Batchelder Award winners & Honor books

Children’s books translated into English.

Included: Winners and Honor books, 2016–2025

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Browse the included records below. Award years refer to the award, not the publication date.

Batchelder Award

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  • John the Skeleton — Triinu Laan (2025) · Translated Children’s Literature · winner · Source
  • Home — Isabelle Simler (2025) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Johnny, the Sea, and Me — Melba Escobar (2025) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Mr. Lepron’s Mystery Soup — Giovanna Zoboli (2025) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • A Sleepless Night — Micaela Chirif (2025) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Houses with a Story: A Dragon’s Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places to Explore — Seiji Yoshida (2024) · Translated Children’s Literature · winner · Source
  • The House of the Lost on the Cape — Sachiko Kashiwaba (2024) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Later, When I’m Big — Bette Westera (2024) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Pardalita — Joana Estrela (2024) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II — Lia Levi (2023) · Translated Children’s Literature · winner · Source
  • Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War — Mónica Montañés (2023) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Dragonfly Eyes — Cao Wenxuan (2023) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • João by a Thread — Roger Mello (2023) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Temple Alley Summer — Sachiko Kashiwaba (2022) · Translated Children’s Literature · winner · Source
  • Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost — Betina Birkjær (2022) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • In the Meadow of Fantasies — Hadi Mohammadi (2022) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • The Most Beautiful Story — Brynjulf Jung Tjønn (2022) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Sato the Rabbit — Yuki Ainoya (2022) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas — María García Esperón (2022) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Telephone Tales — Gianni Rodari (2021) · Translated Children’s Literature · winner · Source
  • Catherine’s War — Julia Billet (2021) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Brown — Håkon Øvreås (2020) · Translated Children’s Literature · winner · Source
  • The Beast Player — Nahoko Uehashi (2020) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree — Paola Peretti (2020) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Do Fish Sleep? — Jens Raschke (2020) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • When Spring Comes to the DMZ — Uk-Bae Lee (2020) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • The Fox on the Swing — Evelina Daciūtė (2019) · Translated Children’s Literature · winner · Source
  • Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure — Torben Kuhlmann (2019) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Jerome By Heart — Thomas Scotto (2019) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder — Nie Jun (2019) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Run for Your Life — Silvana Gandolfi (2019) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • The Murderer’s Ape — Jakob Wegelius (2018) · Translated Children’s Literature · winner · Source
  • Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education — Raphaële Frier (2018) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • When a Wolf Is Hungry — Christine Naumann-Villemin (2018) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • You Can’t Be Too Careful! — Roger Mello (2018) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Cry, Heart, But Never Break — Glenn Ringtved (2017) · Translated Children’s Literature · winner · Source
  • Over the Ocean — Taro Gomi (2017) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • As Time Went By — José Sanabria (2017) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • The Ballad of a Broken Nose — Arne Svingen (2017) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy — Beatrice Alemagna (2016) · Translated Children’s Literature · winner · Source
  • Adam and Thomas — Aharon Appelfeld (2016) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village — Fang Suzhen (2016) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source
  • Written and Drawn by Henrietta — Liniers (2016) · Translated Children’s Literature · honor · Source