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A library of multilingual #picturebooks! 💙📚 Promoting #languages, #cultures, & #multilingual #literacy in #London schools & beyond: @hmking-linguist.bsky.social & Dr Gonzalo Pérez Andrade How to Create a Multilingual Library of Picture Books t.ly/V8MZO

Book cover Somewhere by Jeanne Willis and Anastasia Suvorova Image is of a young boy following an orange cat through a beautiful landscape. The cover has a cut out throughout which you can see shapes and birds.
Poster text reads: iBbY (International Board on Books for Young People) 2026 International Children's Book Day Plant stories and the world will bloom! The image shows a child reading a book, sitting on the grass and leaning against a tree. They are surrounded by greenery, flowers, and nature.
Hans Christian Andersen Award iBbY
Book cover in Portuguese Título: Ninguém dormia Autor: Rafael Sica
book cover of I Am on Indigenous Land by Katrina M. Phillips, illustrated by Sam Zimmerman
World Kid Li Month Where will you travel by book? #WorldKidLitMonth
30 Days Wild - MULTILINGUAL! June is the month for “30 Days Wild”, an encouragement to do something linked to nature every day. We have put together a special, multilingual 30 Days Wild Challenge. How many can you do? If you speak a language other than English, you can use that language to complete the daily challenges. If you don’t already speak another language, you can use a dictionary or ask your languages teacher to help you complete the challenge. We would love to see your efforts – email us at lostworlds@sheffield.ac.uk, or tag us on Twitter @LostWor_l_ds. 1. Go cloud spotting. Do you know how to say “cloud” in another language? Write it here: _______________________________ What does the cloud look like? Can you say that in another language? 2. See if you can find a daisy. What is a daisy called in different languages? Can you find three different translations? 3. Can you find a puddle to jump into? In English, we say that the sound water makes when you jump into a puddle is “splash”. What is that sound called in another language? 4.What birds can you see? What are they called? What are they called in another language? 5.Look for shapes in nature. Try to find at least a circle, a triangle, and a square. How do you say these in another language?
A selection of posts from Naoko Machida's (町田尚子) Instagram showing illustrations, each featuring a cat/cats in whimsical drawings. From: https://www.instagram.com/naoko.machida_art/
This is the cover of the picture book: Dalia's Wondrous Hair / El cabello maravilloso de Dalia by/por Laura Lacámara. To the left of center is Dalia, whose curly, dark hair rises to the top of the page, with a butterfly perched on the left side. In the background you see Dalia's mother, a small black cat hiding behind her, and a house in the distance with a palm tree at the top.
The cover of a dual language picture book has the title at the topFloating on Mama's Song / Flotando en la canción de mamá, with the the author's name below, Laura Lacámara, and the text, llustrated by/ilustrado por Yuyi Morales. The cover features a woman holding the hand of a young child floating in the air, while the younger brother floats on the other side.
Picture book cover, all in red. Title is A Child of BOOKS. In the center of the page is a red book with a golden lock in the center. The spine of the book has the author/illustrator names Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston. A girl in shades of blue and white sits on the top of the book.
Cover of the picture book called The DICTIONARY STORY by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. There was an A (as in A Dictionary Story), but the A is crossed out. In the center of the page is a book being opened by a number of creatures sticking out from the pages, a walrus, alligator, umbrella, moon, cloud, etc.
Picture book cover, One & Everything by Sam Winston. Cover features a white background with roman letters floating in the background. There are colorful circles that overlay the letters, with three prominent ones, a blue on the reads One, grey on that reads & and a pink one reading Everything.
Book cover reads KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! (Go! Go! Go!) by Kirsten Cappy & Yaya Gentille, illustrated by Rahana Dariah. Image is of a young girl in orange sitting in a wheelbarrow with her arms joyfully stretched out as she is pushed by a man who appears to be her father.
Panjabi & English, The Leopard's Drum, ਚੀਤੇ ਦਾ ਢੋਲ, Jessica Souhami
Advertisement for Children's Picturebook Festival "presented by SandClock Books." The remaining text is in Thai and I am unable to translate or copy it here.
The cover of the picturebook Loup Noir by Antoine Guilloppé. The front is all in black, with menacing looking triangular shaped eyes in white.
Banner from Tulika publisher's website, including logo reading Tulika Books For Children. There is an image of child under a tree and the text reads Many languages. . . Many voices. . .
Un Jour J'ai Eu Une Idée Écrit par Kobi Yamada Illustré par Mae Besom
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle in Arabic
Book: Maja tizenkét babája (Maja's Twelve Dolls) by Petra Finy