Mildred L. Batchelder Award
About the Mildred L. Batchelder Award
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.
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| Publisher | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| João by a Thread | João by a Thread | 2023 - Honor |
| Dragonfly Eyes | Dragonfly Eyes | 2023 - Honor |
| Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War | Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War | 2023 - Honor |
| Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II | Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II | 2023 - Winner |
| The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas | The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas | 2022 - Honor |
| Sato the Rabbit | Sato the Rabbit | 2022 - Honor |
| The Most Beautiful Story | The Most Beautiful Story | 2022 - Honor |
| In the Meadow of Fantasies | In the Meadow of Fantasies | 2022 - Honor |
| Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost | Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost | 2022 - Honor |
| Temple Alley Summer | Temple Alley Summer | 2022 - Winner |
| Catherine's War | 2021 - Honor | |
| Telephone Tales | 2021 - Winner | |
| The Beast Player | 2020 - Honor | |
| Brown | 2020 - Winner | |
| The Distance between Me and the Cherry Tree | 2020 - Honor | |
| Do Fish Sleep? | 2020 - Honor | |
| When Spring Comes to the DMZ | 2020 - Honor | |
| Jerome By Heart | Jerome By Heart | 2019 - Honor |
| 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 |
| Run for Your Life | Run for Your Life | 2019 - Honor |
| The Fox on the Swing | The Fox on the Swing | 2019 - Winner |
| Di Giacomo, Kris | When a Wolf is Hungry | 2018 - Honor |
| Wegelius, Jakob | The Murderer's Ape | 2018 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education | 2018 - Honor | |
| Naumann-Villemin, Christine | When a Wolf is Hungry | 2018 - Honor |
| Mello, Roger | You Can’t Be Too Careful! | 2018 - Honor |
| When a Wolf is Hungry | 2018 - Honor | |
| Hahn, Daniel | You Can’t Be Too Careful! | 2018 - Honor |
| You Can’t Be Too Careful! | 2018 - Honor | |
| The Ballad of a Broken Nose | The Ballad of a Broken Nose | 2017 - Honor |
| As Time Went By | As Time Went By | 2017 - Honor |
| Over the Ocean | Over the Ocean | 2017 - Honor |
| Cry, Heart, But Never Break | Cry, Heart, But Never Break | 2017 - Winner |
| Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village | Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village | 2016 - Honor |
| Adam and Thomas | Adam and Thomas | 2016 - Honor |
| The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy | The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy | 2016 - Winner |
| Written and Drawn by Henrietta | Written and Drawn by Henrietta | 2016 - Honor |
| Mikis and the Donkey | Mikis and the Donkey | 2015 - Winner |
| 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 |
| My Father’s Arms Are a Boat | My Father’s Arms Are a Boat | 2014 - Honor |
| The War Within These Walls | The War Within These Walls | 2014 - Honor |
| The Bathing Costume or the Worst Vacation of My Life | The Bathing Costume or the Worst Vacation of My Life | 2014 - Honor |
| Mister Orange | Mister Orange | 2014 - Winner |
| Son of a Gun | Son of a Gun | 2013 - Honor |
| A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return | A Game for Swallows | 2013 - Honor |
| My Family for the War | My Family for the War | 2013 - Winner |
| Schenck, Linda | The Lily Pond | 2012 - Honor |
| Tak, Bibi Dumon | Soldier Bear | 2012 - Winner |
| Hopman, Philip | Soldier Bear | 2012 - Winner |
| Watkinson, Laura | Soldier Bear | 2012 - Winner |
| Thor, Annika | The Lily Pond | 2012 - Honor |
| Delacorte Press, and imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc. | Delacorte Press, and imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc. | 2011 - Winner |
| Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | 2011 - Honor |
| Namelos | Namelos | 2011 - Honor |
| Delacorte Press, and imprint of Random House Children's Books | Delacorte Press, and imprint of Random House Children's Books | 2010 - Winner |
| Enchanted Lion Books | Enchanted Lion Books | 2010 - Honor |
| Farrar Straus Giroux | Farrar Straus Giroux | 2010 - Honor |
| Arthur A. Levine Books, an Imprint of Scholastic, Inc. | Arthur A. Levine Books, an Imprint of Scholastic, Inc. | 2010 - Honor |
| Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. | Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. | 2009 - Winner |
| Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. | Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. | 2009 - Honor |
| Amulet Books, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc. | Amulet Books, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc. | 2009 - Honor |
| VIZ Media | VIZ Media | 2008 - Winner |
| Milkweed Editions | Milkweed Editions | 2008 - Honor |
| Phaidon Press | Phaidon Press | 2008 - Honor |
| Delacorte Press | Delacorte Press | 2007 - Winner |
| Delacorte Press | Delacorte Press | 2007 - Honor |
| Hyperion/Miramax | Hyperion/Miramax | 2007 - Honor |
| Arthur A. Levine Books | Arthur A. Levine Books | 2006 - Winner |
| Phaidon Press Limited | Phaidon Press Limited | 2006 - Honor |
| Bloomsbury Children's Books | Bloomsbury Children's Books | 2006 - Honor |
| Richard Jackson Books/Simon & Schuster's Atheneum division | Richard Jackson Books/Simon & Schuster's Atheneum division | 2005 - Honor |
| Delacorte Press/Random House Children's Books | Delacorte Press/Random House Children's Books | 2005 - Winner |
| Farrar Straus Giroux | Farrar Straus Giroux | 2005 - Honor |
| Chronicle Books | Chronicle Books | 2004 - Honor |
| Walter Lorraine Books/Houghton Mifflin Company | Walter Lorraine Books/Houghton Mifflin Company | 2004 - Winner |
| The Chicken House/Scholastic Publishing | The Chicken House/Scholastic Publishing | 2003 - Winner |
| David R. Godine | David R. Godine | 2003 - Honor |
| Cricket Books/Carus Publishing | Cricket Books/Carus Publishing | 2002 - Winner |
| Viking Press | Viking Press | 2002 - Honor |
| Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Press | Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Press | 2001 - Winner |
| David R. Godine | David R. Godine | 2001 - Honor |
| R&S Books | R&S Books | 2000 - Honor |
| Front Street | Front Street | 2000 - Honor |
| Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | 2000 - Honor |
| Walker and Company | Walker and Company | 2000 - Winner |
| Dial Books for Young Readers | Dial Books for Young Readers | 1999 - Winner |
| Viking Children's Books | Viking Children's Books | 1999 - Honor |
| Henry Holt Books for Young Readers | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers | 1998 - Winner |
| Scholastic Press | Scholastic Press | 1998 - Honor |
| Viking Publishing | Viking Publishing | 1998 - Honor |
| Farrar, Straus & Giroux | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | 1997 - Winner |
| Houghton Mifflin | Houghton Mifflin | 1996 - Winner |
| Henry Holt & Co. | Henry Holt & Co. | 1996 - Honor |
| Walker and Co. | Walker and Co. | 1996 - Honor |
| Dutton Children's Books | Dutton Children's Books | 1995 - Winner |
| Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | 1995 - Honor |
| Farrar, Straus & Giroux | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | 1994 - Winner |
| Farrar, Straus & Giroux | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | 1994 - Honor |
| Viking Children's Books | Viking Children's Books | 1994 - Honor |
| No awards given | 1993 - No Awards Given | |
| Houghton Mifflin Company | Houghton Mifflin Company | 1992 - Winner |
| E.P. Dutton | E.P. Dutton | 1991 - Winner |
| E.P. Dutton | E.P. Dutton | 1990 - Winner |
| Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | 1989 - Winner |
| McElderry Books | McElderry Books | 1988 - Winner |
| Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | 1987 - Winner |
| Creative Education | Creative Education | 1986 - Winner |
| Houghton Mifflin | Houghton Mifflin | 1985 - Winner |
| Viking Press | Viking Press | 1984 - Winner |
| Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard | 1983 - Winner |
| Bradbury Press | Bradbury Press | 1982 - Winner |
| William Morrow & Co. | William Morrow & Co. | 1981 - Winner |
| E.P. Dutton | E.P. Dutton | 1980 - Winner |
| Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. | 1979 - Winner |
| Franklin Watts, Inc. | Franklin Watts, Inc. | 1979 - Winner |
| No awards given | 1978 - No Awards Given | |
| Atheneum | Atheneum | 1977 - Winner |
| Henry Z. Walck | Henry Z. Walck | 1976 - Winner |
| Crown | Crown | 1975 - Winner |
| E.P. Dutton | E.P. Dutton | 1974 - Winner |
| William Morrow & Co. | William Morrow & Co. | 1973 - Winner |
| Holt | Holt | 1972 - Winner |
| Pantheon Books | Pantheon Books | 1971 - Winner |
| Holt | Holt | 1970 - Winner |
| Charles Scribner's Sons | Charles Scribner's Sons | 1969 - Winner |
| Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. | 1968 - Winner |
