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Are you looking to add more diverse books to your bookshelves, or to your library stack? Why not look beyond your country’s borders to see what children around the world are reading?
Each week my daughters (ages 8 & 6) and I are reading as many picture books as we can find from a different country. So far, between 2021 – 2025, we have read books from 115+ countries, and are excited for all the countries we have left. We have discovered so many amazing books we never would have read before starting this project.
We love getting recommendations for can’t miss picture books from around the world, so please share the great ones you know about! Stop back here each week, or follow us on Instagram @kidsreadtheworld to see what we’re reading.
For a full list of the picture books we’ve read and loved, you can visit the Picture Book List. There is also an Adult Book List for the books I’m reading from some countries.
From the blog
Kids Read: Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde is an archipelago off the coast of Senegal where Kriolu, a mixture of Portuguese and African dialects, is spoken. I had no book on my list…
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October/November in Review
I’m combining our October and November reading together half way through December (I’m all sorts of behind). We read one country over the past few months, Barbados,…
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September in Review
September ushered in fall, back to school, and back to a routine. It was also World Kid Lit Month, a time to explore international books for the…
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Kids Read: Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. I’ve been…
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August in Review
Mid August to mid September is always the busiest part of the year for me. I’m gearing up for school, trying to get my girls organized for…
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World Kid Lit Month
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…
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July in Review
In July I tend to prioritize my own reading more than reviewing picture books, but I was still able to sneak 6 new countries onto our list…
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Kids Read: Zambia
Located in southern Africa, Zambia is home to rugged terrain and an abundance of wildlife, along with safari areas and National Parks. Victoria Falls, a UNESCO World Heritage…
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Kids Read: Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America, and is situated between Honduras and Costa Rica in the north and south, and the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea to…
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Kids Read: Mongolia
Between China and Russia sits the largest landlocked country that does not border a sea: Mongolia. Mongolia is mostly covered in grasslands, and 30% of its relatively…
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About Me
Hi, I’m Lori, a U.S. based mother of two girls (8 years old, and 6 years old), a wife, a special education teacher in a public school, and a picture book lover for as long as I can remember. I got tired to reading the same old picture books available at big box stores, so set out to discover what stories kids around the world are hearing and reading.
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