A World Children’s Book for Every Country on the Planet
From Aramaic to Zulu: The picture book Am I small? has been translated into over 200 languages and dialects since its publication.
The story by author Philipp Winterberg is available for every country in the world in at least one national language. It is the world's first children's book covering the entire globe.
In Am I small? young and old readers alike accompany the girl Tamia on a journey full of wonders. Together they discover that size is relative and that Tamia is just right the way she is. "Enchanting" judges the trade journal Eselsohr; "wonderful for bilingual families, and kindergartens," says the Börsenblatt and the book review magazine Kirkus Reviews kindly compliments "for children who enjoy lingering over pages full of magical creatures and whimsical details [...] told in simple and engaging words and imaginative pictures."
More than 400 translators have already participated in the World Children's Book. Sometimes the research took months, "I had to look for a Tibetan translator for almost a year," says Winterberg. The book is now also available in thousands of language combinations, such as Arabic-Tagalog or Portuguese-Tigrinya — a language spoken in Ethiopia and Eritrea, whose script is reminiscent of children's drawings.
In the years and decades to come the World Children's Book project will continue to grow. The aim is to gradually translate Am I small? into over 500 different languages and dialects.
Am I small?
📖 Meyɛ ketewa anaa? (Akan, Twi)
📖 Amʊn naa saa gʊŋɛ aà? (Anii)
📖 هل أنا صغيرة؟ (Arabic (Egyptian))
📖 هل أنا صغيرة؟ (Arabic (Gulf))
📖 هل أنا صغيرة؟ (Arabic (Levantine))
📖 واش أنا صغيرة؟ (Arabic (Maghrebi))
📖 انا زشعتا؟ (Aramaic, Mandaic)
📖 Mən balacayam? (Azerbaijani)
📖 Awak tyang cenik nggih? (Balinese)
📖 Wala ne ka dɔgɔ wa? (Bambara)
📖 Ці я маленькая? (Belarusian)
📖 Sadit ba ako? (Bicolano, Bikol)
📖 Ha gwir eo on bihan ? (Breton)
📖 我個子小嗎？ (Cantonese, Yue Chinese)
📖 Ndine mwana? (Chewa, Chichewa)
📖 我小嗎？ (Chinese (Traditional))
📖 Jesam li ja mala? (Croatian)
📖 آیا من کوچک هستم؟ (Dari, Afghan Persian)
📖 Kuɔɔr ë ɣɛɛn? (Dinka, South Dinka)
📖 Ĉu mi estas malgranda? (Esperanto)
📖 Kas ma olen väike? (Estonian)
📖 Ako ba ay maliit? (Filipino, Tagalog)
📖 Olenko minä pieni? (Finnish)
📖 Je suis petite, moi ? (French)
📖 Bilewin ilewich kleilewein? (German (Spoon))
📖 Chemichĩ piko che? (Guarani)
📖 શું હું નાની છું? (Gujarati)
📖 Eske mwen piti? (Haitian Creole)
📖 Ka gamay sa akon? (Hiligaynon)
📖 Lau be maraki a? (Hiri Motu)
📖 Apakah aku kecil? (Indonesian)
📖 An bhfuil mé beag? (Irish Gaelic)
📖 Mi likkle? (Jamaican Patois)
📖 Мен кішкентаймын ба? (Kazakh)
📖 ¿In nitz’ na? (Kiche, Quiche)
📖 Mukele fioti? (Kikongo, Kongo)
📖 Ez biçûk im? (Kurdish (Kurmanji))
📖 من بچووکم؟ (Kurdish (Sorani))
📖 Мен кичинекейминби? (Kyrgyz)
📖 ڪيا مئين ننڍڙي هان؟ (Lahnda, Saraiki)
📖 Bünn ick lüdderk? (Low German, Emslandic)
📖 Ne katshutshu? (Luba-Katanga, Luba-Shaba, Kiluba)
📖 Sinn ech kleng? (Luxembourgish)
📖 Би бяцхан гэж үү? (Mongolian)
📖 Da li sam ja mala? (Montenegrin)
📖 Ban ik latj? (North Frisian)
📖 Toho do ahu geleng? (Northern Batak)
📖 Na ke o monyenyane? (Northern Sotho)
📖 Sou pequena? (Portuguese (Brazil))
📖 Serei eu pequena? (Portuguese (Portugal))
📖 काँई मैं छोटी हूं? (Rajasthani)
📖 Um A wee? (Scots, Lowland Scots)
📖 A bheil mi beag? (Scottish Gaelic)
📖 我很小吗？ (Shanghainese, Wu Chinese)
📖 Ali sem majhna? (Slovenian, Slovene)
📖 Ngimncinyane yini? (Southern Ndebele)
📖 Na ke monyane? (Southern Sotho, Sesotho (Lesotho))
📖 Na ke monyane? (Southern Sotho, Sesotho (South Africa))
📖 Gou iq lwi? (Standard Zhuang)
📖 Bin ich chlii? (Swiss German)
📖 நான் சிறியவளாக இருக்கிறேனா? (Tamil)
📖 నేను చిన్నగా ఉన్నానా? (Telugu)
📖 ང་ཆུང་ཆུང་རེད་འདུག་གམ། (Tibetan)
📖 U ri ndzi ntsanana? (Tsonga)
📖 Sym ja małka? (Upper Sorbian)
About the Author
Philipp B. Winterberg M.A. studied Communication Science, Psychology and Law. He lives in Berlin and loves being multifaceted: He went parachuting in Namibia, meditated in Thailand, and swam with sharks and stingrays in Fiji and Polynesia.
Philipp Winterberg's books introduce new perspectives on essential themes like friendship, mindfulness and happiness. They are read in languages and countries all over the globe.