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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 Chirri & Chirra featuring an illustration of two children biking through foliage and flowers.

Chirri & Chirra

Kaya Doi

Yuki Kaneko (Translator)

Chirri & Chirra. Kaya Doi. Translated by Yuki Kaneko. Enchanted Lion Books, 2016. Originally published as チリとチリリ (Chiri to Chiriri) in Japanese in 2003. ISBN 9781592701995. 40 p. (Ages 3-8). Picture book.

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Cover of Over the Ocean featuring an illustration of a child with long hair looking out over the ocean with clouds in the background.

Over the Ocean

Taro Gomi

Taylor Norman (Translator)

Over the Ocean. Taro Gomi. Translated by Taylor Norman. Chronicle Books LLC, 2016. Originally published as うみのむこうは (Umi no Mukô wa) in Japanese by Ehonkan Inc., in Tokyo, in 1979. ISBN 9781452145150. 36 p. (Ages 3-6). Picture book.

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The World's Poorest President Speaks Out

Yoshimi Kusaba (Editor)

Andrew Wong (Translator)

Gaku Nakagawa (Illustrator)

The World’s Poorest President Speaks Out. Edited by Yoshimi Kusaba. Translated by Andrew Wong. Illustrated by Gaku Nakagawa. Enchanted Lions Books, 2020. Originally published as 世界でいちばん貧しい大統領のスピーチ (Sekai De Ichiban Mazushi Daitoryo No Speech) in Japanese by Choubunsha Publishing, Co. Ltd., in Tokyo, in 2014. ISBN 9781592702893. 40 p. (Ages 5-10). Picture book.

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Cover for You Look Yummy! featuring an illustration of a dark greenish brown Tyranosaurus Rex walking with bird in the sky and volcanos and two other dinosaurs in the background. The ground is orange, the sky is white, and the title of the book is bright red.

You Look Yummy!

Tatsuya Miyanishi

Mariko Shii Garbi (Translator)

You Look Yummy! Tatsuya Miyanishi. Translated by Mariko Shii Garbi. Museyon, Inc., 2015. Originally published as おまえうまそうだな (Omae Umasou dana) in Japanese by Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd., in 2003. ISBN 9781940842066. 40 p. (Ages 5-7). Picture book.

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Cover of Once Upon a Time in Japan featuring a light beige illustration of a large pelican-like bird in the foreground and a Japanese woman peeking around a sliding door in the background.

Once Upon a Time in Japan

Roger Pulvers and Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translators)

Manami Yamada. Tomori Taniguchi. Nao Takabatake and Takumi Nishio (Illustrators)

Once Upon a Time in Japan. NHK World. Translated by Roger Pulvers and Juliet Winters Carpenter. Illustrated by Manami Yamada, Tomonori Taniguchi, Nao Takabatake, and Takumi Nishio. Includes CD of stories read aloud by Yuko Aotani. Published by Tuttle Publishing in cooperation with NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, 2015. Originally part of a special series produced by Radio Japan, NHK World’s radio service in 18 languages. ISBN 9784805313596. 120 p. (Ages 8-12). Picture book with CD.

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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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Cover of My First Book of Haiku Poems featuring an illustration of a comically large blue cat with a child in pajamas riding its back on a dark grey background.

My First Book of Haiku Poems: A Picture, a Poem, and a Dream

Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen (Translator)

Tracy Gallup (Illustrator)

My First Book of Haiku Poems: A Picture, a Poem, and a Dream; Classic Poems by Japanese Haiku Masters. Translated by Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen. Illustrated by Tracy Gallup. Tuttle Publishing, 2019. ISBN 9784805315156. 48 p. (Ages 5-9). Picture book.

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Africa South of the Sahara

Ghana

Cover for A is for Accra featuring an illustration of two children hugging a country. In the background is foliage and buildings and in the foreground is water and a black star with red, yellow, and green flourishes emitting from it. Behind these elements is a background of orange and a greyish sage green as well as a jagged light blue border around the entirety of the cover. The title is displayed in bright yellow.

A is for Accra

Ekow Pierre

Nana Pierre (Translator)

A is for Accra. Ekow Pierre. Illustrated by Nana Pierre. Spiderwize and Book Printing UK, 2017. ISBN 9781911596257. 40 p. (Ages 3-5). Picture book.

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Cover for Champion Runner featuring a pencil illustration of a young boy in track gear running to the right and a portrait of a boy's face with a striped t-shirt on in the background. The background is white and the title is in cursive black for the word "Champion" and in a bright red serif font for the word "Runner".

Champion Runner

Adwoa Badoe

Ashalley Mensah (Illustrator)

Champion Runner. Adwoa Badoe. Illustrated by Ashalley Mensah. Smartline Publishing and Worldreader, 2013. Published in Ghana [and the US]. ISBN 9789988600526. 17 p. (Ages 6-10). Picture book.

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Cover for Grandma's List featuring an illustration of a young girl in a patterned dress runnng through a colorful market with people looking at her with curiosity and a piece of paper in her hand. The ground is a dusty orange and the buildings in the background are pink and yellow.

Grandma's List

Portia Dery

Toby Newsome (Illustrator)

Grandma’s List. Portia Dery. Illustrated by Toby Newsome. Windmill Books, 2021. Originally published by African Bureau Stories,Ghana, 2017. ISBN 9781499486322. 32 p. (Ages 5-7). Picture book.

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Central African Republic

Cover for The Magic Doll: A Children's Book Inspired by African Art featuring a stylized illustration and collage of a young girl in a white dress with a citrus tree above and behind her. There is a doll made of wood and two chicken-like animals immediately in the background. The cover is mostly green and the title is displayed in black with patterned letters.

The Magic Doll: A Children's Book Inspired by African Art

Yabouza Adrienne

Paul Kelly (Translator)

Élodie Nouhen (Illustrator)

The Magic Doll: A Children’s Book Inspired by African Art. Yabouza Adrienne. Translated by Paul Kelly. Illustrated by Élodie Nouhen. Prestel Junior, 2020. Originally published as Une Poupée pour Maman in French by L’Élan Vert, in France, in 2019. ISBN 9783791374468. 32p. (Ages 4-9). Picture book.

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South Africa

Cover for I am You: A Book about Ubuntu featuring an illustration of four kids who are all of different ethnicities on a tandem bicycle that seats three with a dog in the front basket and the last kid in the back basket. They're riding through a colorful natural landscape of rolling hills where each hill is a different color and orange flowers are in the foreground. The ground is orange and the sky is light pink with blue birds in it. The title is displayed in orange and pink.

I Am You: A Book About Ubuntu

Refiloe Moahloli

Zinelda McDonald (Illustrator)

I Am You: A Book About Ubuntu. Refiloe Moahloli. Illustrated by Zinelda McDonald. Amazon Crossing Kids, 2022. Originally published as We Are One by Pan Macmillan, in South Africa, in 2020. ISBN 9781542035668. 32 p. (Ages 5-7). Picture book.

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Cover for Paris Cat featuring an illustration of a cat in a cabaret-like red patterned outfit with a feathered headpiece on and a baton in hand who is dancing with the Eiffel tower and a crescent moon in the background.

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.

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Cover for Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa featuring an illustration of a girl carrying a bowl with a melon, a chicken, a bottle, and some straws in it on her head walking away from two colorful buildings while a dog in a tattered outfit looks at her while hiding behind a thin palm tree in the background. The cover's background is white and the title is orange while the subtitle is black.

Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa

Niki Daly

Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa. Niki Daly. Clarion Books, 2007. Originally published as Pretty Salma by Frances Lincoln, in London, in 2006. ISBN 9780618723454. 32 p. (Ages 4-7). Picture book.

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India

Cover for Ammachi's Glasses featuring an illustration of a grandma with large golden earrings on and her eyes closed with her hands in front of her who is tripping over a dog while a cat laughs. A kid in the background looks on in shock. The cover's background is a textured sage green and the title is displayed in bright red with an illustration of a crow above it.

Ammachi's Glasses

Priya Kurian

Ammachi’s Glasses. Priya Kurian. Tulika Books, 2017. ISBN 9789350469088. 28 p. (Ages 0 and up). Picture book.

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Cover of Dadaji's Painbrush featuring an illustration of a gentle looking grandfather with a paintbrush in his hands painting next to a small child who is doing a finger painting next to him. There is a stack of canvases behind them and foliage peaking out from the cover's edges. The background is a muted beige and the title is displayed in bright teal and orange.

Dadaji's Paintbrush

Rashmi Sirdeshpande

Ruchi Mhasane (Illustrator)

Dadaji’s Paintbrush. Rashmi Sirdeshpande. Illustrated by Ruchi Mhasane. Levine Querido, 2022. Originally published in the UK by Andersen Press. ISBN 9781646141722. 32 p. (Ages 4-8). Picture book.

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Cover for Gobble You Up! featuring an illustration of a black silhouette of a dog-like animal with animals illustrated in white inside of him including mostly fish and most prominently an elephant in the center. There is one white bird illustrated in front of the animal and the cover's background is bright yellow creating a striking effect. The text on the cover is in mostly black with only the illustrator's name in white and there is a black patterned graphic border along the bottom edge of the cover.

Gobble You Up!

Gita Wolf

Sunita (Illustrator)

Gobble You Up!. Gita Wolf. Illustrated by Sunita. Tara Books, 2013. Originally published in Chennai, in 2013. ISBN 9788193984154. 40 p. (Ages 3-6). Picture book.

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Cover for Icky, Yucky, Mucky! featuring a watercolor illustration of a man and woman who are partnered and appear joyful in ornate regal outfits pushing a stroller with a baby in it. The cover's background is white and there are large watercolor green and blue flourishes in the background. The cover's title is displayed in a handwritten inked black style.

Icky, Yucky, Mucky!

Natasha Sharma

Anitha Balachandran (Illustrator)

Icky, Yucky, Mucky!. Natasha Sharma. Illustrated by Anitha Balachandran. Young Zubaan Books, 2012. First published in New Delhi, in 2011. ISBN 9788189884963. 32 p. (Ages 4+). Picture book.

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Cover of the Mountains of Mumbai featuring an extra wide illustration of a colorful cityscape and highway along the water with two children in the foreground over top it in a red dress and blue top and shorts respectively. The book's title is displayed in black, white, and red over the water to the left with a banner in yellow and red reading "Karadi Tales" on top of it.

The Mountains of Mumbai

Labanya Ghosh

Pallavi Jain (Illustrator)

The Mountains of Mumbai. Labanya Ghosh. Illustrated by Pallavi Jain. Karadi Tales Picturebooks, 2020. First published in Chennai, in 2019. ISBN 9788193654293. 40 p. (Ages 4-6). Picture book.

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Cover of Mukand and Riaz featuring a collage-like illustration of two boys, one taller and one shorter, with the taller one on the left handing a black object to the boy on the right who is holding a red hat in his hand. The cover's background is blue and textured with a pattern of blue foliage and the title is displayed in a decorative white font.

Mukand and Riaz

Nina Sabnani

Mukand and Riaz. Nina Sabnani. Tulika Books, 2007.Co-published with National Institute of Design, New Delhi. ISBN 9788181463432. 32 p. (Ages 5 and up). Picture book.

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Cover for A Saree for Ammi featuring an illustration of a woman and her child where the woman is making a textile using a loom while her daughter looks on. There are colorful patterned textiles in the background and the cover's background is an orangey brown.

A Saree for Ammi

Mamta Nainy

Sandhya Prabhat (Illustrator)

A Saree for Ammi. Mamta Nainy. Illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat. Tulika Books, 2019. First published in Chennai, in 2019. A Sari for Ammi, a revised edition of this book published by Amazon Crossing Kids in 2021, is also available. ISBN 9789389203608. 28 p. (Ages 5 and up). Picture book.

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Cover for A Tangle of Brungles featuring an illustration of a witch-like woman with grey hair reading a book behind a cauldron on top of a fireplace while she is surrounded by animals from crows to snakes to wolves along the perimeter of the cover seemingly without her noticing. The background of the cover is a muted yellow and the colors in general have a slimy greenish hue.

A Tangle of Brungles

Shobha Viswanath

Culpeo S. Fox (Illustrator)

A Tangle of Brungles. Shobha Viswanath. Illustrated by Culpeo S. Fox. Karadi Tales Picturebooks, 2018. First published in Chennai, in 2018. ISBN 9788181903600. 40 p. (Ages 7-9). Picture book.

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Cover for Thukpa for All featuring an illustration with a decorative grid dividing the cover into squares. Within each square is a person from the elderly to young in a robe-like outfit with floral flourishes. In the center is a bowl of food, the Thukpa, with the title in green above it. Around the cover is a red floral border except for along the top which has a patterened border that looks like a thatched roof in green, purple, and red. The background is orange.

Thukpa For All

Praba Ram and Sheela Preuitt

Shilpa Ranade (Illustrator)

Thukpa For All. Praba Ram and Sheela Preuitt. Illustrated by Shilpa Ranade. Karadi Tales Picturebooks, 2019. First published in Chennai, in 2018. ISBN 9788193388983. 48 p. (Ages 7-9). Picture book.

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Cover for Tiger On a Tree featuring an illustration of the silhouette of a tiger in white and orange running away from the viewer on a hill into a grove of three trees. The hill and trees are illustrated in black ink. The cover's background is orange and the title is displayed in white.

Tiger on a Tree

Anushka Ravishankar

Pulak Biswas (Illustrator)

Tiger on a Tree. Anushka Ravishankar. Illustrated by Pulak Biswas. Tara Books, 2014. Originally published by Tara Books, in Chennai, India, in 1997; first US edition by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, in 2004. ISBN 9789383145065. 40 p. (Ages 5 and up). Picture book.

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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 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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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 I am the Subway featuring an illustration of the inside of a subway car with people sitting along the sides and a few people holding hand holds an standing. The middle pathway of the car is green and the rest is a yellow beige. The title is displayed in dusty royal blue and the left side of the book has a similarly blue border.

I Am the Subway

Kim Hyo-eun

Deborah Smith (Translator)

I Am the Subway. Kim Hyo-eun. Translated by Deborah Smith. Scribble US, 2021. Originally published in Korean. ISBN 9781950354658. 52 p. (Ages 3-10). Picture book.

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Cover for Moon Pops featuring a photograph of an illustration of pencil drawn animals holding yellow lamps that are physically lit up. The background is a dark grey blue.

Moon Pops

Baek Heena

Jieun Kiaer (Translator)

Moon Pops. Baek Heena. Translated by Jieun Kiaer. Owlkids Books, 2021. Originally published as Dal Sha-bet in Korean by Bear Books, Inc. ISBN 9781771474290. 36 p. (Ages 3-7). Picture book.

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Cover for The Moon Tonight featuring a hazy yellow beige illustration of an older person and a child biking along the banks of a river in a city atmosphere with a large waxing crescent moon above the skyline.

The Moon Tonight: Our Moon's Journey Around the Earth

Jung Chang-hoon

Paige Morris (Translator)

Jang Ho (Illustrator)

The Moon Tonight: Our Moon’s Journey Around the Earth. Jung Chang-hoon. Translated by Paige Morris. Illustrated by Jang Ho. Blue Dot Kids, 2023. Originally published in Korean by Woongjin Thinkbig Co. Ltd, Seoul, in 2007. ISBN 9781737603252. 36 p. (Ages 4-9). Picture book.

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Cover for My GrandMom featuring a pencil or crayon illustration of a grandma, grandchild, and cat all doing the same joyful pose with their hands outstretched and their bodies in a C shape. There are fireworks drawn around and behind them.

My GrandMom

Gee-eun Lee

Sophie Bowman (Translator)

My GrandMom. Gee-eun Lee. Translated by Sophie Bowman. Amazon Crossing Kids, 2022. Originally published as Halmeoni eomma in Korean by Woongjin Thinkbig Co. LTD, in South Korea, in 2016. ISBN 9781662508257. 40 p. (Ages 3-7). Picture book.

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Cover for Pool featuring a pencil illustration of the face of a young girl with goggles and a swim cap on and fish are emerging from her goggles as if swimming through and from them. The background is a textured bluish white.

Pool

Lee JiHyeon

Pool. Lee JiHyeon. Chronicle Books, 2015. Originally published in Korean by Iyagikot Publishing Co, in South Korea, in 2013. ISBN 9781452142944. 56p. (Ages 3-5). Picture book.

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Cover for The Tailor Shop at the Intersection featuring a collage and illustrations depicting three smaller dog people sewing, ironing and cutting a brown suit which takes up the entire cover.

The Tailor Shop at the Intersection

Ahn Jaesun

Sora Kim-Russell (Translator)

The Tailor Shop at the Intersection. Ahn Jaesun. Translated by Sora Kim-Russell. Transit Books, 2023. Originally published in Korean. ISBN 9781945492761. 48 p. (Ages 4 and up). Picture book.

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Cover for The Three Water Drop Brothers featuring a collage of shapes illustrating a brontosaurus dinosaur among palm trees, fronds, and a volcano with clouds in the sky and three blue water droplets with faces on them falling from them. The background is red.

The Three Water Drop Brothers

Lee Eun-hee

Asuka Minamoto (Translator)

Yun Mi-sook (Illustrator)

The Three Water Drop Brothers. Lee Eun-hee. Translated by Asuka Minamoto. Illustrated by Yun Mi-sook. Enchanted Lion Books, 2021. Originally published in Korean. ISBN 9781592703234. 40p. (Ages 4-8). Picture book.

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Cover of Wave featuring an illustration of a young girl on the shore of a wavy beach with seagulls in the sky on a white background.

Wave

Suzy Lee

Wave. Suzy Lee. Chronicle Books, 2008. Originally published in Korean. ISBN 9780811859240. 44p. (Ages 1-99). 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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China & Taiwan

China

Cover of Lemon Butterfly featuring an illustration of a white horse on a black background.

Lemon Butterfly

Cao Wenxuan

Roger Mello (Illustrator)

Lemon Butterfly. Cao Wenxuan. Illustrated by Roger Mello. Reycraft Books, 2020. ISBN 9781478869757. 32 p. (Ages 4-9).

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Cover for Mao and Me featuring an illustration of a child in a chair with a schoolbag hanging on it reading Mao's Little Red Book with a portrait of Mao in the background. The background color is red and the text is gold.

Mao and Me

Chen Jiang Hong

Claudia Zoe Bedrick (Translator)

Mao and Me. Chen Jiang Hong. Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick. Enchanted Lion Books, 2008. Originally published as Mao et moi in French by l’École des loisirs, in Paris, in 2008. ISBN 9781592700790. 96 p. (Ages 6-10). Picture book.

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Cover of The Moose of Ewenki featuring a detailed illustration of a moose's head peeking into frame from the left on a cream background. The book's title is displayed in teal and the author and illustrator's names are displayed in green.

The Moose of Ewenki

Gerelchimeg Blackcrane

The Moose of Ewenki. Gerelchimeg Blackcrane. Translated by Helen Mixter. Illustrated by Jiu Er. Greystone Kids, 2019. Originally published as Ewenke de tuo lu in Chinese, by Jie Li Chu Ban She, Nanning, 2018. ISBN 9781771645386. 68 p. (Ages 5-9). Picture book.

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Cover for A New Year's Reunion featuring an illustration of a family at a table eating soup. The child is holding up a coin to her two parents. The background is red and the title is gold.

A New Year's Reunion

Li Qiong Yu

Zhu Chen Liang (Illustrator)

A New Year’s Reunion. Li Qiong Yu. Illustrated by Zhu Chen Liang. Candlewick Press, 2011. Originally published in China, in 2008. ISBN 9780763667481. 40 p. (Ages 3-7). Picture book.

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Cover of Playing with Lanterns featuring an illustration of four children holding lanterns on a snowy night with houses in the background and fireworks in the sky behind them.

Playing with Lanterns

Wang Yage

Helen Wang (Translator)

Zhu Chengliang (Illustrator)

Playing with Lanterns. Wang Yage. Translated by Helen Wang. Illustrated by Zhu Chengliang. Amazon Crossing Kids, 2021. ISBN 9781542029841. 40 p. (Ages 5-8). Picture book.

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Cover for The Story of Ink and Water featuring a watercolor illustration in black and nude on a cream background suggesting two young children and an animal running by.

The Story of Ink and Water

Li Qingye

Chun Zhang (Translator)

Peilong Liang (Illustrator)

The Story of Ink and Water. Li Qingye. Translated by Chun Zhang. Illustrated by Peilong Liang. Balestier Press, 2018. Originally published in China in 2013. ISBN 9781911221074. 36 p. (Ages 3 and up+).

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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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Taiwan

Cover of Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village featuring an illustration of a small child sitting at a table near a window with trinkets on the sill on a chair with a backpack slung over the back. The illustration is in a green frame and surrounded by a pattern of green clovers.

Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village

Fang Suzhen

Huang Xiumin (Translator)

Sonja Danowski

Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village. Fang Suzhen. Translated by Huang Xiumin. Illustrated by Sonja Danowski. NorthSouth Books, 2015. Originally published in China by China Children’s Press and Publication Group. ISBN 9780735842168. 48 p. (Ages 4-8). Picture book.

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The Middle East & North Africa

Morocco

Cover for Alya and the Three Cats featuring an illustration of a black, brown, and grey-striped cat peaking out from behind a blue wooden door.

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.

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Israel

Cover for Just One More Thing...And then Bedtime featuring an illustration of a dad, a baby, a young kid, and a dog sleeping on top of a pile of socks surrounding a space where the socks have cleared in the middle where the title of the book is placed. Everything in the cover image is tinged red or pink.

Just One More Thing... and Then Bedtime

Menahem Halberstadt

Romy Ronen (Translator)

Just One More Thing…and Then Bedtime. Menahem Halberstadt. Translated by Romy Ronen. Green Bean Books, 2023. Originally published in Hebrew by M. Mizrahi Publishing House, in Israel, in 2021. ISBN 9781784389475. 32 p. (Ages 3-7). Picture book.

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Cover for The Mermaid in the Bathtub featuring an illustration of a mermaid in what appears to be early 1900s swimwear that's a pink checkered pattern intersecting seamlessly with her tail. She is sitting on the edge of a white bathtub on the water and has a red turban on her hair and a fish-bird hybrid animal on her shoulder while the silhouette of a pirate ship with two pirates sword-fighting on top of it can be seen in the background. Above the water is a textured and patterned yellow background.

The Mermaid in the Bathtub

Nurit Zarchi

Tal Goldfajn (Translator)

Rutu Modan (Illustrator)

The Mermaid in the Bathtub. Nurit Zarchi. Translated by Tal Goldfajn. Illustrated by Rutu Modan. Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers, 2019. Originally published as Ambatyam in Hebrew by Am Oved, in Tel Aviv, in 2001. ISBN 9781632062116. 40 p. (Ages 5-10). Picture book.

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Cover for Room for Rent featuring an illustration of a castle with purple, beige, blue, red, and green, elements with animals including a squirrel, cat, bird, and chicken poking their heads out of its windows. The title of the book is on a sign hanging from the castle as if the title is advertising room for rent in the castle. It's on a white background with blue clouds in the sky.

Room for Rent

Leah Goldberg

Jessica Setbon (Translator)

Shmuel Katz (Illustrator)

Room for Rent. Leah Goldberg. Translated by Jessica Setbon. Illustrated by Shmuel Katz. Gefen Publishing House, 2018. Originally published as Dira Lehaskir in Hebrew by Sefarim Poalim in Tel Aviv, in 1983. ISBN 9789652299208. 24 p. (Ages 3-8). Picture book.

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Qatar

Cover Hamda and Fisaikra featuring an illustration of a young woman in decorative red and gold clothing and with decorative jewelry including a crown with dangling elements on her head in front of a body of water with a fish jumping out of it. The background is dark blue with the water and sandy shore appearing as teal and beige.

Hamda and Fisaikra

Kaltham Al-Ghanim

Andy Smart (Translator)

May Al-Mannai (Illustrator)

Hamda and Fisaikra. Kaltham Al-Ghanim. Translated by Andy Smart. Illustrated by May Al-Mannai. Hamid Bin Khalifa University Press, 2011. Originally [or possibly simultaneously] published as حمدة وفسيكرة in Arabic by Hamid Bin Khalifa University Press, in Doha, Qatar, in 2011. ISBN 9992178876. 46 p. (Ages 6-8). Picture book.

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Cover for The Light of Hope featuring an illustration of a girl with a lantern in her hand and her clothing including a skirt and scarf dramatically swept behind her walking through a grassy and vegetative setting with a starry purple blue night in the background.

The Light of Hope

Basmah El Khaṭīb

Ghenwa Yehia (Translator)

Bilal Bassal (Illustrator)

The Light of Hope. Basmah El Khaṭīb. Translated by Ghenwa Yehia. Illustrated by Bilal Bassal. Hamid Bin Khalifa University Press, 2018. Originally published as Kandil Alma in Arabic by Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press in Doha, in 2018. ISBN 9789927129681. [unpaged]. (Ages 4-9). Picture book.

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Cover for Mah and Me featuring an illustration of an older woman in a hijab-like shawl and patterned dress and what appears to be her grandson in overalls walking arm in arm in a rural setting.

Mah and Me

Ibtihaj Al-Harthi

Mah and Me. Ibtihaj Al-Harthi. Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press, 2019. Originally published as أنا وماه in Arabic by Bloomsbury, in 2015, in Qatar. ISBN 9789927119675. 32 p. (Ages 4 and up). Picture book.

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Turkey

Cover for The Red Apple featuring a rabbit with his arms crossed and appearing cold walking through a dreary beige snowy landscape with footsteps trailing him in the snow. The bright red title with white accents contrasts with the beige background.

The Red Apple

Feridun Oral

The Red Apple. Feridun Oral. minedition, 2015. Originally published as Kirmizi elma in Turkish by YKY, in Istanbul, in 2008. ISBN 9888240005. 28 p. (Ages 3-5). Picture book.

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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 Sitti's Bird: A Gaza Story featuring an illustration of a girl with rosy stylized cheeks and birds above her with cards in their mouths on a dark and starry blue purple background.

Sitti's Bird: A Gaza Story

Malak Mattar

Sitti’s Bird: A Gaza Story. Malak Mattar. Translated by Interlink staff. Crocodile Books, 2022. ISBN 9781623718251. 32 p. (Ages 4-8). Picture book.

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Iran

Cover for In the Meadow of Fantasies featuring an illustration of a valley with a giant horse standing in a lake with a sailing boat sitting on their back and their snout in the water their eyes widened looking at at a fish looking back at them in the water. The mountains surrounding the lake and creating the valley have green grassy plants, brambly trees, and a sandy texture. The cover has a grey background with a red title and the horse has yellow, red, brown, and dark green spots.

In the Meadow of Fantasies

Mohammad Hadi Mohammadi

Sara Khalili (Translator)

Nooshin Safakhoo (Illustrator)

In the Meadow of Fantasies. Mohammad Hadi Mohammadi. Translated by Sara Khalili. Illustrated by Nooshin Safakhoo. Elsewhere Editions, 2021. Originally published as Haft Asb Haft Rang in Farsi by the Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature, Tehran, in 2017. ISBN 9781939810908. 42 p. (Ages 3-7). Picture book.

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Latin America

Colombia

Cover for As Time Went By featuring an illustration of a ship either approaching or leaving a dock with people on the ship and people and buildings on the shore. The background is white and the clouds and smoke from the ship are red. There are red accents and a greenish brown color story in the shore's cityscape.

As Time Went By

José Sanabria

Audrey Hall (Translator)

As Time Went By. José Sanabria. Translated by Audrey Hall. NorthSouth Books, 2016. Originally published as Con el paso del tiempo in Spanish by Comunic-Arte, in Argentina, in 2015, but actually first appeared as Wie die Zeit vergeht in German, in Switzerland, a translation by Gabriela Stöckli of the original Spanish text. ISBN 9780735842489. 48 p. (Ages 4-8). Picture book.

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Cover of The Young Teacher and the Great Serpent featuring an illustration of a large forest along a shore that is stylized and drawn in bright blue, teal, green, orange, and brown colors. A woman approaches the forest and a ways away a woman and a child play near the water.

The Young Teacher and the Great Serpent

Irene Vasco

Lawrence Schimel (Translator)

Juan Palomino (Illustrator)

The Young Teacher and the Great Serpent. Irene Vasco. Translated by Lawrence Schimel. Illustrated by Juan Palomino. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2023. Originally published as La joven maestra y la gran serpiente in Spanish by Editorial Juventud, Barcelona, in 2019. ISBN 9780802856173. 40 p. (Ages 5-9). Picture book.

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Chile

Cover of The Beach featuring an illustration of three people in swimsuits from the chest down with one person in the foreground and two in the background.

The Beach

Sol Undurraga

Kit Mod (Translator)

The Beach. Sol Undurraga. Translated by Kit Maude. Tapioca Stories, 2022. Originally published as La playa in Spanish by Saposcat, Santiago, Chile, in 2019, but actually first appeared as La plage in French by l’Agrume, in Paris, France, in 2017, likely a translation of the original Spanish text. ISBN 9781734783940. 32 p. (Ages 6-9). Picture book.

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Cover of 9 Kilometers featuring an illustration of a young boy wearing a backpack walking down a dirt road with foliage lining it facing towards the viewer.

9 Kilometers

Claudio Aguilera

Lawrence Schimel (Translator)

Gabriela Lyon (Illustrator)

9 Kilometers. Claudio Aguilera. Translated by Lawrence Schimel. Illustrated by Gabriela Lyon. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2023. Originally published as 9 kilómetros in Spanish by Ediciones Ekaré Sur, Santiago, Chile, in 2020. ISBN 9780802856005. 56 p. (Ages 5-9). Picture book.

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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 Daytime Visions featuring an illustration of a brown bird with a beige-orange crown on its head feeding a beige-orange nest of baby birds. The branch they are sitting on is just an outline while the birds themselves are filled in. The background is white and the title is displayed in a light blue banner.

Daytime Visions: An Alphabet

Isol

Elisa Amato and Isol (Translators)

Daytime Visions: An Alphabet. Isol. Adapted into English by Isol and Elisa Amado. Enchanted Lion Books, 2016. Originally published as Abecedario a mano in Spanish by Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, in 2015. ISBN 9781592701957. 56 p. (Ages 3-8). Picture book.

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Cover for Sheep Count Flowers featuring a drawing that seems to have been made by a child of flowers and a sheep made up of marker dots with yellow stars and yellow fishes in the sky. An adult seems to have added to the illustration with a more advanced drawing of a kid sitting on a green paint stroke looking up and pointing at the sky with his arm and legs made up of marker and his face drawn in ink with another child walking towards him from behind a flower with legs also drawn with marker and a face drawn in ink. The background is beige and the title is purple.

Sheep Count Flowers

Micaela Chirif

Arthur A. Levine (Translator)

Amanda Mijangos (Illustrator)

Sheep Count Flowers. Micaela Chirif. Translated by Arthur A. Levine. Illustrated by Amanda Mijangos. Levine Querido, 2021. Originally published as Las Ovejas by Limonero, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2020. ISBN 9781646141197. 40 p. (Ages 4-7). Picture book.

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Mexico

Cover for Ways to Make Friends featuring an illustration of a group of friendly looking animals that seem to be having a meeting in a forest setting. Their holding up signs which have the title and authors written on them. The colors on the cover are pastel and the background is light green.

Ways to Make Friends

Jairo Buitrago

Elisa Amado (Translator)

Mariana Ruiz Johnson (Illustrator)

Ways to Make Friends. Jairo Buitrago. Translated by Elisa Amado. Illustrated by Mariana Ruiz Johnson. Greystone Kids, 2022. Originally published as Formas de hacer amigos in Spanish by Leetra Final, in Mexico City, in 2021. ISBN 9781771649759. 40 p. (Ages 4-7). Picture book.

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Brazil

Cover for You Can't Be Too Careful featuring a stylized illustration of a series of human-like characters walking in a circle surrounding the cover's title on a dark green background.

You Can't be Too Careful!

Roger Mello

Daniel Hahn (Translator)

You Can’t Be Too Careful! Roger Mello. Translated by Daniel Hahn. Elsewhere Editions, 2017. Originally published as Todo cuidado é pouco! in Portuguese by Companhia das Letras, Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1999. ISBN 9780914671640. 36 p. (Ages 5-8). Picture book.

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