Lists and Suggestions for Kids
List: Batchelder Award for Translated Books, Winners & Honors from 2001-Present
Temple Alley Summer
Kashiwaba, Sachiko, 1953- author.
"One rainy night, Kazu sees a strange figure in a white kimono sneak out of his house--was he d... More
Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost
Birkjaer, Betina, author.
Stump always has a fantastic time with his grandparents, filled with flowers, puzzles, crosswords, a... More
In the Meadow of Fantasies
Muḥammadī, Muḥammad Hādī, 1961 or 1962- author.
A young, bedridden girl spends her day watching a mobile of spinning horses and uses her imagination... More
Sato the Rabbit
Ainoya, Yuki, author, illustrator.
After becoming a rabbit, Haneru Sato gathers stars at an observatory, sails the sea in a watermelon,... More
The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas
García Esperón, María, author.
Presents a collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents, the Sea-Ringed... More
Telephone Tales
Rodari, Gianni, author.
A collection of nearly seventy short and surreal stories told by Signor Bianchi, a traveling salesma... More
Catherine's War
Billet, Julia, author.
As France buckles under the Nazi regime, budding photographer Rachel Cohen must change her name, go ... More
The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy
Alemagna, Béatrice.
Eddie is five and a half and thinks she is the only one in her family without a special talent. So ... More
Big Wolf & Little Wolf
Brun-Cosme, Nadine.
Big Wolf has always lived alone at the top of a hill under a tree, so when a little wolf suddenly a... More
The Fox on the Swing
Daciute, Evelina.
Learn about family, happiness, and friendship in this hope-filled children's book. Our story s... More
Grandma Lives in a Perfume Village
Fang, Suzhen.
"Xiao Le's grandmother lives in a faraway village. A visit with Grandma is always a speci... More
Over the Ocean
Gomi, Taro.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. A young girl gazes out over the horizon, and wonders what l... More
Henrietta and the Golden Eggs
Johansen, Hanna.
The persistence of Henrietta, one of 3,333 chickens on a chicken farm, leads to a better life for t... More
My Father's Arms are a Boat
Lunde, Stein Erik.
Unable to sleep, a young boy climbs into his father's arms and asks about birds, foxes, and wh... More
The Bathing Costume, or, The Worst Vacation of my Life
Moundlic, Charlotte.
On his first vacation without his parents, eight-year-old Myron faces a scary grandfather, teasing ... More
When a Wolf is Hungry
Naumann-Villemin, Christine.
When Edmond Bigsnout, a lone wolf, sets out to satisfy his craving for a city rabbit, his efforts a... More
As Time Went By
Sanabria, José.
"Once upon a time there was a ship that sailed beside the sun with very important people on bo... More
Adam and Thomas
Apelfeld, Aharon.
Adam and Thomas, two nine-year-old Jewish boys who survive World War II, take refuge in the forest ... More
The Last Dragon
De Mari, Silvana.
Struggling to survive in a post apocalyptic world after his village is destroyed, Yorsh, the earth&... More
Daniel, Half-Human and the Good Nazi
Chotjewitz, David.
In 1933, best friends Daniel and Armin admire Hitler, but as anti-Semitism buoys Hitler to power, D... More
Mikis and the Donkey
Dumon Tak, Bibi.
"Mikis is thrilled when his grandfather buys a new donkey, but soon begins to worry that he is... More
The Thief Lord
Funke, Cornelia.
Also available in Overdrive. Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the youn... More
Nicholas and the Gang
Goscinny.
Nicholas is invited to a birthday party by the girl next door, plays a very messy game of chess, an... More
Departure Time
Matti, Truus.
A tale of a girl in two stories, one involving a fox and rat, the other involving her constantly-tr... More
Brave Story
Miyabe, Miyuki.
With a determined plan to reunite his mother and father, the 10-year-old boy named Wataru knowingly... More
A Book of Coupons
Morgenstern, Susie Hoch.
Elderly Monsieur Noel, the very unconventional new eighth-grade teacher, gives coupon books for suc... More
The Pull of the Ocean
Mourlevat, Jean-Claude.
Loosely based on Charles Perrault's "Tom Thumb," seven brothers in modern-day France... More
Run, Boy, Run
Orlev, Uri.
Based on the true story of a nine-year-old boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto and must survive throu... More
Brown
Øvreås, Håkon.
2020 Winner. With help from his recently-deceased grandfather, new friends and their superhero alte... More
The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree
Peretti, Paola.
When nine-year-old Mafalda learns she will go blind in six months from Stargardt Disease, she needs... More
Do Fish Sleep?
Raschke, Jens.
Ten-year-old Jette wrestles with the death of her younger brother, Emil, at age six, recalling spec... More
A Faraway Island
Thor, Annika.
Also available in Overdrive. In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to flee the ... More
The Lily Pond
Thor, Annika.
Also available in Overdrive. Having left Nazi-occupied Vienna a year ago, thirteen-year-old Jewish ... More
The Murderer's Ape
Wegelius, Jakob.
When her best friend, the sailor Henry Koskela, is falsely accused of murder, a gorilla named Sally... More
Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure
Kuhlmann, Torben.
"When two unlikely friends build a vessel capable of taking them to the bottom of the ocean fi... More
You Can't Be Too Careful
Mello, Roger.
"Introduces a colorful cast of characters whose fates are connected in different ways, explori... More
Cry, Heart, But Never Break
Ringtved, Glenn.
Also available in Hoopla. Aware their grandmother is gravely ill, four siblings learn to realize th... More
When Spring Comes to the DMZ
Yi, Ok-Pae.
Grandfather returns each year to the demilitarized zone, the barrier--and accidental nature preserv... More
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust
Dauvillier, Loïc.
"A grandmother shares the story of her experiences in WWII with her grandchild in this graphic... More
My Bejing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder
Jun, Nie.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. "Four short stories set in a hutong, or residential al... More
Written and Drawn by Henrietta
Liniers.
"When Henrietta's mother gives her a box of colored pencils, she sets out to draw a terri... More
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins
Schyffert, Bea Uusma.
A biography of the astronaut, Michael Collins, who circled the moon in the Apollo 12 space capsule ... More
Malala: Activist for Girls' Education
Frier, Raphaële.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Malala Yousafzai stood up to the Taliban and fought for the... More