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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.) All items prefixed with an asterisk (*) are held by James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University--Commerce

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AWARD BOOKS

1960's

1968: Medal Winner   *The Little Man by Kastner, Erich. (Translated from German by James Kirkup) Alfred A. Knopf, Inc [Juv K155I]

1969: Medal Winner   *Don't Take Teddy Friis-Baastad, Babbis (Translated from Norwegian by Lise Somme McKinnon) (Charles Scribner's Sons 1967) [Juv B112d]

1970's

1970: Medal Winner  *Wildcat Under Glass by Zei, Aliki (Translated from Greek by Edward Fenton) (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston 1968) [Juv Ze 34ev]

1971: Medal Winner   In the Land of Ur, the Discovery of Ancient Mesopotamia by Baumann, Hans (Translated from German by Stella Humphries) (Pantheon Books 1969)

1972: Medal Winner   *Peter Friedrich by Richter, Hans (Translated from German by Edite Kroll) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc 1970) [Juv 833.9 K418f]

1973: Medal Winner   *Van Pulga by Iterson, S.R (Translated from Dutch by Alexander and Alison Gode) (William Morrow and Co 1971) [Juv It2p]

1974: Medal Winner   *Petros' War by Zei, Aliki (Translated from Greek by Edward Fenton) (E.P. Dutton 1972) [Juv Ze34p]

1975: Medal Winner   *An Old Tale Carved Out of Stone by Linevskii, A. (Zachary Ball, pseud.) (Translated from Russian by Maria Polushkin) (Crown 1973) [Yth 891.7 L647o]

1976: Medal Winner   *The Cat and The Mouse Who Shared a House by Hurlimann, Ruth (Translated from German by Anthea Bell) (Henry Z. Walck 1973) [Juv 398.2 H871c]

1977: Medal Winner   The Leopard by Bodker, Cecil (Translated from Danish by Gunnar Poulsen) (Atheneum 1975)

1978: Medal Winner   (No Award Given)

1979: Medal Winner: Two Given   Rabbit Island by Steiner, Jorg (Translated from German by Ann Conrad Lammers) (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc 1978)
Konrad by Nostlinger, Christine(Translated from German by Anthea Bell) (Franklin Watts Inc 1977)


1980's

1980 Medal Winner     The Sound of the Dragon's Feet by Zei, Aliki (Translated from Greek by Edward Fenton) (E.P. Dutton 1979)

1981 Medal Winner     *The Winter When Time Was Frozen by Pelgrom, Els (Translated from Dutch by Maryka and Raphael Rudnik) (William Morrow and Co. 1980)
1982 Medal Winner     *The Battle Horse by Kullman, Harry (Translated from Swedish by George Blecher and Lone Thygesen Blecher) (Bradbury Press 1981) [Yth K958b]

1983 Medal Winner     *Hiroshima No Pika by Maruki, Toshi (Translated from Japanese through Kurita- Bando Literary Agency) (Lothrop, Lee and Shepard 1982) [Juv 940.54 M368h]

1984 Medal Winner     *Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Lindgren, Astrid (Translated from Swedish by Patricia Crampton) (Viking Press 1983) [Juv L6431r]

1985 Medal Winner     *The Island on Bird Street by Orlev, Uri (Translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin) (Houghton Mifflin 1984) [Yth Or46I]

1986 Medal Winner    *Rose Blanche by Gallaz, Christophe and Robert Innocenti (Translated from Italian by Martha Coventry and richard Craglia) (Creative Education 1985) [Juv Jn62r]

1987 Medal Winner    * No Hero for the Kaiser by Frank, Rudolph (Translated from German by Patricia Crampton) (Lothrop, Lee and Shepard 1986) [Yth F851n]

1988 Medal Winner     *If You Didn't Have Me by Nilsson, Ulf (Translated from Swedish by Lone Thygesen Blecher and George Blecher) (McElderry Books 1987) [Juv N599I]

1989 Medal Winner     *Crutches by Hartling, Peter (Translated from German by Elizabeth D. Crawford) (Lothrop, Lee and Shepard 1988) [Juv H112c]


1990's

1990 Medal Winner   Buster's World by Reuter, Bjarne (Translated from Dutch by Anthea Bell) (E.P. Dutton 1989)

1991 Medal Winner  * A Hand Full of Stars by Schami, Rafik (Translated from German by Rika Lesser) (E.P. Dutton 1990) [Yth Sch16h]

1992 Medal Winner   *The Man from the Other Side by Orlev, Uri (Translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin) (Houghton Mifflin 1991) [Yth Or 46m]

1993 Medal Winner   No Award Given

1994 Medal Winner  *The Apprentice by Llorente, Pilar Molina (Translated from Spanish by Robin Longshaw) (Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1993) [Juv M733a]
1994 Honor Winner  *The Princess in the Kitchen Garden by Annemie and Margriet Heymans (Translated from Dutch by Johanna H. Prins and Johanna W. Prins) (Farrar 1993) [Juv H5165p]

1995 Medal Winner  *The Boys from St. Petri by Reuter, Bjarne (Translated from Danish by Anthea Bell) (Dutton 1994) [Yth R318b]
1995 Honor Winner  Sister Shako and Kolo the Goat: Memories of My Childhood in Turkey by Dalokay, Vedat (Translated from Turkish by Guner Ener) (Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard 1994) [Juv 894.358 D169s]

1996 Medal Winner  *The Lady with the Hat by Orlev, Uri (Translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin) (Houghton Mifflin 1995) [Yth Or461]
1996 Honor Winners  *Damned Strong Love: The True Story of Willi G. And Stephan K. by Dijk, Lutz Van (Translated from German by Elizabeth D. Crawford) (Holt 1995) [Juv D569v]
*Star of Fear, Star of Hope by Hoestlandt, Jo (Translated from French by Mark Polizzotti) (Walker 1995) [Juv H6713g]

1997 Medal Winner  *The Friends by Yumoto, Kazumi (Translated from Japanese by Cathy Hirano) (Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1996) [Juv Yu91m]
1997 Honor Book Winner   None Given

1998 Medal Winner   *The Robber and Me by Holub, Josef (Edited by Mark Aronson and translated from German by Elizabeth D. Crawford) (Holt 1996) [Juv H747b]
1998 Honor Winners  *Hostage to War: a True Storyby Wassiljewa, Tatjana (Translated from German by Anna Trenter) (Scholastic Press) [Yth Bio V443]
*Nero Corleone: a Cat's Story by Heidenrich, Elke (Translated from German by Doris Orgel) (Viking) [Juv H362n]

1999 Medal Winner  * Thanks to My Mother by Rabinovici, Schoschana (Translated from the German by James Skofield) (Dial 1998) [Yth Bio R113]
1999 Honor Winner  *Secret Letters from 0 to 10 by Morgenstern, Susie (Translated from the French by Gill Rosner) (Viking 1998) [M8235s]


2000's

2000 Medal Winner   *The Baboon King by Quintana, Anton (Translated from the Dutch by John Nieuwenhuizen) (Walker and Company 1999) [Juv Qu454b]
2000 Honor Winners   Vendela in Venice by Bjork, Christina (Translated from the Swedish by Patricia Crampton; Illustrated by Inga-Karin Eriksson) (R&S Books)
*Collector of Moments by Buchholz, Quint (Translated from the German by Peter F. Neumeyer (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1999) [Juv B852c]
*Asphalt Angelsby Holtwijk, Ineke (Translated from the Dutch by Wanda Boeke) [Yth H744e]

2001 Medal Winner   *Samir and Yonatan Carmi, Daniella (Translated from the Hebrew by Yael Lotan) (Arthur E. Levine/Scholastic Press 2000) [[Juv. C212s 2000]
2001 Honor Book  *Ultimate Game by Lehmann, Christian (Translated from the French by William Rodarmor) (David R. Godine 2000) [Yth. L528u]

2002 Medal Winner  How I Became An American by Gündisch, Karin (Translated from the German by James Skofield) [Juv. G9556ho]
2002 Honor Book   *A Book of Coupons by Morgenstern, Susie (Translated from the French by Gill Rosner) [Juv. M8235bo]

2003 Medal Winner  *The Thief Lord by Funke, Cornelia (Translated by Oliver Latsch) [Juv. F9643TH]
2003 Honor Book   *Henrietta and the Golden Eggs by Johansen, Hanna (Translated by John Barrett) [J559HE]

2004 Medal Winner   *Run, Boy, Run by Orlev, Uri (Translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin) [Juv. OR46RU]
2004 Honor Book   *The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins by Schyffert, Bea Uusma (Translated from the from Swedish by Emi Guner) [BIO. C6944S]

2005 Medal Winner  *The Shadows of Ghadames by Stolz, Joëlle (Translated from the French by Catherine Temerson) [Juv. ST688SH]
2005 Honor Book   *The Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove by Bredsdorff, Bodil (Translated from the Danish by Faith Ingwersen) [Juv. B7447CR]

This page compiled by Marsha Keenan  Last update February 2006

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