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@worldkidlit.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 2:36 PM

Just a few days left of #WorldKidLitMonth 2026 but it's never too late to set yourself a #readtheworld reading challenge!
Use these bingo charts for inspiration or make your own!

Link here to the canva template to make your own:
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#kidlitUK #booksky #kidlit #GoAllIn

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: reading prompts for reading children's and YA books in translation and books from every continent

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: middle grade reading prompts for reading children's books in translation and books from every continent

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: reading prompts for discovering picture books from other countries and in translation from other languages

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: teen/YA reading prompts for discovering books from other countries and in translation from other languages

@philjackman.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 11:24 AM

#Readtheworld #188
An amusing story of the life of Céline Marchepied #Seychelles
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@worldkidlit.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 8:03 AM

#ReadJapan #JapaneseKidLit for #WorldKidLitMonth!

Phenomenonal bluesky action from @readjapaneseliterature.com this month! and GLLI (Global Literature in Libraries Initiative) has an entire month of Japan kid lit this September
glli-us.org
#kidlit #kidlitUK #readtheworld #readasia #booksky

@worldkidlit.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 10:00 PM

* Free to enter
* Open to schools worldwide
* Enter by October 23rd!
Full details here. Please share and encourage your local school to enter!
worldkidlit.org/internationa...

#ReadtheWorld #childrensbooks #librariansky #librarysky #worldkidlit #diversebooks #inclusivekidlit #kidslit

@worldkidlit.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 9:49 PM

Teachers! School staff! Does your school know about the @worldkidlit Schools' International Reading Award? Prizes for
* Best #ReadtheWorld display
* Best group project
* Best solo project
Your school could win a global book bundle!
Please share: worldkidlit.org/internationa... #booksky #edusky

@georgiarybanks.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 9:12 PM

46. Fair: The Life-Art of Translation by Jen Calleja

Kind of a memoir, kind of a choose your own adventure, kind of a tour around a book fair that’s all about translations and translators.

Firmly in the category of:
Weird Little Book (complimentary)

#ReadTheWorld 🇬🇧🇲🇹

Book cover of “Fair: the Life-Art of Translation”
The background is a solid block of teal and the title text is black and runs vertically down the middle of the page.

Author photo taken by Sophie Davidson, copied from the Peirene Press website

@philjackman.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 6:01 AM

#readtheworld #187
Charming and amusing stories from #SaintVincentandtheGrenadines
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@philjackman.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 12:10 PM

Reading the Pope

Vatican City was always going to be hard one in my quest to #ReadTheWorld. My intention was (and still is) to read a book from an author who was born in each country in the world. There are 197 countries in total according to the list I am using (Wikipedia) and I have 11 left to…

@philjackman.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 8:52 AM

#readtheworld #186
#SaoTomeandPrincipe
Most of what I have left to read is in a foreign (to me). This was my first in Portuguese. Charming tales.
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@philjackman.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 7:18 AM

#readtheworld #185
#VaticanCity was always going to be a challenge. A very interesting and enlightening book. So glad I read it and one for the blog.
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