Batchelder Award winners & Honor books Children’s books translated into English.
Included: Winners and Honor books, 2016–2025
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John the Skeleton Triinu Laan
2025 · Translated Children’s Literature · Winner
John the Skeleton By Triinu Laan
Illustrated by Marja-Liisa Plats
Translated by Adam Cullen
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ 2025 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Home By Isabelle Simler
Translated by Vineet Lal
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Johnny, the Sea, and Me Melba Escobar
2025 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Johnny, the Sea, and Me By Melba Escobar
Illustrated by Elizabeth Builes
Translated by Sara Lissa Paulson
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Mr. Lepron’s Mystery Soup Giovanna Zoboli
2025 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Mr. Lepron’s Mystery Soup By Giovanna Zoboli
Illustrated by Mariachiara Di Giorgio
Translated by Denise Muir
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ A Sleepless Night Micaela Chirif
2025 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
A Sleepless Night By Micaela Chirif
Illustrated by Joaquín Camp
Translated by Jordan Landsman
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ 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
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
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ The House of the Lost on the Cape Sachiko Kashiwaba
2024 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
The House of the Lost on the Cape By Sachiko Kashiwaba
Illustrated by Yukiko Saito
Translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Later, When I’m Big Bette Westera
2024 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Later, When I’m Big By Bette Westera
Illustrated by Mattias De Leeuw
Translated by Laura Watkinson
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ 2024 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Pardalita By Joana Estrela
Translated by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II Lia Levi
2023 · Translated Children’s Literature · Winner
Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II By Lia Levi
Illustrated by Jess Mason
Translated by Sylvia Notini
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War Mónica Montañés
2023 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War By Mónica Montañés
Illustrated by Eva Sánchez Gómez
Translated by Lawrence Schimel
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Dragonfly Eyes Cao Wenxuan
2023 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Dragonfly Eyes By Cao Wenxuan
Translated by Helen Wang
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ João by a Thread Roger Mello
2023 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
João by a Thread By Roger Mello
Translated by Daniel Hahn
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Temple Alley Summer Sachiko Kashiwaba
2022 · Translated Children’s Literature · Winner
Temple Alley Summer By Sachiko Kashiwaba
Illustrated by Miho Satake
Translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost Betina Birkjær
2022 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost By Betina Birkjær
Illustrated by Anna Margrethe Kjærgaard
Translated by Sinéad Quirke Køngerskov
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ In the Meadow of Fantasies Hadi Mohammadi
2022 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
In the Meadow of Fantasies By Hadi Mohammadi
Illustrated by Nooshin Safakhoo
Translated by Sara Khalili
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ The Most Beautiful Story Brynjulf Jung Tjønn
2022 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
The Most Beautiful Story By Brynjulf Jung Tjønn
Illustrated by Øyvind Torseter
Translated by Kari Dickson
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Sato the Rabbit Yuki Ainoya
2022 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Sato the Rabbit By Yuki Ainoya
Translated by Michael Blaskowsky
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas María García Esperón
2022 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas By María García Esperón
Illustrated by Amanda Mijangos
Translated by David Bowles
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Telephone Tales Gianni Rodari
2021 · Translated Children’s Literature · Winner
Telephone Tales By Gianni Rodari
Illustrated by Valerio Vidali
Translated by Antony Shugaar
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Catherine’s War Julia Billet
2021 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Catherine’s War By Julia Billet
Illustrated by Claire Fauvel
Translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ 2020 · Translated Children’s Literature · Winner
Brown By Håkon Øvreås
Illustrated by Øyvind Torseter
Translated by Kari Dickson
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ The Beast Player Nahoko Uehashi
2020 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
The Beast Player By Nahoko Uehashi
Translated by Cathy Hirano
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree Paola Peretti
2020 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree By Paola Peretti
Illustrated by Carolina Rabei
Translated by Denise Muir
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Do Fish Sleep? Jens Raschke
2020 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Do Fish Sleep? By Jens Raschke
Illustrated by Jens Rassmus
Translated by Belinda Cooper
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ When Spring Comes to the DMZ Uk-Bae Lee
2020 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
When Spring Comes to the DMZ By Uk-Bae Lee
Translated by Chungyon Won and Aileen Won
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ The Fox on the Swing Evelina Daciūtė
2019 · Translated Children’s Literature · Winner
The Fox on the Swing By Evelina Daciūtė
Illustrated by Aušra Kiudulaitė
Translated by The Translation Bureau
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure Torben Kuhlmann
2019 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure By Torben Kuhlmann
Translated by David Henry Wilson
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Jerome By Heart Thomas Scotto
2019 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Jerome By Heart By Thomas Scotto
Illustrated by Olivier Tallec
Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick and Karin Snelson
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder Nie Jun
2019 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder By Nie Jun
Translated by Edward Gauvin
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Run for Your Life Silvana Gandolfi
2019 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Run for Your Life By Silvana Gandolfi
Translated by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ The Murderer’s Ape Jakob Wegelius
2018 · Translated Children’s Literature · Winner
The Murderer’s Ape By Jakob Wegelius
Translated by Peter Graves
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education Raphaële Frier
2018 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education By Raphaële Frier
Illustrated by Aurélia Fronty
Translated by Julie Cormier
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ When a Wolf Is Hungry Christine Naumann-Villemin
2018 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
When a Wolf Is Hungry By Christine Naumann-Villemin
Illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo
Translated by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ You Can’t Be Too Careful! Roger Mello
2018 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
You Can’t Be Too Careful! By Roger Mello
Translated by Daniel Hahn
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Cry, Heart, But Never Break Glenn Ringtved
2017 · Translated Children’s Literature · Winner
Cry, Heart, But Never Break By Glenn Ringtved
Illustrated by Charlotte Pardi
Translated by Robert Moulthrop
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ 2017 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Over the Ocean By Taro Gomi
Translated by Taylor Norman
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ As Time Went By José Sanabria
2017 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
As Time Went By By José Sanabria
Translated by Audrey Hall
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ The Ballad of a Broken Nose Arne Svingen
2017 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
The Ballad of a Broken Nose By Arne Svingen
Translated by Kari Dickson
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy Beatrice Alemagna
2016 · Translated Children’s Literature · Winner
The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy By Beatrice Alemagna
Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Adam and Thomas Aharon Appelfeld
2016 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Adam and Thomas By Aharon Appelfeld
Illustrated by Philippe Dumas
Translated by Jeffrey M. Green
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village Fang Suzhen
2016 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village By Fang Suzhen
Illustrated by Sonja Danowski
Translated by Huang Xiumin
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Written and Drawn by Henrietta Liniers
2016 · Translated Children’s Literature · Honor
Written and Drawn by Henrietta By Liniers
Translated by Liniers
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Buy on Amazon ↗︎ Lists and sources Browse the included records below. Award years refer to the award, not the publication date.
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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