Batchelder Award is given to the most outstanding children’s books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country and then translated into English and published in the United States. This year’s winner is The Shadows of Ghadames by Joelle Stolz. The two Honor Books are Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz and The Crow-Girl by Bodil Bredsdorff.
I have raved about Crow-Girl before on this blog. It is a remarkable book with a strong setting and even stronger young heroine. I am thrilled that it received this kind of recognition.