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 | Estrela, Joana | Pardalita | 741.5 E82pa | 2023 | |
| Winner | Yoshida, Seiji | Houses with a Story | 720.22 Y65ho | ||
| Honor | Cao, Wenxuan | Dragonfly Eyes | Fic C2355dr | 2022 | |
| Mello, Roger | João by a Thread | E M527jo | |||
| Ainoya, Yuki | Sato the Rabbit | E A295sa | |||
| Birkjaer, Betina | Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost | E B619co | |||
| Garcia Esperon, Maria | The Sea-Ringed World | 299.7113 G216se / ebook | |||
| Mohammadi, Hadi | In the Meadow of Fantasies | E M697in / ebook | |||
| Tjonn, Brynjulf Jung | The Most Beautiful Story | E T625mo | |||
| Winner | Levi, Lia | Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II | 940.5318 L664ju | ||
| Kashiwaba, Sachiko | Temple Alley Summer | Fic K193te / ebook | |||
| Honor | Billet, Julia | Catherine's War | 741.5944 B597ca | 2021 | |
| Winner | Rodari, Gianni | Telephone Tales | 741.5945 R685te | ||
| Honor | Lee, Uk-bae | When Spring Comes to the DMZ | E Y5125wh | 2020 | |
| Peretti, Paola | The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree | Fic P43745di | |||
| Raschke, Jens | Do Fish Sleep | Fic R223do | |||
| Uehashi, Nahoko | The Beast Player | Fic U223be | |||
| Winner | Dickson, Kari | Brown | Fic O966br | ||
| Honor | Gandolfi, Silvana | Run for Your Life | Fic G196ru | 2019 | |
| Jun, Nie | My Beijing | 741.595147 J95my | |||
| Kuhlmann, Torben | Edison: the Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure | Fic K9625ed | |||
| Scotto, Thomas | Jerome By Heart | E S4314je | |||
| Winner | Daciute, Evelina | The Fox on the Swing | E D1177fo | ||
| Honor | Frier, Raphaele | Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education | 92 Y82fr | 2018 | |
| Mello, Roger | You Can’t Be Too Careful | E M527yo | |||
| Naumann-Villemin, Christine | When a Wolf Is Hungry | E N311wh | |||
| Winner | Wegelius, Jakob | The Murderer’s Ape | Fic W411mu | ||
| Honor | Gomi, Taro | Over the Ocean | E G633ov | 2017 | |
| Sanabria, José | As Time Went | E S1978as | |||
| Svingen, Arne | The Ballad of a Broken Nose | Fic S969ba | |||
| Winner | Ringtved, Glenn | Cry, Heart, But Never Break | E R5825cr | ||
| Honor | Apelfeld, Aharon | Adam and Thomas | Fic A641ad | 2016 | |
| Fang, Suzhen | Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village | E F2116gr | |||
| Liniers | Written and Drawn by Henrietta | 741.5982 L756wr | |||
| Honor | Alemagna, Beatrice | The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy | E A367wo | 2015 | |
| Dauvillier, Loic | Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust | 741.5944 D244hi | |||
| Lindelauf, Benny | Nine Open Arms | Fic L743ni | |||
| Winner | Dumon Tak, Bibi | Mikis and the Donkey | Fic D892mi | ||
| Honor | Lunde, Stein Erik | My Father’s Arms Are a Boat | E L962my | 2014 | |
| Moundlic, Charlotte | The Bathing Costume or the Worst Vacation of My Life | E M928ba | |||
| Sax, Aline | The War Within These Walls | Fic S272wa | |||
| Winner | Matti, Truus | Mister Orange | Fic T874mi | ||
| Honor | Abirached, Zeina | A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return | 741.595692 A149ga | 2013 | |
| De Graaf, Anne | Son of a Gun | Fic D3195so | |||
| Winner | Voorhoeve, Anne C | My Family for the War | Fic V9515my | ||
| Honor | Thor, Annika | The Lily Pond | Fic T487Li | 2012 | |
| Winner | Dumon Tak, Bibi | Soldier Bear | Fic D892so | ||
| Honor | Matti, Truus | Departure Time | Fic T874de | 2011 | |
| Teller, Janne | Nothing | Fic T274no | |||
| Winner | Bondoux, Anne-Laure | A Time of Miracles | Fic B7118ti | ||
| Honor | Bredsdorff, Bodil | Eidi | Fic B8315ei | 2010 | |
| Brun-Cosme, Nadine | Big Wolf and Little Wolf | E B8945bg | |||
| Uehashi, Nahoko | Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness | Fic U223mor | |||
| Winner | Thor, Annika | A Faraway Island | Fic T487fa | ||
| Honor | Hole, Stian | Garmann’s Summer | E H729ga | 2009 | |
| Michaelis, Antonia | Tiger Moon | Fic M621ti | |||
| Winner | Uehashi, Nahoko | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit | Fic U223mo | ||
| Honor | Goscinny, Rene | Nicholas and the Gang | Fic G676nig | 2008 | |
| Richter, Jutta | The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity | Fic R5355ca | |||
| Winner | Miyabe, Miyuki | Brave Story | Fic M6853br | ||
| Honor | Bondoux, Anne-Laure | The Killer's Tears | Fic B7118ki | 2007 | |
| De Mari, Silvana | The Last Dragon | Fic D27782La | |||
| Winner | Mourlevat, Jean-Claude | The Pull of the Ocean | Fic M9314pu | ||
| Honor | Goscinny, Rene | Nicholas | Fic G676ni | 2006 | |
| Zenatti, Valérie | When I Was a Soldier | 956.94054 Z54wh | |||
| Winner | Holub, Josef | An Innocent Soldier | Fic H7583in |