World languages

From Amharic to Urdu, our libraries hold children's books in over 50 languages. Explore our language collections, and the libraries which hold them, below.

Note: use the links in the table below to browse our catalogue for that language. You can reserve any item and collect it from your closest library branch free of charge.

Languages labelled as being kept in "Off-site Storage" are part of our Central Library collections, and are also free to reserve.

If you're looking for children's books in a Pasifika language, head on over to our Pasifika Collections page.

Children's world language collection locations
Language	Locations
Afrikaans	Johnsonville, Off-site Storage
Amharic \| አማርኛ	Newtown, Off-site Storage
Arabic \| َلْعَرَبِيَّة	Johnsonville, Karori, Kilbirnie, Newtown
Bengali \| বাংলা	Newtown
Burmese \| မြန်မာဘာသာ	Newtown
Chinese \| 汉语	All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown
Cook Islands Māori \| Māori Kūki ‘Āirani	Johnsonville, Karori, Kilbirnie, Newtown, Off-site Storage
Dutch \| Nederlands	Off-site Storage
Farsi/Persian \| فارسی	Newtown, Off-site Storage
Fijian \| Na vosa vaka-Viti	Johnsonville, Karori, Kilbirnie, Newtown, Off-site Storage
French \| français	All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown
German \| Deutsch	All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown
Greek \| Ελληνικά	Karori, Off-site Storage
Gujarati \| ગુજરાતી	Johnsonville, Kilbirnie, Newtown, Off-site Storage
Hindi \| हिन्दी	Johnsonville, Kilbirnie, Newtown, Off-site Storage
Indonesian \| Bahasa Indonesia	Off-site Storage
Italian \| italiano	Johnsonville, Karori, Off-site Storage
Japanese \| 日本語	Johnsonville, Karori, Kilbirnie, Newtown, Off-site Storage
Korean \| 한국어	Johnsonville, Off-site Storage
Malay \| Bahasa Melayu	Off-site Storage
Nepali \| नेपाली	Off-site Storage
Niuean \| ko e vagahau Niuē	Johnsonville, Karori, Kilbirnie, Newtown, Off-site Storage
Oromo \| Afaan Oromoo	Newtown, Off-site Storage
Panjabi/Punjabi \| جابی \| ਪੰਜਾਬੀ	Johnsonville, Newtown
Polish \| polski	Te Awe, Off-site Storage
Portuguese \| português	Off-site Storage
Russian \| русский	Karori, Off-site Storage
Samoan \| Gagana Sāmoa	All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown
Sinhala/Sinhalese \| සිංහල	Newtown
Somali \| Af-Soomaali	Kilbirnie, Miramar, Newtown, Off-site Storage
Spanish \| español	All libraries except for Khandallah and Wadestown
Swedish \| svensk	Off-site Storage
Tagalog/Filipino \| Wikang Filipino	Johnsonville, Karori, Off-site Storage
Tamil \| தமிழ்	Johnsonville, Newtown
Thai \| ภาษาไทย	Te Awe
Tigrinya \| ትግርኛ	Newtown
Tokelauan \| Gagana Tokelau	Johnsonville, Karori, Kilbirnie, Newtown, Off-site Storage
Tongan \| lea fakatonga	Johnsonville, Karori, Kilbirnie, Miramar, Newtown, Off-site Storage
Tuvaluan \| 'gana Tuvalu	Newtown, Off-site Storage
Ukrainian \| українська	Off-site Storage
Urdu \| ُردُو	Newtown
Vietnamese \| tiếng Việt	Off-site Storage

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