Notes from the Nest: 50 Incredible Foreign Editions to Explore

May 18, 2026

 

 

Welcome to the fourth instalment of Notes from the Nest! A blog series where we look at the past to highlight 50 years of great books.

This time, we’re exploring 50 of our incredible foreign editions. These are the Owlkids books we all know and love, translated into different languages and published all over the world! Let’s take a look at some of these amazing globe-trotting titles by country:

Australia and New Zealand:

  1. Green Cities (University of Queensland Press)

Belgium:

  1. Gus Upstairs (Dutch, DeVries Brouwers)
  2. Squirrel-ish (Dutch, DeVries Brouwers)
  3. Bunny Made Tea (French, Alice Éditions)
  4. You Can’t Tame a Tiger (French, Alice Éditions)

Canadian-French translations:

  1. Squirrel-ish (Éditions les Malins)
  2. Cone Cat (Éditions les Malins)
  3. How to Be Human: A Bear’s Guide (Editions Kata/Planète rebelle and Welcome to Kindergarten/CEW)
  4. One Cosmic Rock (KATA)
  5. What If Soldiers Fought with Pillows? (Bayard Canada Livres)
  6. Pink Is for Everybody (Editions Scholastic)

Denmark:

  1. Baby Animals Playing (Straarup & Co)
  2. Baby Animals Eating (Straarup & Co)
  3. Baby Animals Moving (Straarup & Co)
  4. Baby Animals with Their Families (Straarup & Co)

Finland:

  1. Burst Your Bubble! (Kvaliti Oy)

Hungary:

  1. Why? (Móra Könyvkiadó)
  2. How? (Móra Könyvkiadó)

Indonesia:

  1. Pink Is for Everybody (Center for Language Strengthening and Empowerment, Agency for Language Development and Cultivation, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia)
  2. Little Doctor and the Fearless Beast (Center for Language Strengthening and Empowerment, Agency for Language Development and Cultivation, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia)

Italy:

  1. Otis & Peanut (Il Castello)
  2. Otis & Peanut Forever and Ever (Il Castello)

Japan:

  1. You Are Stardust (SHINHYORON CO., LTD.)
  2. The Keeper of Stars (TO Books, Inc.)

Korea:

  1. How to Party Like a Snail (Booknbean Publishers)
  2. I Wonder About Worlds (Prunsoop Publising Co., Ltd.)
  3. The Tunnel (Hollym Corp.)
  4. Little Doctor and the Fearless Beast (Changbi Publishers)
  5. Green Cities (Theory & Praxis Publishing)
  6. Left-Handed (KIWIBOOKS)

Mexico:

  1. Why Do We Fight? (Santillana)
  2. You Are Stardust (Santillana)
  3. What If Soldiers Fought with Pillows? (Santillana)

Netherlands:

  1. Becoming Bionic and Other Ways Science Is Making Us Super (Schoolsupport)
  2. Pink Is for Everybody (Veltman Uitgevers)

Nigeria:

  1. Dele and Aminata’s Jollof War (Narrative Landscape Press)
  2. The Little Regent (Narrative Landscape Press)

Portugal:

  1. Pink Is for Everybody (Zero A Oito)

Spain:

  1. Otis & Peanut (Spanish and Catalan, Grupo Edebe)
  2. Otis & Peanut Forever and Ever (Spanish and Catalan, Grupo Edebe)
  3. Cone Cat (Patasdepeixe)
  4. Cone Dog (Patasdepeixe)

Sweden:

  1. Why Do We Fight? (Bonnier Carlsen Bokforlag)

Taiwan:

  1. You Are Stardust (Creative Agency)
  2. What If Soldiers Fought with Pillows? (Magic Box for Kids)

Turkey:

  1. Pink Is for Everybody (Arkadas Publishing Co.)
  2. Bunny Made Tea (Maxi Yayincilik Ticaret Limited Şirketi)

Ukraine:

  1. How? (RANOK)
  2. Why? (RANOK)
  3. Pink Is for Everybody (RANOK)

Thanks for celebrating 50 amazing foreign editions with us. Stay tuned for our next blog for a recap of our 50th anniversary party!

— Notes from the Nest

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