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Translingual Picturebooks

Language and Language Learning

●    Abtahi, Olivia. (2025). The Interpreter. Illus. Monica Arnaldo. (Spanish)
●    Adderson, Caroline. (2014). Norman, Speak! Illus. Qin Leng. (Chinese, Canada)
●    Alcántara, Jacqueline. (2025). Tíos and Primos. (Spanish, Honduras)
●    Brown, Stefanie F. (2025). My Heart Speaks Kriolu. Illus. Keisha Morris (Cabo Verde). 
●    Cáceres, Andrea. (2023). My Dog Just Speaks Spanish. (Spanish) 
●    Dabarera, Dinalie. (2023). Quiet Time with My Seeya. (Sinhalese). 
●    English, Karen. (2014). Speak English For Us, Marisol! Illus. Enrique Sanchez. (Spanish)
●    Genhart, Michael. (2023). Spanish Is the Language of My Family. Illus. John Parra. (Spanish)
●    Kobald, Irena. My Two Blankets. Illus. Freya Blackwood. (Sudan)
●    Kraus, Angela Pham. (2023). Words Between Us. Illus. Dung Ho. (Vietnamese)
●    Menon, Uma. (2024). My Mother's Tongues. Illus. Rahele J. Bell. (Malayalam, India)
●    Florence, Melanie. (2017). Stolen Words. Illus. Gabrielle Grimard. (Cree, Canada)
●    LaRocca, Rajani. (2022). I’ll Go and Come Back. Illus. Sara Palacios. (Tamil, India)
●    Le, Minh. (2018). Drawn Together. Illus. Dan Santat (Thai)
●    Mancillas, Mónica. (2022). Mariana and Her Familia. Illus. Erika Meza. (Spanish, Mexico)
●    Matloob, Taraneh. (2026). An Invisible River to Cross. Illus. Kristen Balouch (Iran, Persian)
●    Medina, Meg. (2015). Mango, Abuela, and Me. Illus. Angela Dominguez. (Spanish, Cuban)
●    Niebuhr-Siebert, Sandra. (2022). Mina Belongs Here. Illus. Lars Baus. (Arabic)
●    Parappukkaran, Sandhya. (2026). Words that Taste Like Home. Illus. Michelle Pereira. India-Malayalam). 
●    Pearson, Debora. (2021). My Words Flew Away Like Birds. Illus. Shrija Jain. 
●    Redondo, Susana Gómez. (2020). The Day Saida Arrived. Sonja Wimmer. (Arabic)
●    Vo, Young. (2022). Gibberish. (Vietnamese). 
●    Wong, Jack. (2023). The Words We Share. (Cantonese)
●    Yang, Kao Kalia. (2024). The Rock in My Throat. Illus. Jiemei Lin. (Hmong)
●    Yang, Kelly. (2025). Little Bird Laila. Illus. Xindi Yan. (Chinese)
●    Zhang, Kat. (2022). Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome. Illus. Charlene Chau. (Chinese)

Untranslatable Words

●    Abdel-Fattah, Randa. (2023). Eleven Words for Love. Illus. Maxine B. Clarke (Arabic)
●    Crespo, Ana. (2024). Saudade. Illus. André  Ceolin. (Portuguese)
●    Edwards, Nicola. (2018). What a Wonderful Word. Illus. Louisa Uribe. (global languages)
●    Goodluck, Laurel. (2025). Yaadila! Good Grief. Illus. Jonathan Nelson (Navajo)
●    Harmony, Cynthia. (2026). Apapacho Love. Illus. Erika Meza. (Nahuatl, Mexico)
●    Memon, Uma. (2026). Our Mother’s Names. Illus. Rahele Jomepour Bell. (India, global). 
●    Moahloli, Refiloe. (2022). I am You: A Book about Ubuntu. Illus. Zinelda McDonald (South Africa)  
●    Reibstein, Mark. (2008). Wabi Sabi. Illus. Ed Young. (Japanese, Japan). 
●    Sanders, Ella Francis. (2014). Lost in Translation. (global languages)
●    Subramaniam, Suma. (2022). Namaste is a Greeting. Illus. Sandhya Prabha. (Sanskrit, Hindi)
●    Yoon, Jessica. (2026). Jeong Is Jeong. Illus. Michelle Lee. (Hanguel/Korean)

Multilingual

●    Bunting, Philip. (2020). Dogs Say Bau.
●    Donovan, Mary Lee. (2021). A Hundred Thousand Welcomes. Illus. Lian Cho.
●    Heck, Ellen. (2022). A Is for Bee.
●    Kramer, Jackie Azúa. (2023). Empanadas for Everyone. Illus. Lenny Wen. 
●    Iwai, Melissa. (2021). Dumplings for Lili. (Chinese, global)
●    Park, Linda Sue. (2004). Mung-Mung. Animal Sounds. Illus. Diane Bigda.
●    Park, Linda Sue, & Durango, Julia. (2005). Yum! Yuck! People Sounds. Illus. Sue Rama.
●    Waissbluth, Denyse. (2025). Soup’s On Around The World. Illus. Chelsea O’Byrne.
●    Wang, Andrea. (2022). Luli and the Language of Tea. Illus. Hyewon Yum.

Family and Community Connections -  Spanish

●    Ada, Alma Flor. (2002). I Love Saturdays y Domingos. Illus. Elivia Savadier.
●    Armendia-Sánchez, Nydia. (2024). Not Far from Here. Illus. Devon Holzwarth. (Mexico)
●    Betancourt-Perez, Jessica, & Williams, Karen Lynn. (2021). A Thousand White Butterflies. Illus. Gina Maldonado. (Colombia)
●    Bowles, David. (2021). My Two Border Towns. Illus. Erika Meza. (Mexico)
●    Katona, Alexandra. (2021). Dinner on Domingos. Illus. Claudia Navarro. (Ecuador)
●    López, Paloma Angelina. (2025). Popo the Xolo. Illus. A. Matias. (Mexico, Nahtuatl)
●    Morales, Yuyi. (2020). Bright Star. (Mexico)
●    Morales, Yuyi. (2018). Dreamers. (Mexico)
●    Morales, Yuyi. (2013). Niño: Wrestles the World. (Mexico)
●    Meza, Erika. (2023). To The Other Side. (Mexico)
●    Mancillas, Mónica. (2023). How to Speak Spanglish. Illus. Olivia de Castro.
●    Perez, Nomar. (2021). Coquí in the City. (Puerto Rico)
●    Perkins, Mitali. (2022). Between Us and Abuela. Sara Palacios. (Mexico)
●    Reynoso-Morris, Alyssa. (2023). Plátanos Are Love. Mariyah Rahman. (Carribbean)
●    Quintero, Isabel. (2019). My Papi Has A Motorcycle. Illus. Zeke Peña. (Mexican)
●    Ramos, NoNieqa. (2022). Beauty Woke. Paola Escobar. (Puerto Rico)
●    Raul the Third. (2020). ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat! (Mexico)
●    Raul the Third. (2021). ¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge! (Mexico)
●    Santamari, Sendy. (2023). Yenebi’s Drive to School. Ana Osorio. (Mexico)
●    Sylvester, Natalia. (2024). A Maleta Full of Treasures. Juana Medina. (Peru)

Family and Community Connections - Multiple Languages

●    Akbari, Nazneen. (2026). Home Away from Home. Illus. Rashin Kheiriyeh (Arabic, Oman)
●    Anand, Shelly. (2021). Laxmi’s Mooch. Illus. Nabi Ali. (Hindi, India)
●    Blackburne, Livia. (2021). I Dream of PoPo. Illus. Julia Kuo. (Chinese, Taiwan)
●    Campbell, Nicola I. (2008). Shin-chi’s Canoe. Illus. Kim LaFave. (Métis, Canada)
●    Cázares, Husi, & Cázares, Kerrie Ann. (2025). Lessons From Hu’ul Ke:li.  (O’odham)
●    Cázares, Husi, & Cázares, Kerrie Ann. (2025). A Day With Hu'ul. (O’odham)
●    Chen, Nicole. (2022). How We Say I Love You. Illus. Lenny Wen. (Chinese)
●    Que, Joanna, & Marquez, Charina. (2020). Dancing Hands. Illus. Fran Alvarez. (Filipino Sign Language)
●    Evans, Rebecca. (2022). Alone Like Me. (Chinese, China)
●    Flett, Julie. (2019). Birdsong. (Cree, Canada)
●    Flett, Julie. (2021). We All Play kimêtawânaw. (Cree, Canada)
●    Gale, Heather. (2019). Ho’onani Hula Warrior. Illus. Mika Song. (Hawaiian)
●    Greanias, Margaret Chiu. (2022). Amah Faraway. Illus. Tracy Subisak. (Chinese, Taiwan)
●    Greendeer, Daniel, Perry, Anthony, & Bunten, Alexis. (2022). Keepunumuk. Illus. Neidhardt, Nicole. (Wampanoag)
●    Hossain, Moniza. (2026). Ritu in the Sun. Illus. Merce Lopez. (India)
●    Kheiriyeh, Rashin. (2018). Saffron Ice Cream. (Persian, Iran)
●    Lai, Thanhha. (2022). Hundred Years of Happiness. Illus. Nguyen Quang; Kim Lien (Vietnamese)
●    Matari, Jenan A. (2025). Everything Grows in Jiddo’s Garden. Aya Ghanameh. (Arabic)
●    McIlwraith, Naomi. (2026). The Great Gathering Place. Illus. Onedove. (Cree, Canada)
●    Murphy, Aunty Joy, & Kelly, Andrew. (2019). Birrarung Wilam. Illus. Lisa Kennedy. (Woiwurrung, Australia)
●    Nelson, S. D. (2026). The Animals Speak: The Lakota Way. (Lakota)
●    Nguyen, Thai, & Truong, Monique. (2025). Mai's Áo Dài. Dung Ho. (Vietnamese)
●    Park, Jane. (2022). Juna and Appa. Felicia Hoshino.  (Korean)
●    Parker, Janesso. (2023). I am the Sun. Illus. Beverly Blacksheep. (Navajo)
●    Mo, Cherry. (2024). Home in a Lunchbox. (Chinese)
●    Rattigan, Jama Kim. (1993). Dumpling Soup. Illus. Lillian Hsu-Flanders. (Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean)
●    Robertson, David A. (2016). When We Were Alone. Illus. Julie Flett. (Cree, Canada)
●    Rogers, Andrea L. (2024). Chooch Helped. Rebecca Lee Kunz. (Cherokee)
●    Rogers, Andrea. (2026). When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha). Illus. Madelyn Goodnight. (Cherokee)
●    Shamsi, Shirin. (2022). The Moon from Dehradun. Illus. Tarun Lak. (Urdu, Pakistan/India)
●    Sorell, Traci. (2025). Clack, Clack! Smack! A Cherokee Stickball Story. Illus. Joseph Erb (Cherokee). 
●    Sorell, Traci. (2022). Powwow Day. Madelyn Goodnight.  (Cherokee)
●    Takahashi, J.P. (2023). Tokyo Night Parade. Minako Tomigahara. (Japanese, Japan).
●    Wadhwani, Zenia. (2026). Fly in the Chai. Illus. Chaaya Prabhat. (India, multiple)
●    Westergaard, Azadeh. (2024). The One and Only Googoosh. (Iran/Persian)
●    Wong, Wai Mei. (2025). Mama’s Special Wonton Soup. Illus. Xin Yue. (Chinese)
●    Yang, Kao Kalia. (2026). A Home on the Page. Seo Kim. (Hmong)
●    Zia, F. (2011). Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji. Illus. Ken Min. (Hindi, India)

Names

●    Brar, Kuljinder Kaur. (2022). My Name Is Saajin Singh. Illus. Kaur, Samrath. (Sikh, India)
●    Choi, Yangsook. (2001). The Name Jar. (Korean)
●    Deal, Laura. (2017). How Nivi Got Her Names. Illust. Chua, Charlene. (Inuit, Canada)
●    Ho, Joanna. (2023). Say My Name. Illus. Le, Khoa. (Chinese, Tongan, Persian, Navajo, Mexican, Ghanaian)
●    Kelkar, Supriya. (2023). My Name. Illus. Prabhat, Sandhya. (Hindi)
●    Ada, Alma Flor. (2012). My Name Is Maria Isabel. Illus. K. Dyble Thompson. (Mexico, Cuban).
●    Lainez Colato, René. (2009). René Has Two Last Names / René tiene dos apellidos. Illus. Ramírez, Fabiola G. (Mexico)
●    Lam, Thao. (2021). Thao. (Vietnamese)
●    Loebel-Fried, Caren. (2020). Manu the Boy Who Loved Birds. (Hawaiian)
●    Martinez-Neal, Juana. (2018). Alma and How She Got Her Name. (Peruvian)
●    Namir, Hasan (2023). Banana Dream. Illus. Daby Z. Faidhi. (Arabic, Iraq)
●    Na'kuset, & Henderson, Judith. (2025). I Am My Name: A Girl's Journey to Finding Her Cree Family. Illus. Onedove. (Cree, Canada)
●    Ogburn, Jacqueline (2011). Little Treasures: Endearments from Around the World. Illus. Chris Raschka. (Global)
●    Parappukkaran, Sandhya (2022). The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name. Illus. Michelle Pereira. (S. India, Australia)
●    Recorvits, Helen (2003). My Name Is Yoon. Illus. Gabriela Swiatkowska. (Korean) 
●    Rhee, Helena Ku. (2023). Sora’s Seashells. Illus. Stella Lim, & Ji-Hyuk Kim. (Korean)
●    Sacre, Antonio (2022). My Name Is Cool. Illus. Sarah Demonteverd.  (Cuban)
●    Sheth, Sheetal. (2018). Always Anjali. Illus. Jessica Blank. (Sanskrit, India)
●    Subramaniam, Suma. (2024). My Name Is Long as a River. Illus. Tara Anand (Tamil, India)
●    Syed, Anoosha (2022). That’s Not My Name! (Arabic, Pakistani)
●    Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah. (2020). Your Name Is a Song. Illus. Luisa Uribe. (multiple)
●    Williams, Karen, & Mohammed, Khadra. (2009). My Name Is Sangoel. Illus. Catherine Stock. (Sudan)

Orthographies

●    Abdel-Fattah, Randa. (2023). Eleven Words for Love. Illus. Maxine B. Clarke (Arabic)
●    Greanias, Margaret Chu. (2022). Amah Faraway. Illus. Tracy Subisak. (Chinese)
●    Jiang, Ji-Li (2025). Eighteen Vats of Water. Illus. Nadia Hsieh. (Chinese)
●    Kim, Carol. (2021). King Sejong Invents an Alphabet. Cindy Kang.  (Hanguel/ Korean)
●    Kim, Julie. (2023). Where's Joon? (Hanguel/Korean)
●    Kim, Julie. (2017). Where’s Halmoni? (Hanguel/Korean)
●    Louis, Catherine. (2008). My Little Book of Chinese Words. Shi Bo.  (Chinese)
●    Louis, Catherine. (2006). Liu and the Bird: A Journey in Chinese Calligraphy. (Chinese)
●    Moushabeck, Hannah. (2023). Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine. Illus. Reem Madooh. (Arabic)
●    Niemann, Christoph. (2008). The Pet Dragon. (Chinese)
●    Odeh, Maysa. (2024). A Map for Falasteen. Illus. Aliaa Betawi. (Arabic, Palestinian). 
●    Ogburn, Jacqueline. (2011). Little Treasures: Endearments from Around the World. Illus. Chris Raschka. (Global)
●    Pak, Soyung. (2000). Dear Juno. Illus. Susan K. Hartung. (Hanguel/Korean)
●    Redondo, Susana Gómez. (2020). The Day Saida Arrived. Sonja Wimmer. (Arabic)
●    Rumford, James (2008). Silent Music. (Arabic, Iraq).  
●    Sorrel, Traci. (2019). We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga. Illus. Frame Lessac. (Cherokee)
●    Wong, Jack. (2023). The Words We Share. (Cantonese)
●    Wang, Andrea. (2022). Luli and the Language of Tea. Illus. Hyewon Yum. (global)
●    Yoon, Jessica. (2026). Jeong Is Jeong. Illus. Michelle Lee. (Hanguel/Korean)
●    Youme. (2010). Mali Under the Night Sky. (Laotian)
●    Young, Ed. (2003). Voices of the Heart. (Chinese)
●    Young, Ed. (2004). The Lost Horse. (Chinese)

Speakers of Different Languages in Conversation (books appear to be bilingual but are not)

●    Dominguez, Angela (2026). That’s Mine! ¡Es mío! (Lolo and Birdie series)
●    Solis, Nicholas. (2022). My Town Mi Pueblo. Illus. Louisa Uribe. (Spanish, Mexico)
●    Spencer, Rene. (2024). Bye Land Bye Sea. Illus. Rodolfo Montalvo. (Spanish)
●    Pung, Alice. (2022). Be Careful, Xiao Xin! Illus. Sher Rill Ng. (Chinese)

Informational Books

●    Brown, Monica. (2011). Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People. Illus. Julie Paschkis. (Peru)
●    Fajardo, Sara Andrea (2025). Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa. Illus. Juana Martinez Neal. (Spanish and Quechua, Peru). 
●    Khan, Hena. (2018). Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets. Illus. Mehrdokht Amini. (Arabic). Multiple books in this series.  
●    Tonatiuh, Duncan. (2020). Feathered Serpent and The Five Suns. (Mexico)
●    Tonatiuh, Duncan. (2022). A Land of Books. (Mexica, Mexico)
●    Tonatiuh, Duncan. (2017). Danza! (Folklórico de México). (Mexico)
●    Tonatiuh, Duncan. 2015). Funny Bones (Day of the Dead Calaveras). (Mexico)

Translingual Novels

●    Águila, María Dolores. (2025). A Sea of Lemon Trees. (Spanish, Mexican)
●    Arango, Andrea Beatriz (2022). Iveliz Explains It All. (Spanish, Puerto Rico). 
●    Becker, Harmony. (2021) Himawari House. (Japan-Japanese, Korean, Singlish)
●    Cisneros, Ernesto (2023). Efrén Divided. (Mexico, Spanish). 
●    Lai, Thanhha (2020). Butterfly Yellow. (Vietnamese)  YA 
●    Medina, Meg. (2018). Merci Suárez Changes Gears. (Spanish, Cuban)
●    Nayeri, Daniel. (2020). Everything Sad Is Untrue. (Persian, Iran). YA
●    Nguyen, Doan Phuong (2025). A Two-Placed Heart. (Vietnamese)
●    Salazar, Aida (2020). Land of the Cranes. (Spanish, Mexico). 
●    Shahi, Arya. (2023). An Impossible Thing To Say. (Persian, Iran). YA 
●    Tang, Betty. (2023). Parachute Kids. (Chinese, Taiwan). 
●    Warga, Jasmine. (2019). Other Words for Home. (Arabic, Syria)
●    Young, Brian (2021). Healer of the Water Monster (Navajo).

 

Short, Zandi, Kleker, 2026