For Kids
Great Books from Around the World
As we welcome the world to Chicago this month, explore a world full of stories in these award-winning international books and collections of folklore.
United States Board on Books for Young People's Outstanding International Books
Aesop’s Fables
By Beverley Naidoo, illustrated by Piet Grobler
Frances Lincoln, 2011 (Ages 6-10)
Aftershock
By Bernard Ashley
Frances Lincoln, 2011 (Ages 10-13)
Anton Can Do Magic
By Ole Könnecke, translated by Catherine Chidgey
Gecko, 2011 (Ages 3-8)
Beatrice’s Dream: A Story of Kibera Slum
By Karen Lynn Williams, photographs by Wendy Stone
Frances Lincoln, 2011 (Ages 7-11)
The Conductor
By Laëtitia Devernay
Chronicle, 2011 (Ages 4-9)
Dog in Boots
By Greg Gormley, illustrated by Roberta Angaramo
Holiday House, 2011 (Ages 3-6)
An Elephant in the Garden
By Michael Morpurgo
Feiwel and Friends, 2011 (Ages 9-13)
Flyaway
By Lucy Christopher
Chicken House, 2011 (Ages 10-13)
Audiobook
The Ghosts of Gribblesea Pier
By Deborah Abela
FSG, 2011 (Ages 8-12)
I Am Different! Can You Find Me?
By Manjula Padmanabhan
Charlesbridge, 2011 (Ages 6-9)
Loon
By Susan Vande Griek, illustrated by Karen Reczuch
Groundwood, 2011 (Ages 5-8)
Lost & Found
By Shaun Tan
Arthur A. Levine, 2011 (Ages 10 and up)
Meena
By Sine van Mol, illustrated by Carianne Wijffels
Eerdmans, 2011 (Ages 5-8)
The Midnight Zoo
By Sonya Hartnett, illustrated by Andrea Offermann
Candlewick, 2011 (Ages 10-13)
Migrant
By Maxine Trottier, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Groundwood, 2011 (Ages 4-8)
The Ogre of Oglefort
By Eva Ibbotson, illustrated by Lisa K. Weber
Dutton, 2011 (Ages 9-12)
The Parade: A Stampede of Stories About Ananse, the Trickster Spider
By KP Kojo, illustrated by Karen Lilje
Frances Lincoln, 2011 (Ages 7-10)
Press Here
By Hervé Tullet, translated by Christopher Franceschelli
Chronicle, 2011 (Ages 3-7)
The Rabbit Girl
By Mary Arrigan
Frances Lincoln, 2011 (Ages 9-12)
Season of Secrets
By Sally Nicholls
Arthur A. Levine, 2011 (Ages 10 and up)
Soldier Bear
By Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Philip Hopman, translated by Laura Watkinson
Eerdmans, 2011 (Ages 9-13)
A Stranger at Home: A True Story
By Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
Annick, 2011 (Ages 8-12)
Ten Birds
By Cybèle Young
Kids Can, 2011 (Ages 5-9)
This Child, Every Child: A Book Aout the World’s Children
By David J. Smith, illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong
Kids Can, 2011 (Ages 9-13)
The Umbrella
By Ingrid & Dieter Schubert
Lemniscaat, 2011 (Ages 3-8)
A Web of Air
By Philip Reeve
Scholastic, 2011 (Ages 8-12)
When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean
By Jan Andrews, illustrated by Dus̆an Petric̆ić
Groundwood, 2011 (Ages 7-12)
Wild Wings
By Gill Lewis, illustrated by Yuta Onoda
Atheneum, 2011 (Ages 9-13)
Folklore Collections
Little Folk: Stories from Around the World
By Paul Robert Walker, illustrated by James Bernardin
Harcourt Brace, 1997 (Ages 5-10)
The Mermaid of Warsaw: And Other Tales from Poland
By Richard Monte, illustrated by Paul Hess
Frances Lincoln, 2011 (Ages 9-12)
Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
Edited by Nelson Mandela
Norton, 2002 (All Ages)
Audiobook
Once Upon a Time: Traditional Latin American Tales / Había Una Vez: Cuentos Tradicionales Latinoamericanos
By Rueben Martínez, translated by David Unger, illustrated by Raúl Colón
Rayo, 2010 (Ages 5-11)
Silly and Sillier: Read-Aloud Tales from Around the World
By Judy Sierra, illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev
Knopf, 2002 (Ages 3-8)
Stories of Hope and Spirit: Folktales from Eastern Europe
By Dan Keding
August House, 2004 (Ages 9-12)
Twenty-Two Splendid Tales to Tell From Around the World
By Pleasant DeSpain, illustrated by Kirk Lyttle
August House, 1994 (All Ages)
Twist in the Tail:Animals Stories from Around the World
By Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Jan Ormerod
Holt, 1998 (Ages 4-9)