Jackie Friedman Mighdoll

Nov 30, 2023 | wordswithoutborders.org | Tobias Carroll |Nathalie Handal |Robin Myers |Jackie Friedman Mighdoll

The Watchlist: November 2023 New this month: Tobias Carroll recommends eco-dystopia, a modern picaresque, innovative autofiction, and more, translated from Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, and Portuguese.

Nov 27, 2023 | worldkidlit.org | Jackie Friedman Mighdoll

by Amanda BirdIn recent years, classmates, family friends, and now an international student living with our family have put Korea increasingly on our radar. Friends have introduced us to K-pop rock, K-pop opera, and serialized TV K-dramas. The books below offer another window on recent history and contemporary life in Korea.

Nov 20, 2023 | worldkidlit.org | Jackie Friedman Mighdoll

By Jackie Friedman MighdollAs we struggle with the horrors of massacre and kidnappings and the trauma of war, as we worry about loved ones in peril and our fellow human beings who are suffering, we turn to children’s books, to world kid lit. As Miriam Udel says in a November 6 opinion piece in the New York Times: “Children’s books, which present subtle truths in simple terms, offer a valuable tool in retaining our moral bearings, especially amid a maelstrom of grief and rage.

Jul 24, 2023 | worldkidlit.wordpress.com | Jackie Friedman Mighdoll

Today World Kid Lit co-editor Jackie Friedman Mighdoll interviews Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, one of the great forces behind World Kid Lit. Ruth translated the charming chapter book The Invisible Elephant from Russian to English. The book is coming out next week and available for pre-orders now!I first heard about The Invisible Elephant by Anna Anisimova, illustrated by Yulia Sidneva and translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp when Paula Holmes reviewed it for us in January.