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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

A girl is standing with her back to the reader. Under her feet, a tree grows.
Ik ben heel veel liefde
Dutch
Mimi a Líza
Slovak
"Es steht geschrieben" by Vitali Konstantinov
Es steht geschrieben
German
Koniec sveta a čo je za ním
Slovak
Santa Familia
Basque
O kresbe, čo ožila
Slovak
Hektor in zrela hruška
Slovenian
100 Kinder
German
Arabella
Arabella, mereröövli tütar
Estonian
2 kroner og 25 øre
Danish
Maantje is surrounded by thirteen blue deer. The background is bright yellow.
Dertien rennende hertjes
Dutch
We can see two hands, wearing gloves, carrying a glass jar filled with water and an odd-looking purple fish in it.
Vissen smelten niet
Dutch
Fuglen
Danish
Mogens og Mahdi
Mogens og Mahdi
Danish
Nothing Tastes as Good
English
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