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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

Koira nimeltä Kissa tapaa kissan
Finnish
Og de onde lo. Amoralske fabler
Og de onde lo. Amoralske fabler
Danish
Dromedaries
Pakistan ki Lok Kahanian
Urdu
Surrounded by flowers, a man is walking next to a village wall.
د‭ ‬يو‭ ‬لاروي‭ ‬خدای‭ ‬پاماني
Pashto
Murenček in Polhek
Slovenian
Cover of حينا أفتح هذا الكتاب / لا تفتحي هذا الكتاب
حينا أفتح هذا الكتاب / لا تفتحي هذا الكتاب
Arabic
The old sun with glasses and flames with faces
Ήλιος ο παραμυθάς
Greek
Above the hill with Bratislava Castle, Mr. Romer floats on a bird in a black habit. With binoculars, he examines an object while pages of notes fly out of his diary. Or is he throwing them out to get to the kids? Dinosaur cannot believe his own eyes.
Rómer, záchranca rozprávok
Slovak
A little girl in a coat and winter hat with a broom as big as her head puts her hands on her face with amazement. How colourful and beautiful our world is! Next to her are scared ladybug and kind- hearted mouse in winter attire. A bird is greeting a gossipy lizard; curious ants march over their heads.
Kuk do knižky
Slovak
Cover of العمّة زيّون و شجرة الزّيتون
العمّة زيّون و شجرة الزّيتون
Arabic
In front of a chinese dragon stands a girl in a red kimono with a raised sword in her hand. On the edge of her kimono there are shadows of a three-boy fellowship.
Zvonka Zmaj i Tri kavalira
Croatian
Dark blue cover with in glow in the dark letters the title "Bizar"
Bizar
Dutch
Riga's houses and a small street. A brown  toy bear is looking towards reader.
Ziemas pasaka
Latvian
Ձերդ գերազանցություն վատ կախարդ պառավ
Armenian
A chicken is running around while people are watching it.
مسخره‭ ‬چرګ‭
Pashto
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