The Batchelder Award is awarded to a United States publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originating in a country other than the United States and in a language other than English and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States during the preceding year.

HONOR BOOK

Catherine’s War by Julia Billet, illustrated by Claire Fauvel

WINNER

Telephone Tales by Gianni Rodari, illustrated by Valerio Vidali