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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

Olematon Olga
Finnish
Une toute petite seconde
French
The Wordsmith
English
Breaking the Spell
English
Joemak eta polasak
Basque
Den faldne engel
Danish
A girl stands on the beach and looks out to the sea. She waves at a rock
Der Stein und das Meer
German
Have you ever ridden a seahorse?
Si že kdaj jezdil morskega konjička
Slovenian
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
Stills from the life of Fatima Jinnah
Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah
Urdu
Yokos nattbok
Swedish
Wayland
English
Henny & Ponger
German
A big drawing of a hippo that looks a little sad
Wat je moet doen als je over een nijlpaard struikelt
Dutch
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
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