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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

The shadow of a child in a puddle on the road with white sneakers
Ljeto na jezeru Čiču
Croatian
Green jungle, a face of African child.
Mīkla; Bikibuki No. 55-60
Latvian
Adela, ani to neskúšaj!
Slovak
Lara a nebo
Slovak
Barruko hotsak eta beste soinu txiki batzuk
Basque
Between draped cloth, or better to say, a curtain with symmetrical ornamentation, we can see the centre of a tree, from its roots to the crown, the trunk is firmly hugged by a spring of water – a source of life. The stars shine in the crown of the tree and flowers smell beautifully.
Strom života
Slovak
Olematon Olga
Finnish
Cover of لغز عين الصقر
لغز عين الصقر
Arabic
On a green surface several paintings with references to the work of Belgian painter Magritte form together a human body.
De appel van Magritte
Dutch
The cover has a bright green background and a white sheep staring at the reader.
Mijn allermooiste speelgoedwoordenboek
Dutch
A person is slowly sailing down a river on a little boat. The scene is depicted by the use of three watercolor illustrations.
Fiume lento
Italian
Über die Berge und über das Meer
German
Children are playing outside. There is a boy driving his toy car, a girl who's playing with her cat and many other children.
Jij en ik en alle andere kinderen
Dutch
KRASNA ZGODBA
Slovenian
Dcéra Slávy
Slovak
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