Mildred L. Batchelder Award

Awarded each year for the best translation of foreign language children's literature into English

• About
• Book Award Lists
• Circulation
• CMC Lib Guide
• Collections
• Electronic Journals

• Education Links
• Education Research Tutorial
• Services for Faculty
• Services for Students
• Services for Visitors

Visit Official Site

(Click on the year you wish to view or scroll down to see the entire list)

2012

Award:

• Soldier Bear by Bibi Dumon Tak(On Order)

Honor Books:

• The Lily Pond by Annika Thor (On Order)

2011

Award:

• A Time of Miracles by Anna-Laurie Bondoux (F Bon)

Honor Books:

• Nothing by Janne Teller (On Order)
• Departure Time by Truus Matti (On Order)

2010

Award:

• A Faraway Island by Annika Thori (F Tho)

Honor Books:

• Morbito II: Guardian of Darkness by Nahoko Uehashi (On Order)
• Big Wolf and Little Wolf by Nadine Brun-Cosme (On Order)
• Eidi by Bodil Bredsdorff (On Order)

2009

Award:

• Morbito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi (F Ueh)

Honor Books:

• Garmann's Summer by Stian Hole (On Order)
• Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis (On Order)

2008

Award:

• Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe (895.635 Miy)

Honor Books:

• The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity by Jutta Richter (On Order)
• Nicholas and the Gang by Rene Goscinny (On Order)

2007

Award:

• The Pull of the Ocean byJean-Claude Morlevat (F Mou)

Honor Books:

• The Killer Tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux (On Order)
• The Last Dragon by Silvana De Mari (On Order)

2006

Award:

• An Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub (F Hol)

Honor Books:

• Nicholas by Rene Goscinny (On Order)
• When I Was a Soldier by Valerie Zenatti (On Order)

2005

Award:

• The Shadows of Ghadames by Joelle Stoltz (F Sto)

Honor Books:

• The Crow Girl: The Children of Crow Cove by Bodil Bredsdorff (On Order)
• Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz (On Order)

2004

Award:

• Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev (F Orl)

Honor Book:

• The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon by Bea Schyffert (F Sch)

2003

Award:

• The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke(F Fun)

Honor Book:

• Henrietta and the Golden Eggs by Hanna Johansen (On Order)

2002

Award:

• How I Became an American by Karin Gündisch (F Gun)

Honor Book:

• A Book of Coupons. Illustrated by Serge Bloch (F Mor)

2001

Award:

• Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi (F Car)

Honor Book:

• Ultimate Game: A Novel by Christian Lehmann (F Leh)

2000

Award:

• The Baboon King by Anton Quintana (F Qui)

Honor Books:

• Vendela in Venice by Christina Björk (F Bjo)
• The Collector of Moments by Quint Buchholz (P Buc)
• Asphalt Angels by Ineke Holtwijz (F Hol)

1999

Award:

• Thanks to My Mother by Schoschana Rabinovici (940.5318092 Rab)

Honor Book:

Secret Letters from 0 to 10 by Susie Morgenstern (F Mor)


1998

Award:

• The Robber & Me by Josef Holub (F Hol)
• Honor Books:
• Nero Corleone: A Cat's Story by Elke Heidenreich (F Hei)
• Hostage to War: A True Story by Tatjana Wassiljewa (940.548147 Vas)

1997

Award:

• The Friends by Yumoto Kazumi (F Yum)

1996

Award:

• The Lady with the Hat by Uri Orlev (F Orl)

Honor Books:

• Star of Fear, Star of Hope by Jo Hoestland (P Hoe)
• Damned Strong Love: The True Story of Wili G. and Stephan K. by Lutz van Dijk (Not in CMC)

1995

Award:

• The Boys from St. Petri by Bjarne Reuter (F Reu)

Honor Book:

• Sister Shako and Kolo the Goat by Vedat Dalokay (F Dal)

1994

Award:

• The Apprentice by Pilar Molina Llorente (F Mol)

Honor Books:

• Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary by Ruud van der Rol Rian Verhoeven (B Frank)
• The Princess in the Kitchen Garden by Annemie Heymans (Not in CMC)

1993

Award:

• None

1992

Award:

• The Man from the Other Side by Uri Orlev (F Orl)

1991

Award:

• A Hand Full of Stars by Rafik Schami (F Sch)

Honor Book:

• Two Shorts and One Long by Nina Ring (Not in CMC)

1990

Award:

• Buster's World by Bjarne Reuter(F Reu)

1989

Award:

• Crutches by Peter Härtling (F Har)

1988

Award:

• If You Didn't Have Me by Ulf Nilsson (F Nil)

1987

Award:

• No Hero for the Kaiser by Rudolf Frank (Not in CMC)

1986

Award:

• Rose Blanche by Christophe Gallaz (P Gal)

1985

Award:

• Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev (F Orl)

1984

Award

• Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren (F Lin)

1983

Award:

• Hiroshima No Pika by Toshi Maruki (940.5426 Mor)

1982

Award:

• Battle Horse by Harry Kullman (F Kul)

1981

Award:

• The Winter When Time Was Frozen by Els Pelgrom (Not in CMC)

1980

Award:

• The Sound of the Dragon's Feet by Alki Zeï(Not in CMC)

1979

Award:

• Rabbit Island by Jörg Steiner (Not in CMC)

1978

Award:

• Konrad by Christine Nöstlinger (Not in CMC)

1977

Award:

• The Leopard by Cecil Bødker (Not in CMC)

1976

Award:

• The Cat and Mouse Who Shared a House by Ruth Hürlimann (Not in CMC)

1975

Award:

• An Old Tale Carved Out of Stone by Aleksander Linevski (Main Library)

1974

Award:

• Petro's War by Alki Zeï (Not in CMC)

1973

Award:

• Pulga by S. R. Van Iterson (Not in CMC)

1972

Award:

• Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter (F Ric)

1971

Award:

• In the Land of Ur: The Discovery of Ancient Mesopotamia by Hans Baumann (Not in CMC)

1970

Award:

• Wildcat Under Glass by Alki Zeï (Not in CMC)

1969

Award:

• Don't Take Teddy by Babbis Friis-Baastaad (Not in CMC)

1968

Award:

• The Little Man by Erich Kästner (Not in CMC)

---