About us

Hello, we're World Kid Lit: a non-profit collective of literature and literacy advocates bringing diverse, inclusive, international books into the hands and onto the bookshelves of young people.

We're teachers, librarians, reseachers and children’s publishing professionals based in dozens of countries on five continents, volunteering together to publish resources on on our website and on social media, and bringing international literature into schools and libraries.

We work as a community and in partnership with other organizations to support an antiracist education for young people, fostering empathy, intercultural understanding and global literacy. 

About this project

We provide free resources showcasing the best writing, illustration and translation for young people from around the globe. Over the course of nearly a decade, we have featured books from over 180 countries, in English and in translation from over 100 languages! 

As we approach World Kid Lit Month this September - our 10th anniversary - we are fundraising to set the World Kid Lit ship sailing into the next decade, and for two projects aimed at encouraging curious, discerning, globe-trotting young readers.

World Kid Lit blog and resources (fundraising goal £1000/$1300)

Our stated mission at World Kid Lit is to support young people’s awareness of and access to diverse, inclusive, global literature, especially literature in translation, as well as English-language texts and authors from every continent of the world.

We do this all year round by publishing *free* resources, book reviews, creator interviews and recommended book lists on our website and on social media, with an extra special splurge every September, for World Kid Lit Month!

As a registered, non-profit community interest company (CIC), we have annual overheads including our statutory reporting and accounts, insurance and other adminstrative expenses.

Please help us to keep our wonderful World Kid Lit ship sailing by becoming a regular donor, buying us a coffee or buying yourself some of our limited edition World Kid Lit merch!

£10 - buy us a coffee! Thank you 🤗

£20 - as a thank you, we'll send you a limited edition World Kid Lit Month 10th anniversary mug featuring our iconic reading boy logo by Brazilian illustrator Thiago Lopes

£25 - we'll send you a limited edition World Kid Lit cotton tote bag to carry your lovely books in!

£50 - World Kid Lit Month goodie bag: celebrate September, the month to read children's literature from around the world, with our limited edition World Kid Lit Month cotton bag, bookmark set, and a surprise book!

£500 - become a World Kid Lit Global Patron🎉This goes a long way to helping us meet our fundraising goals across our various projects. Thank you!

World Kid Lit in Schools (fundraising goal £1000/$1300)

The second strand of our mission is to support the education and library sectors to enable greater access for young people to global literature, and to positive experiences of translation, language learning and multilingual creativity.

Besides our free online resources, we also bring World Kid Lit into schools, distributing free global literature book bundles, and hosting inspiring talks and assemblies (in school and online), and creative translation workshops, together with the Stephen Spender Trust. These school events lead pupils through the translation process from codebreaking to creative writing, to unlock language skills, broaden horizons, and inspire a curiosity to read from beyond English-speaking world.

And on top of this, we're very excited about our new project bringing inclusive, international books into schools and libraries. A drum roll please .... for our Schools' International Reading Award!

Here's how you can support our schools projects and increase our impact:

£50 pays for an individual sponsorship of the Schools International Reading Award. We will credit you on our website as a sponsor and email you news of the Award to thank you.

£50 pays for a school to receive a Read the World Starter Book Bundle: 5 books from 5 continents of the world

£120 pays for a Read the World assembly and Starter Book Bundle for a primary or secondary school

You can nominate a school for a book bundle or event here.

The team

Who are we? We're a non-profit collective of literature and literacy advocates, reseachers, librarians and educators, and children’s publishing professionals across five continents. Find out more over on our website!