and the Global North with a few links to resources to find more. Here are titles of books set in countries beyond the U.S. They have many helpful resources for finding, discussing, and encouraging the use of translated children’s and YA literature. One of the organizations trying to make that happen is Project World Kid Lit. I would love to see more translations getting attention. The author, Vitor Martins, lives in Brazil and the book was translated from Portuguese by Larissa Helena. It led me to Here the Whole Time which is a book I really enjoyed. One resource I found helpful in my search for titles is the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative. Over the past few years, I’ve read a few titles in the list below, but I’m starting to make more of an effort to read books from other areas of the world. On our blog we’re definitely trying to read and recommend books that are from a wide variety of creators, but when I examine my personal reading history, the books are indeed mostly American-centric. Earlier this year I saw a thought-provoking video from a BookTuber named Saajid considering the question, “Is the book community American-centric?” I’ve been pondering things Saajid mentioned in the video for several months.
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