Batchelder Award
Given since 1968 to the most outstanding children's book translated into English. United States. 123 books on this site.
2024
- 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 Winner
- Later, When I’m Big by Bette Westera Honor
- Pardalita by Joana Estrela Honor
- The House of the Lost on the Cape by Sachiko Kashiwaba Honor
2023
- Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II by Lia Levi Winner
- Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War by Mónica Montañés Honor
- Dragonfly Eyes by Cao Wenxuan Honor
- João by a Thread by Roger Mello Honor
2022
- Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba Winner
- Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost by Betina Birkjaer Honor
- Sato the Rabbit (Book 1) by Yuki Ainoya Honor
- The Meadow of Fantasies by Hadi Mohammadi Honor
- The Most Beautiful Story by Brynjulf Jung Tjønn Honor
- The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas by María García Esperón Honor
2021
- Telephone Tales by Gianni Rodari Winner
- Catherine's War by Julia Billet Honor
2020
- Brown by Håkon Øvreås Winner
- Do Fish Sleep? by Jens Raschke Honor
- The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi Honor
- The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree by Paola Peretti Honor
- When Spring Comes to the DMZ by Lee Uk-bae Honor
2019
- The Fox on the Swing by Evelina Daciūtė Winner
- Jerome by Heart by Thomas Scotto Honor
- My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun Honor
- Run for Your Life by Silvana Gandolfi Honor
2018
- The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius Winner
- Malala: Activist for Girls' Education by Raphaёle Frier Honor
- When a Wolf is Hungry by Christine Naumann-Villemin Honor
- You Can't Be Too Careful! by Roger Mello Honor
2017
- Cry, Heart, But Never Break by Glenn Ringtved Winner
- As Time Went By by José Sanabria Honor
- Over the Ocean by Tarō Gomi Honor
- The Ballad of a Broken Nose by Arne Svingen Honor
2016
- The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy by Beatrice Alemagna Winner
- Adam and Thomas by Aharon Appelfeld Honor
- Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village by Fang Suzhen Honor
- Written and Drawn by Henrietta by Ricardo Liniers Honor
2015
- Mikis and the Donkey by Bibi Dumon Tak Winner
- Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust by Loïc Dauvillier Honor
- Nine Open Arms by Benny Lindelauf Honor
2014
- Mister Orange by Truus Matti Winner
- My Father's Arms Are a Boat by Stein Erik Lunde Honor
- The Bathing Costume or the Worst Vacation of My Life by Charlotte Moundlic Honor
- The War Within These Walls by Aline Sax Honor
2013
- My Family for the War by Anne C. Voorhoeve Winner
- A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return by Zeina Abirached Honor
- Son of a Gun by Anne de Graaf Honor
2012
- Soldier Bear by Bibi Dumon Tak Winner
- The Lily Pond by Annika Thor Honor
2011
- A Time of Miracles by Anne-Laure Bondoux Winner
- Departure Time by Truus Matti Honor
- Nothing by Janne Teller Honor
2010
- A Faraway Island by Annika Thor Winner
- Big Wolf and Little Wolf by Nadine Brun-Cosme Honor
- Eidi by Bodil Bredsdorff Honor
- Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness by Nahoko Uehashi Honor
2009
- Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi Winner
- Garmann's Summer by Stian Hole Honor
- Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis Honor
2008
- Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe Winner
- Nicholas and the Gang by René Goscinny Honor
- The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity by Jutta Richter Honor
2007
- The Pull of the Ocean by Jean-Claude Mourlevat Winner
- The Killer's Tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux Honor
- The Last Dragon by Silvana De Mari Honor
2006
- An Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub Winner
- Nicholas by René Goscinny Honor
- When I Was a Soldier by Valérie Zenatti Honor
2005
- The Shadows of Ghadames by Joëlle Stolz Winner
- Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz Honor
- The Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove by Bodil Bredsdorff Honor
2004
- Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev Winner
- The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins by Bea Uusma Schyffert Honor
2003
- The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke Winner
- Henrietta and the Golden Eggs by Hanna Johansen Honor
2002
- How I Became an American by Karin Gündisch Winner
- A Book of Coupons by Susie Morgenstern Honor
2001
- Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi Winner
- Ultimate Game by Christian Lehmann Honor
2000
- The Baboon King by Anton Quintana Winner
- Asphalt Angels by Ineke Holtwijk Honor
- Collector of Moments by Quint Buchholz Honor
- Vendela in Venice by Christina Björk Honor
1999
- Thanks to My Mother by Schoschana Rabinovici Winner
- Secret Letters from 0 to 10 by Susie Morgenstern Honor
1998
- The Robber and Me by Josef Holub Winner
- Hostage to War: a True Story by Tatjana Wassiljewa Honor
- Nero Corleone: a Cat's Story by Elke Heidenreich Honor
1997
- The Friends by Kazumi Yumoto Winner
1996
- The Lady with the Hat by Uri Orlev Winner
- Damned Strong Love: The True Story of Willi G. And Stephan K. by Lutz van Dijk Honor
- Star of Fear, Star of Hope by Jo Hoestlandt Honor
1995
- The Boys from St. Petri by Bjarne Reuter Winner
- Sister Shako and Kolo the Goat: Memories of My Childhood in Turkey by Vedat Dalokay Honor
1994
- The Apprentice by Pilar Molina Llorente Winner
- Anne Frank Beyond the Diary: A Photographic Remembrance by Ruud van der Rol and Rian Verhoeven Honor
- The Princess in the Kitchen Garden by Annemie Heymans and Margriet Heymans Honor
1992
- The Man from the Other Side by Uri Orlev Winner
1991
- A Hand Full of Stars by Rafik Schami Winner
- Two Short and One Long by Nina Ring Aamundsen Honor
1990
- Buster's World by Bjarne Reuter Winner
1989
- Crutches by Peter Härtling Winner
1988
- If You Didn't Have Me by Ulf Nilsson Winner
1987
- No Hero for the Kaiser by Rudolph Frank Winner
1986
- Rose Blanche by Christophe Gallaz and Roberto Innocenti Winner
1985
- The Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev Winner
1984
- Ronia the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren Winner
1983
- Hiroshima No Pika by Toshi Maruki Winner
1982
- The Battle Horse by Harry Kullman Winner
1981
- The Winter When Time Was Frozen by Els Pelgrom Winner
1980
- The Sound of the Dragon's Feet by Alki Zei Winner
1979
- Konrad by Christine Nöstlinger Winner
- Rabbit Island by Jörg Steiner Winner
1977
- The Leopard by Cecil Bødker Winner
1976
- The Cat and Mouse Who Shared a House by Ruth Hürlimann Winner
1975
- An Old Tale Carved Out of Stone by A. Linevskii Winner
1974
- Petros' War by Alki Zei Winner
1973
- Pulga by S. R. Van Iterson Winner
1972
- Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter Winner
1971
- In the Land of Ur, the Discovery of Ancient Mesopotamia by Hans Baumann Winner
1970
- Wildcat Under Glass by Alki Zei Winner
1969
- Don't Take Teddy by Babbis Friis-Baastad Winner
1968
- The Little Man by Erich Kästner Winner