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*Children's Literature Guide

Guide for children's literature awards winners

Award Information

From the American Library Association,

This award, established in Mildred L. Batchelder's honor in 1966, is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.

Batchelder

 

Catherine's War 2021 - Honor
  Telephone Tales 2021 - Winner
  When Spring Comes to the DMZ 2020 - Honor
  Do Fish Sleep? 2020 - Honor
  The Distance between Me and the Cherry Tree 2020 - Honor
  The Beast Player 2020 - Honor
  Brown 2020 - Winner
Run for Your Life Run for Your Life 2019 - Honor
The Fox on the Swing The Fox on the Swing 2019 - Winner
Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure 2019 - Honor
My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder 2019 - Honor
Jerome By Heart Jerome By Heart 2019 - Honor
  Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education 2018 - Honor
  The Murderer's Ape 2018 - Winner
Graves, Peter The Murderer's Ape 2018 - Winner
Frier, Raphaële Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education 2018 - Honor
Fronty, Aurélia Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education 2018 - Honor
Cormier, Julie Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education 2018 - Honor
Wegelius, Jakob The Murderer's Ape 2018 - Winner
Naumann-Villemin, Christine When a Wolf is Hungry 2018 - Honor
  When a Wolf is Hungry 2018 - Honor
Mello, Roger You Can’t Be Too Careful! 2018 - Honor
Hahn, Daniel You Can’t Be Too Careful! 2018 - Honor
  You Can’t Be Too Careful! 2018 - Honor
Di Giacomo, Kris When a Wolf is Hungry 2018 - Honor
Over the Ocean Over the Ocean 2017 - Honor
The Ballad of a Broken Nose The Ballad of a Broken Nose 2017 - Honor
Cry, Heart, But Never Break Cry, Heart, But Never Break 2017 - Winner
As Time Went By As Time Went By 2017 - Honor
The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy 2016 - Winner
Adam and Thomas Adam and Thomas 2016 - Honor
Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village 2016 - Honor
Written and Drawn by Henrietta Written and Drawn by Henrietta 2016 - Honor
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust 2015 - Honor
Nine Open Arms Nine Open Arms 2015 - Honor
Mikis and the Donkey Mikis and the Donkey 2015 - Winner
The War Within These Walls The War Within These Walls 2014 - Honor
Mister Orange Mister Orange 2014 - Winner
My Father’s Arms Are a Boat My Father’s Arms Are a Boat 2014 - Honor
The Bathing Costume or the Worst Vacation of My Life The Bathing Costume or the Worst Vacation of My Life 2014 - Honor
My Family for the War My Family for the War 2013 - Winner
A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return A Game for Swallows 2013 - Honor
Son of a Gun Son of a Gun 2013 - Honor
Thor, Annika The Lily Pond 2012 - Honor
Tak, Bibi Dumon Soldier Bear 2012 - Winner
Watkinson, Laura Soldier Bear 2012 - Winner
Hopman, Philip Soldier Bear 2012 - Winner
Schenck, Linda The Lily Pond 2012 - Honor