Reading tips about children’s and youth literature from around the IBBY world
What are you reading during the summer? We figured that you might like to use some of your free time to read and learn more about children's literature in different parts of the world. Besides IBBY’s quarterly journal, Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature, and the latest publication Bookbird. A Flight through Time, we have put together some reading tips, as many of the IBBY National Sections are editing their own magazines, newsletters and blogs, in English or in their national languages. So, enjoy your reading and have a great summer!
Electronic resources available in English
The IBBY European Newsletter, published twice a year since 2009, is a very rich newsletter featuring news and articles from different IBBY Sections around Europe.
Read the April 2021 issue here and subscribe here
Voces & Tintas (Voices & Ink) is a new bilingual digital magazine available in Spanish and in English. It is an initiative of the sixteen countries that make up IBBY Latin America and the Caribbean.
Read issue number 1/April 2021 here
The IBBY Australia Newsletter has been published since 2009 and features illustrated news on various international children’s books related topics. All the archives are available online.
Read the N. 49/May 2021 issue here
Find the latest news in English and French about IBBY Canada in their quarterly newsletter, published since 2003. All the archives are available online.
Read the Spring 2021 issue here
Wasla is a new bilingual newsletter about Egyptian children’s and young adult literature published quarterly by EBBY and Hadi Badi.
Read the first issue (June 2021) here
The newsletter SK IBBY shares news in English language about children’s literature in Slovakia and is available from 2019 on the IBBY website. For more detailed news and articles, have a look at their paper magazine BIBANA, published in Slovak language.
Read the October 2020 issue here
IBBY Sri Lanka has published a newsletter in English since 2019 that shares news about their projects and new Sri Lankan books.
Read the December 2020 issue here
Go to the IBBY UK Blog to read interviews with publishers, authors and illustrators, find out what IBBY UK members have been up to and read the reports on IBBY UK activities.
Find the latest news from USBBY in their publication Bridges.
Read the May 2021 issue here
Electronic resources available in Spanish
Ventanas de ALIJA is an online newsletter established by IBBY Argentina in 2020.
Read the July 2021 issue here
Voces & Tintas (Voices & Ink) is a new bilingual digital magazine available in Spanish and in English. It is an initiative of the sixteen countries that make up IBBY Latin America and the Caribbean.
Read the first issue/April 2021 issue here
Find the latest news about children’s literature in Mexico on the IBBY Mexico Blog.
Paper magazines in German
Founded in 1985, "1001 Buch" is a quarterly paper magazine aimed at all readers interested in literature for a young audience.
To subscribe or order a test issue, go here
JuLit is the journal of the IBBY Section in German – Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur and is published quarterly. It is addressed to all those who are interested in the promotion and communication of children's and youth literature: to individuals as well as to institutions and professional associations. All JuLit issues are available in print and as e-journals.
To subscribe or order a test issue, go here
Buch&Maus is the journal of the German branch of Swiss IBBY (SIKJM). It is published three times a year and deals broadly with current children's and youth media.
To subscribe or order a test issue, go here
Resources available in French
Libbylit is the only French-speaking Belgian magazine dedicated to children's literature and is published quarterly.
You can subscribe to Libbylit by becoming a member of IBBY Belgium here
Ricochet is an online magazine dedicated to French-speaking children's literature, managed by the French branch of Swiss IBBY (ISJM). Ricochet is an independent, non-profit platform that offers content free of charge and is aimed at all audiences.
Resources in Italian
Find the latest news about children’s literature in Italy on the IBBY Italia Blog.
And subscribe to their newsletter here
Il Folletto is the only Swiss biannual magazine in Italian on children's literature and is published by the Italian branch of Swiss IBBY (ISMR). It is aimed at all those interested in culture aimed at children and adolescents, including educators, teachers, librarians, social workers and, of course, parents, grandparents and families in general.
To subscribe or order a test issue, go here
Electronic and paper resources in other languages
Find the latest news about children’s literature in Belgium in the Iedereen leest newsletter.
Wasla is a new bilingual newsletter about Egyptian children’s and young adult literature published quarterly by EBBY and Hadi Badi.
Read the first issue (June 2021) here: Newsletter June 2021
Lastekirjanduse Uudistaja (Children’s Literature Guest) is a newsletter published by IBBY Estonia since 2014. All their past issues are available online
Read the June 2021 issue here
Onnimanni is the leading printed children's literature magazine in Finland. The magazine creates an extensive overview of the history of children's literature, the present and the future.
To subscribe or order a test issue, go here
Four times a year, JBBY publishes Book & Bread, a magazine for its members. The name of the magazine, Book & Bread, comes from the words of Cecilia Bettolli of Argentina (Por el Derecho a Leer), winner of the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award in 2002, who said in her acceptance speech, "Children need books as well as bread”.
You can get subscribe to Book & Bread by becoming a member of IBBY Japan here
Rubinaitis is a magazine about children's books, the only publication of its kind in Lithuania for teachers, librarians, literary researchers, writers, illustrators, publishers, parents and students, as well as anyone interested in children's literature.
The paper magazine Barnebokforum, usually published three times a year, provides the most comprehensive overview of the current books for children and young people in Norway.
You can subscribe to Barnebokforum by becoming a member of IBBY Norway here
Find the latest news about children’s literature in Russia on the IBBY Russia Blog.
BIBIANA is a paper magazine published quarterly since 1993. It is the only periodical in Slovakia that regularly monitors and evaluates art and books for children and youth, brings studies, essays, interviews with creators, reviews and polemics. All the past issues are available online
Read the 2/2021 issue here
You can subscribe to the IBBY Sweden newsletter by becoming a member of IBBY Sweden here