Woongjin Thinkbig Co. Ltd, Seoul, in 2017. First published in English by Floris Books, Edinburgh in 2021, and in the US in 2022. ISBN 9781782507420. 48 p. (Ages 4-7). Picture book.

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Cover for When the Spring Comes to the DMZ featuring an illustration of a series of animal groups such as wild pig and birds in what appears to be a junkyard in the foreground and a child and their older relative walking together in the background.

When Spring Comes to the DMZ

Lee Uk-Bae

Chungyon Won and Aileen Won (Translators)

Lee Uk-Bae (Illustrator)

When Spring Comes to the DMZ. Lee Uk-Bae. Translated by Chungyon Won and Aileen Won. lllustrated by Lee Uk-Bae. Plough Publishing House, 2019. Originally published in Korean. ISBN 978-0874869729. 40p. (Ages 5-8). Picture book.

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