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Mildred L. Batchelder Award

This award honors Mildred L. Batchelder, a former executive director of the Association for Library Service to Children, American Library Association. She was a believer in the importance of good books for children in translation from all parts of the world. Established in 1966, ALSC gives the award to encourage American publishers to seek out superior children's books abroad and to promote communication among the peoples of the world.

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2012 - Soldier Bear by Bibi Dumon Tak.

2011 - A Time of Miracles written by Anne-Laure Bondoux, translated by Y. Maudet.

2010 - A Faraway Island by Annika Thor, translated from the Swedish by Linda Schenck.

2009 - Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi, translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano.

2008 - Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe, translated from the Japanese by Alexander O. Smith.

2007 - The Pull of the Ocean by Jean-Claude Mourlevat, translated from the French by Y. Maudet.

2006 - An Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.

2005 - The Shadows of Ghadames by Joëlle Stolz, translated from the French by Catherine Temerson.

2004 - Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev, translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin.

2003 - The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke, translated from the German by Oliver Latsch.

2002 - How I Became an American by Karin Gündisch translated from German by James Skofield.

2001 - Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi, translated from the Hebrew by Yael Lotan.

2000 - The Baboon King by Anton Quintana, translated from the Dutch by John Nieuwenhuizen.

1999 - Thanks to My Mother by Schoschana Rabinovici, translated from the German by James Skofield.

1998 - The Robber and Me by Josef Holub, edited by Mark Aronson, and translated from the German by Elizabeth D. Crawford.

1997 - The Friends by Kazumi Yumoto, translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano.

1996 - The Lady with the Hat by Uri Orlev, translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin.

1995 - The Boys from St. Petri by Bjarne Reuter translated from Danish by Anthea Bell.

1994 - The Apprentice by Pilar Molina Llorente, translated from the Spanish by Robin Longshaw.

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1992 - The Man from the Other Side by Uri Orlev, translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin.

1991 - A Hand Full of Stars by Rafik Schami, translated from the German by Rika Lesser.

1990 - Buster's World by Bjarne Reuter, translated from the Danish by Anthea Bell.

1989 - Crutches by Peter Härtling, translated from the German by Elizabeth D. Crawford.

1988 - If You Didn't Have Me by Ulf Nilsson, translated from the Swedish by Lone Thygesen Clecher and George Blecher.

1987 - No Hero for the Kaiser by Rudolph Frank, translated from the German by Patricia Crampton.

1986 - Rose Blanche by Christophe Gallaz and Robert Innocenti, translated from the Italian by Martha Coventry and Richard Craglia.

1985 - The Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev, translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin.

1984 - Ronia the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren, translated from the Swedish by Patricia Crampton.

1983 - Hiroshima No Pika by Toshi Maruki, translated from the Japanese through Kurita-Bando Literary Agency.

1982 - The Battle Horse by Harry Kullman, translated from the Swedish by George Blecher and Lone Thygesen Blecher.

1981 - The Winter When Time Was Frozen by Els Pelgrom, translated from the Dutch by Maryka and Raphael Rudnik.

1980 - The Sound of the Dragon's Feet by Aliki Zei, translated from the Greek by Edward Fenton.

1979 - Rabbit Island by Jörg Steiner, translated from the German by Ann Conrad Lammers.

1979 - Konrad by Christine Nöstlinger, translated from the German by Anthea Bell.

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1977 - The Leopard by Cecil Bødker, translated from the Danish by Gunnar Poulsen.

1976 - The Cat and Mouse Who Shared a House by Ruth Hürlimann, translated from the German by Anthea Bell.

1975 - An Old Tale Carved Out of Stone by A. Linevskii, translated from the Russian by Maria Polushkin.

1974 - Petros' War by Aliki Zei, translated from the Greek by Edward Fenton.

1973 - Pulga by S. R. Van Iterson, translated from the Dutch by Alexander and Alison Gode.

1972 - Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter, translated from the German by Edite Kroll.

1971 - In the Land of Ur: the Discovery of Ancient Mesopotamia by Hans Baumann, translated from the German by Stella Humphries.

1970 - Wildcat Under Glass by Aliki Zei, translated from the Greek by Edward Fenton.

1969 - Don't Take Teddy by Babbis Friis-Baastad, translated from the Norwegian by Lise Sømme McKinnon.

1968 - The Little Man by Erich Kästner, translated from the German by James Kirkup.