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The National Sections of IBBY in Europe present a regularly updated selection of the best books for children in European languages. To access a selection, simply click on the language you're interested in.

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IBBY Europe also highlights books in the most common languages currently spoken by migrant or refugee children in Europe. These selections were made with the help of local children’s literature specialists. This section will be added to and expanded in the future, and we urge you to contact us if you have suggestions for books to be included in this useful selection.

Arabic Dari Farsi Pashto Urdu

100 Books for Young Readers in Arabic

This is a selection of 100 books in Arabic for young people published in various countries of the Arab world since 2018. A similar selection made in 2017 is accessible online.
These selections provide an overview of a literature that has experienced real growth over the past thirty years, offering quality works, many of which have won international prizes. Divided by genre and organised in alphabetical order of title, these choices also include some translations into Arabic of books initially published in other languages, with the aim of creating bridges between languages and cultures.

These selections were made by the Arab World reading committee of the French Takam Tikou magazine, which brings together professionals from different backgrounds (BnF, IMA, libraries of the City of Paris).

Download 100 Books for Young Readers in Arabic - 2024 Edition (in English)

Download 100 Livres pour la jeunesse en arabe - Edition 2024 (in French)


Books in all languages - random order

Xomorropoemak : eta beste piztia batzuk; Piztipoemak eta beste xomorro batzuk
Basque
A girl in a pink dress and with a pink pointed hat is surrounded by red and pink flowers
Heksenfee
Dutch
A man is playing the guitar in the clouds, while a cricket is sitting on his knee.
Chera Avaz Mikhani Zanjareh?
Farsi
Illustration of a snowman with a big red carrot nose and the book's title written on its body
Ze gaan er met je neus vandoor
Dutch
Corey's Rock
English
A lion is looking at his reflection in a pool.
هغه‭ ‬زمری‭ ‬چې‭ ‬خپله‭ ‬څیره‭ ‬یې‭ ‬په‭ ‬اوبو‭ ‬کې‭ ‬ولیده‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
Pashto
The King Who Banned the Dark
English
Es war einmal und wird noch lange sein
German
Wenn ich groß bin, werde ich Seehund
German
The Journey
The Journey
English
Drawings a bit like ancient paintings on rocks are seen on black background beyond white letters of the title. In the lower left corner there are images of yellow flames.
Melnais akmens
Latvian
a boy with a red hair is running in the night along the grey wall, the moon is shining
Arka czasu
Polish
O bestiario científico de Anxos Nogueirosa
Galician
Cover of كيف صرت حكواتياً
كيف صرت حكواتياً
Arabic
a young girl in a yellow suit dances in front of a blue background
Pembo. Halb und halb macht doppelt glücklich!
German
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