Mildred L. Batchelder Award

Given by Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

Other Names: Batchelder Honor
123 Works 34,529 Books 1,473 Reviews ½ 3.9
The Mildred L. Batchelder Award is awarded to an American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originating in a country other than the United show more States and in a language other than English and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States during the preceding year. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (56), Honor Book (67)
Years:
All, 2024 (4), 2023 (4), 2022 (6), 2021 (2), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (4), 2017 (4), 2016 (4), 2015 (3), 2014 (4), 2013 (3), 2012 (1), 2011 (3), 2010 (4), 2009 (3), 2008 (3), 2007 (3), 2006 (3), 2005 (3), 2004 (2), 2003 (2), 2002 (2), 2001 (2), 2000 (4), 1999 (2), 1998 (3), 1997 (1), 1996 (3), 1995 (2), 1994 (3), 1992 (1), 1991 (2), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (2), 1977 (1), 1976 (1), 1975 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1)
Announced:
January 22: Winner2024 Recent
January 22: Honor Book2024 Recent

Winner 56

Work Year
Houses with a Story: A Dragon’s Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places to Explore by Seiji Yoshida
Translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash (Amulet Books)
2024
Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II by Lia Levi
Translated by Sylvia Notini (HarperCollins)
2023
Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba
Translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa (Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers)
2022
Telephone Tales by Gianni Rodari
Translated by Antony Shugaar (Enchanted Lion Books)
2021
Brown by Håkon Øvreås
Translated by Kari Dickson (Enchanted Lion Books)
2020
The Fox on the Swing by Evelina Daciute
Translated by the Translation Bureau (Thames & Hudson, Inc.)
2019
The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius 2018
Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved 2017
The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy by Beatrice Alemagna 2016
Mikis and the Donkey by Bibi Dumon Tak 2015
Mister Orange by Truus Matti 2014
My Family for the War by Anne C. Voorhoeve 2013
Soldier Bear by Bibi Dumon Tak 2012
A Time of Miracles by Anne-Laure Bondoux 2011
A Faraway Island by Annika Thor 2010
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi 2009
Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe 2008
The Pull of the Ocean by Jean-Claude Mourlevat 2007
An Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub 2006
The Shadows of Ghadames by Joelle Stolz 2005
Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev 2004
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke 2003
How I Became an American by Karin Gündisch 2002
Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi 2001
The Baboon King by Anton Quintana 2000
Thanks to My Mother by Schoschana Rabinovici 1999
The Robber and Me by Josef Holub 1998
The Friends by Kazumi Yumoto 1997
The Lady with the Hat by Uri Orlev 1996
The Boys from St. Petri by Bjarne Reuter 1995
The apprentice by Pilar Molina Llorente 1994
The Man from the Other Side by Uri Orlev 1992
A Hand Full of Stars by Rafik Schami 1991
Buster's World by Bjarne Reuter 1990
Crutches by Peter Härtling 1989
If You Didn't Have Me by Ulf Nilsson 1988
No Hero for the Kaiser by Rudolf Frank 1987
Rose Blanche by Christophe Gallaz 1986
The Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev 1985
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren 1984
Hiroshima No Pika by Maruki Toshi 1983
The Battle Horse by Harry Kullman 1982
The Winter When Time Was Frozen by Els Pelgrom 1981
The Sound of the Dragon's Feet by Alki Zei 1980
Conrad: The Factory-Made Boy by Christine Nöstlinger 1979
Rabbit Island by Jörg Steiner 1979
The Leopard by Cecil Bødker 1977
The Cat and the Mouse Who Shared a House by Ruth Hürlimann 1976
An Old Tale Carved Out of Stone by A. Linevski 1975
Petros’ War by Alki Zei 1974
Pulga by Siny van Iterson 1973
Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter 1972
In the Land of Ur: The Discovery of Ancient Mesopotamia by Hans Baumann 1971
The Wildcat Behind Glass by Alki Zei 1970
Don't Take Teddy by Babbis Friis-Baastad 1969
The Little Man by Erich Kästner 1968

Honor Book 67

Work Year
Pardalita by Joana Estrela
Translated by Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Levine Querido)
2024
The House of the Lost on the Cape by Sachiko Kashiwaba
Translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa (Yonder)
2024
Later, When I’m Big by Bette Westera
Translated by Laura Watkinson (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers)
2024
Dragonfly Eyes by Wenxuan Cao
Translated by Helen Wang (Candlewick Press)
2023
João by a Thread by Roger Mello
Translated by Daniel Hahn (Elsewhere Editions)
2023
Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War by Mónica Montañés
Translated by Lawrence Schimel (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers)
2023
Sato the Rabbit by Yuki Ainoya
Translated by Michael Blaskowsky (Enchanted Lion Books)
2022
Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost by Betina Birkjær
Translated by Sinéad Quirke Køngerskov (Enchanted Lion Books)
2022
The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas by Maria Garcia Esperon
Translated by David Bowles (Levine Querido)
2022
In the Meadow of Fantasies by Hadi Mohammadi
Translated by Sara Khalili (Elsewhere Editions)
2022
The Most Beautiful Story by Brynjulf Jung Tjønn
translated by Kari Dickson (Enchanged Lion Books)
2022
Catherine's War by Julia Billet
Translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger (HarperAlley)
2021
When Spring Comes to the DMZ by Uk-bae Lee
Translated by Chungyon Won and Aileen Won (Plough Publishing)
2020
The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree by Paola Peretti
Translated by Denise Muir (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster)
2020
Do Fish Sleep? by Jens Raschke
Translated by Belinda Cooper (Enchanted Lion Books)
2020
The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
Translated by Cathy Hirano (Godwin Books/Henry Holt/Macmillan)
2020
Run for Your Life by Silvana Gandolfi
Translated by Lynne Sharon Schwatz (Yonder/Restless Books, Inc.)
2019
My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun
Translated into French by Qingyuan Zhao and Nicolas Grivel and translated into English by Edward Gauvin (Graphic Universe/Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.)
2019
Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure by Torben Kuhlmann
Translated by David Henry Wilson (NorthSouth Books, Inc.)
2019
Jerome By Heart by Thomas Scotto
Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick and Karin Snelson (Enchanted Lion Books)
2019
Malala: Activist for Girls' Education by Raphaёle Frier 2018
You Can't Be Too Careful! by Roger Mello 2018
When a Wolf Is Hungry by Christine Naumann-Villemin 2018
Over the Ocean by Tarō Gomi 2017
As Time Went By by José Sanabria 2017
The Ballad of a Broken Nose by Arne Svingen 2017
Adam and Thomas by Aharon Appelfeld 2016
Written and Drawn by Henrietta by Ricardo Siri Liniers 2016
Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village by Fang Suzhen 2016
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust by Loïc Dauvillier 2015
Nine Open Arms by Benny Lindelauf 2015
My Father’s Arms Are a Boat by Stein Erik Lunde 2014
The Bathing Costume: Or the Worst Vacation of My Life by Charlotte Moundlic 2014
The War within These Walls by Aline Sax 2014
A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return by Zeina Abirached 2013
Son of a Gun by Anne De Graaf 2013
Departure Time by Truus Matti 2011
Nothing by Janne Teller 2011
Eidi: The Children of Crow Cove by Bodil Bredsdorff 2010
Big Wolf & Little Wolf by Nadine Brun-Cosme 2010
Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness by Nahoko Uehashi 2010
Garmann's Summer by Stian Hole 2009
Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis 2009
Nicholas and the Gang by René Goscinny 2008
The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity by Jutta Richter 2008
The Killer's Tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux 2007
The Last Dragon by Silvana De Mari 2007
Nicholas by René Goscinny 2006
When I was a Soldier by Valérie Zenatti 2006
The Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove by Bodil Bredsdorff 2005
Daniel Half-Human by David Chotjewitz 2005
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon by Bea Uusma Schyffert 2004
Henrietta and the Golden Eggs by Hanna Johansen 2003
A Book of Coupons by Susie Morgenstern 2002
Ultimate Game by Christian Lehmann 2001
Vendela in Venice by Christina Björk 2000
The Collector of Moments by Quint Buchholz 2000
Asphalt Angels by Ineke Holtwijk 2000
Secret Letters from 0-10 by Susie Morgenstern 1999
Nero Corleone: A Cat's Story by Elke Heidenreich 1998
Hostage To War: A True Story by Tatjana Wassiljewa 1998
Damned Strong Love: The True Story of Willi G. and Stefan K. : A Novel by Lutz van Dijk 1996
Star of Fear, Star of Hope by Jo Hoestlandt 1996
Sister Shako and Kolo the Goat by Vedat Dalokay 1995
The Princess in the Kitchen Garden by Annemie Heymans 1994
Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary - A Photographic Remembrance by Ruud van der Rol 1994
Two Short and One Long by Nina Ring Aamundsen 1991

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