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Our child is an avid book lover, he could spend a looooong time looking at books, having books read to him, and talk about books. I love it! One thing we realised pretty soon is that if you want to read (Brazilian) Portuguese books, you need to get them from somewhere…. But from where, if you live outside of Brazil?

In most circumstances, you can’t simply walk into your closest book shop and pick them off the shelf, so you need to dive into some research and try to locate your best source for Portuguese books.

One thing is, that it vastly depends on where in the world you are located. But one thing is certain: Amazon Brazil doesn’t ship books internationally. And, most Brazilian books are not just published or accessible from other Amazon shops (like most English books). So, my first piece of advice is: If you happen to visit Brazil, and you can afford some extra luggage on the way back, buy these books locally and lug them back to your home after visiting Brazil. You won’t find a bigger (and cheaper!) selection anywhere else…

For the other times of the year, when this is not an option, here’s what we’ve used so far, or came across in our quest for the best books. Hope, it helps you get your pile of Portuguese books sorted in no time!

Fill your multilingual bookshelf with these shops:

Catavento Books

Catavento Books is based in the US, and they seem to import books from Brazil to ship them internationally. They have free shipping options available, but if you ship outside of the US, you’ll need to handle customs.

The selection of books is vast and ever changing, so if you find a book there you really want, it might sell out over time if you don’t buy it soon. I managed to get an order of over 10 books placed and it all went smoothly. Customer Support did reach out to me due to some availability issues and things were sorted quickly.

They also offer a Book Subscription, so you automatically get a number of books per month shipped to you based on their selection. I have not tried this service for various reasons, but it might be interesting for you.

Buo Books

Buo Books is an online bookstore dedicated to Brazilian books shipped outside of Brazil. Instead of exporting books from Brazil, they license books and reprint them outside of Brazil in various locations. This means some things: Export tax from Brazil are not an issue, so it might be reflected on more affordable prices. At the same time, the selection depends on what books they can license to reprint. Also, some books are only available for shipping to certain territories, depending on their licensing and their printing facilities.

While I personally find the printing quality not as solid as exported books from Brazil, it does give you a massive choice of Brazilian Portuguese books to your door steps.

Wook.pt

Wook.pt is the Portuguese book shop in Portugal, since there is no dedicated Amazon store. You can get all the Portuguese books that are available on the market. They also offer audiobooks (which I haven’t tried) and toys in general.

Bear in mind, this is European Portuguese (although audiobooks skew towards Brazilian Portuguese if I am not mistaken). Our opinion in the household is that European Portuguese is a great resource and adds spectrum to the language, so we happily embrace it. Your mileage may vary. Especially if you live anywhere in Europe, I find Wook to be a simple way of accessing all sorts of books, activity books, educational books and even games.

Additionally, Pure Brazil seems to run a shop on Amazon, and ships Brazilian books this way. I have not tested their services, so I cannot speak from experience. There is a shop for the US Amazon, and one that’s accessible for Amazon DE.

If you have access to delivery to specific countries, here are some niche locations that might be helpful for you:

I am certain that in your region of the world, you will find people supporting Brazilian culture and language, so there will be local solutions and pockets of access to books.

Let me know if there are more ways to get Brazilian books, and I’ll add it to the list!