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Outside In World

Outside In World is a UK not-for-profit organisation, set up in 2007, dedicated to promoting and exploring children’s literature from around the world, particularly books in translation.

Noteworthy projects have included

'Reading the Way': Inclusive Books from Around the World was an innovative research and development project undertaken in 2014/5. Its aim was to discover exceptional international books that stood out specifically in terms of being 'accessible' and/or 'inclusive'. 60 books were identified and assessed, originating from 15 countries. Through a series of focus groups – comprising disability experts and organisations, teachers, librarians, publishers, parents and young people they evaluated these titles and explored their appropriateness, appeal and viability culminating in a research report in November 2015.

Reading Round the World (2009) developed with the specific aim of responding to children’s lack of exposure to books from other countries by delivering a programme of innovative, fun and highly interactive events to introduce UK children to a wide range of books and their creators that involved 15 international authors and illustrators.

The Outside In World web resources at http://www.outsideinworld.org.uk provide information about all aspects of children's books in translation that includes teachers, librarians, publishers, translators, parents and young people. The book database contains book reviews for many of the 1,000 books listed and there is an online gallery - Windows the the World - that features the work of international illustrators from around the world.