Celebrate diversity and a global outlook this World Kid Lit Month!
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September is World Kid Lit Month: a month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books.
How to take part? Simply read a book for young people from another country. If you use social media, share what you’ve enjoyed with the hashtag #WorldKidLitMonth.
Or if your library readers are already seasoned explorers of children’s literature, why not take the Explorer Challenge, and push their reading boundaries with the World Kid Lit bingo charts of ideas of books from, or set in, other countries, and books translated into English from other languages? You’ll find hundreds of book reviews and creator interviews at World Kid Lit blog, introducing children’s and YA books from over 180 countries and translated from over a 100 different languages.
World Kid Lit Month also have a range of dedicated library resources – check them out!
New for 2025: Reading Challenge Award for Schools
The World Kid Lit Reading Challenge Award, launching in September 2025, is a new competition for schools to promote international and inclusive reading. In 2025, the pilot year, schools anywhere in the world can enter, as long as English is one of the main languages of instruction. Students can read any books that fit the description of ‘world literature for young people’, and the Award is for the most imaginative, innovative or inclusive presentations where students reflect on what they’ve read.