To wrap up our year-end translation roll calls, here's a list of Chinese children's literature translated into English in 2025. As always, if you notice a publication missing, please do let us know so we can add it. And if you are one of the authors or translators listed below but don't yet have a Paper Republic profile page, send us an email. We're always looking to add new profiles so that our translation database stays as complete and up-to-date as possible.
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Children's Literature
Huang Beijia,
tr.
Helen Wang
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Words by Shen Shixi, illustrated by Zhang Yue,
tr.
unnamed
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Xiong Liang,
tr.
Chloe Garcia Roberts
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Words by Xu Bin, illustrated by Yu Yin,
tr.
Shan Chen
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Zhou Jianxin,
tr. Hongyu Jasmine Zhu
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Comments
There is another one I saw from World Kid Lit post :Aya Has Never Seen a Bear by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane, illustrated by Jiu’er, translated from Chinese (China) by Paul Qiao & Helen Mixter. Aldana Libros
Lirong Yao, January 6, 2026, 1:38a.m.
There’s also Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, by Huang Beijia, tr. Helen Wang (Arctic Publishing, 2025) ISBN 978-1998576227
Helen Wang, January 6, 2026, 2:35a.m.
Thank you for these catches, Lirong and Helen! It looks like Aya Has Never Seen a Bear will not be published until later next year, but I have gone ahead and updated the roll call with Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean.
Andrew Rule, January 12, 2026, 8:50a.m.