The Batchelder Award is presented annually to outstanding children’s books originally published in a country other than the United States and in a language other than English. The award is given to encourage US publishers to translate and publish children’s books from around the world. See a complete list of all past Batchelder Award winners.
| Subject | Author | Title | Call number | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honor | Cao, Wenxuan | Dragonfly Eyes | 2022 | ||
| Mello, Roger | João by a Thread | ||||
| Ainoya, Yuki | Sato the Rabbit | ||||
| Birkjaer, Betina | Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost | ||||
| Garcia Esperon, Maria | The Sea-Ringed World | ||||
| Mohammadi, Hadi | In the Meadow of Fantasies | ||||
| Tjonn, Brynjulf Jung | The Most Beautiful Story | ||||
| Winner | Levi, Lia | Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II | |||
| Kashiwaba, Sachiko | Temple Alley Summer | ||||
| Honor | Billet, Julia | Catherine's War | 2021 | ||
| Winner | Rodari, Gianni | Telephone Tales | |||
| Honor | Lee, Uk-bae | When Spring Comes to the DMZ | 2020 | ||
| Peretti, Paola | The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree | ||||
| Raschke, Jens | Do Fish Sleep | ||||
| Uehashi, Nahoko | The Beast Player | ||||
| Winner | Dickson, Kari | Brown | |||
| Honor | Gandolfi, Silvana | Run for Your Life | 2019 | ||
| Jun, Nie | My Beijing | ||||
| Kuhlmann, Torben | Edison: the Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure | ||||
| Scotto, Thomas | Jerome By Heart | ||||
| Winner | Daciute, Evelina | The Fox on the Swing | |||
| Honor | Frier, Raphaele | Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education | 2018 | ||
| Mello, Roger | You Can’t Be Too Careful | ||||
| Naumann-Villemin, Christine | When a Wolf Is Hungry | ||||
| Winner | Wegelius, Jakob | The Murderer’s Ape | |||
| Honor | Gomi, Taro | Over the Ocean | 2017 | ||
| Sanabria, José | As Time Went | ||||
| Svingen, Arne | The Ballad of a Broken Nose | ||||
| Winner | Ringtved, Glenn | Cry, Heart, But Never Break | |||
| Honor | Apelfeld, Aharon | Adam and Thomas | 2016 | ||
| Fang, Suzhen | Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village | ||||
| Liniers | Written and Drawn by Henrietta | ||||
| Winner | Alemagna, Beatrice | The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy | |||
| Honor | Dauvillier, Loic | Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust | 2015 | ||
| Lindelauf, Benny | Nine Open Arms | ||||
| Winner | Dumon Tak, Bibi | Mikis and the Donkey | |||
| Honor | Lunde, Stein Erik | My Father’s Arms Are a Boat | 2014 | ||
| Moundlic, Charlotte | The Bathing Costume or the Worst Vacation of My Life | ||||
| Sax, Aline | The War Within These Walls | ||||
| Winner | Matti, Truus | Mister Orange | |||
| Honor | Abirached, Zeina | A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return | 2013 | ||
| De Graaf, Anne | Son of a Gun | ||||
| Winner | Voorhoeve, Anne C | My Family for the War | |||
| Honor | Thor, Annika | The Lily Pond | 2012 | ||
| Winner | Dumon Tak, Bibi | Soldier Bear | |||
| Honor | Matti, Truus | Departure Time | 2011 | ||
| Teller, Janne | Nothing | ||||
| Winner | Bondoux, Anne-Laure | A Time of Miracles | |||
| Honor | Bredsdorff, Bodil | Eidi | 2010 | ||
| Brun-Cosme, Nadine | Big Wolf and Little Wolf | ||||
| Uehashi, Nahoko | Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness | ||||
| Winner | Thor, Annika | A Faraway Island | |||
| Honor | Hole, Stian | Garmann’s Summer | 2009 | ||
| Michaelis, Antonia | Tiger Moon | ||||
| Winner | Uehashi, Nahoko | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit | |||
| Honor | Goscinny, Rene | Nicholas and the Gang | 2008 | ||
| Richter, Jutta | The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity | ||||
| Winner | Miyabe, Miyuki | Brave Story | |||
| Honor | Bondoux, Anne-Laure | The Killer's Tears | 2007 | ||
| De Mari, Silvana | The Last Dragon | ||||
| Winner | Mourlevat, Jean-Claude | The Pull of the Ocean | |||
| Honor | Goscinny, Rene | Nicholas | 2006 | ||
| Zenatti, Valérie | When I Was a Soldier | ||||
| Winner | Holub, Josef | An Innocent Soldier |