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@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 1:03 PM

A fascinating session exploring both the children's publishing scene in these countries/regions & the important work these women are doing to connect local creators with the international publishing world, in both directions.

#fbm26
#kidlit #worldkidlit #buschsky #booksky

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 1:02 PM

Last week at #fbm26, I also moderated a session on Children's Books from Central Asia & Mongolia with

Bayan Kabylash from Kazakhstan
&
Undraa Nergui from Mongolia

(Unfortunately, Viktoriya Gayratova from Uzbekistan wasn't able to join us at the last minute.)

#buchsky #booksky #kidlit #worldkidlit

A photo of the Imagination Stage at the Frankfurt Bookfair last week. On stage are three speakers (from left to right):

Undraa Nergui from Nomad Ink Agency in Mongolia

Bayan Kabylash from Nomad Culture Foundation in Kazakhstan

and myself as moderator

(Viktoriya Gayratova from Asian Book House in Uzbekistan is listed on the screen behind us, with all our names and the title of our session, but wasn't able to join us at the last minute.)

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 8:36 PM

I've translated a number of this year's ALMA candidates. 🥰

María José Ferrada, Micaela Chirif, Paloma Valdivia, Ricardo Chávez Castañeda, Inese Zandere, Antonio Ramos Revillas...

#kidlit #worldkidlit

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 6:57 PM

3) The launch for the German-language translation by Claudia Dathe of the non-fiction book REACTORS DON'T EXPLODE written by Kateryna Mikhalitsyna & Stanislaw Dowrnyzkyj & illustrated by Studio Seri/graf:
www.voland-quist.de/werke/reakto...

#fbm26 #buchsky #kidlit #chornobyl #booksky #worldkidlit

A photo of the stage at the Ukrainian National Stand of the launch for the German-language translation by Claudia Dathe of the non-fiction book REACTORS DON'T EXPLODE written by Kateryna Mikhalitsyna and Stanislaw Dowrnyzkyj and illustrated by Studio Seri/graf.

We are four speakers seated on white chairs. Behind us is a blue background, with a screen announcing our panel ("Children's literature in the context of European history and contemporary life").

I am on the far left, facing the audience, holding a copy of the award-winning book in its new German edition, and talking into the mic. To my left is Yuliia Kozlovets from the Books Arsenal Festival in Kiev, Claudia Dathe who translated the book into German, and Christiane Raabe, director of the International Youth Library.

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 6:51 PM

2) A session on Romanian children's books in advance of Romania being Guest Country at Frankfurt Bookfair in 2028, with Ileana Achim from Editura Frontiera, Oana Vasile from Livia Stoia Agency and award-winning artist Alexandra Mirzac

#fbm26 #booksky #buchsky #kidlit #worldkidlit

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On a red stage (both floor and backdrop) we are four speakers, seated (left to right): Ileana Achim, Oana Vasile, Alexandra Mirzac, & me. On the screen behind us is a picture book illustrated by Alexandra, published by Frontiera, which won the Carturino Award (which Oana was on the jury for). A copy of the book is also standing on one of the two tables in front of us, and on the other (the one between myself and Alexandra) is a copy of a pink-covered guide to children's books from Romania with info on rights available, which was given out free at the Romanian national stand.

Alexandra is holding a mic and speaking, and I am also holding a mic (and must have just asked a question).

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 6:47 PM

I don't yet have pics from all the events I moderated at the Frankfurter Buchmesse #fbm26 this year, but here are some, including:

1) Keynote talk with comics superstar Raina Telgemeier for the Frankfurt Kids Conference (Squee!)

#booksky #buschsky #comics #kidlit #worldkidlit

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A photo of the packed audience for the Frankfurt Kids Conference last week. I am on stage, with a handheld mic, looking at the screen behind me where Raina Telgemeier took time off from her East Coast tour to give the keynote in conversation with me. (SQUEE!)

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 12:52 PM

Candidates for the 2027 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award:

alma.se/en/nominatio...

#kidlit #worldkidlit #booksky

@worldkidlit.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 2:13 PM

Illustrations made with fabric? Yes, please! 🧵🎨 Meet Slovenian author-illustrator Manica K. Musil and discover the creative process behind her unique textile collage picture books.

worldkidlit.org/2026/10/12/m...

#WorldKidLit #translators #illustrators #slovenia

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:03 PM

A Chilean stem picture book I translated for @ebyrbooks.bsky.social

#kidlit #worldkidlit #xl8

@kristinwrites.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 11:06 PM

#KidLit friends? #WorldKidLit #BookSky

@ebyrbooks.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 1:04 PM

🎉 Happiest birthday to the sweetest, most earnest, most humble Bear and his (er...Aline Portman's) new book, THIS IS HOW TO SPOT ANIMALS! 🐻

"The book is toddler manna...Surely among the toddler-pleasingest of toddler pleasers." —Kirkus Reviews

#newbook #picturebook #readaloud #worldkidlit #humor

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 3:27 PM

😍😍

#kidlit #worldkidlit

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 9:58 PM

#worldkidlit #kidlit #scbwi #booksky

@mortabasi.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 9:04 PM

#kidlit #worldkidlit #GOTV

@ebyrbooks.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:04 PM

🍁 Happy October 1! Check out our new books coming this month! 🍂

#newbooks #childrensbooks #picturebooks #graphicnovels #worldkidlit

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 3:00 PM

And not only do @theemmapress.bsky.social #namethetranslator on the cover, they even name the translator ON THE SPINE!
😍

Definitely worthy of celebration!

And Kudos to the whole team at The Emma Press!
🎉

#worldkidlit #worldkidlitmonth #kidlit #internationaltranslationday #itd #booksky #scbwi

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 2:57 PM

What a perfect way to celebrate both #InternationalTranslationDay #ITD & the last day of #WorldKidLitMonth: my translator copies of WHEN YOU WERE A CLOUD written by María José Ferrada & illustrated by Azul López (@theemmapress.bsky.social) arrived in the mail!
😍😍

#kidlit #booksky #worldkidlit #xl8

A selfie (I am a middle-aged white man with close-cropped dark hair and a close-cropped salt-and-pepper beard, wearing a black t-shirt) in front of the bookcase of books I've translated, holding a copy of WHEN yOU WERE A CLOUD, published by The Emma Press, featuring an image by Azul López on the cover of a female-presenting dark-skinned figure in a yellow t-shirt and blue shorts lying on a golden field, looking upward, surrounded by red and green splotches to represent flowers.

A photo of my hand holding two copies of WHEN YOU WERE A CLOUD, so we can see the spine, which reads: Ferrada, López & Schimel and then the title.

So the translator is named not just on the cover but even on the spine!

@worldkidlit.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 1:17 PM

Celebrate African cultural heritage with us! 🗺️ a lovely review of two children’s books by Ayo Oyeku ❤️ explore the continent here

worldkidlit.org/2026/09/30/a...

#Africa #kidlit #worldkidlit

@worldkidlit.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 1:12 PM

How do picture books portray neurodiversity? 🌍📚 We explore four beautiful children’s books from three continents. Read about them below!

worldkidlit.org/2026/09/28/a...
#neurodiversity #kidlit #worldkidlit

@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 12:10 PM

😍😍

#worldkidlit #kidlit #booksky #xl8 #patagonia #pumas #pumaconcolor #chile #latinxkidlit