The United States Board on Books for Young People has announced their 2026 Outstanding International Books. The list includes 41 titles from 24 countries. Here are the listed titles:

Grades PreK-2

Afloat by Kirli Saunders

Blue Sky Morning by Jihyun Kim

Clara and the Man with Books in His Window by María Teresa Andruetto, illustrated by Marina Trach

Croco by Azul López

Downpour: Splish! Splash! Ker-Splash! by Yuko Ohnari, illustrated by Koshiro Hata

Everybelly by Thao Lam

How to Reach the Moon by Nicolás Schuff, illustrated by Ana Sender

Is It Asleep? by Olivier Tallec

M Is for Mango by Atinuke, illustrated by Angela Brooksbank

My Friend May by Julie Flett

My Home Is in My Backpack by Eugenia Perella, illustrated by Angela Salerno

Paloma Flies Away by María J. Guarda

Pencil by Hye-Eun Kim

Picking Tea with Baba by Bin Xu, illustrated by Yu Yin

The Playdate by Uje Brandelius, illustrated by Clara Dackenberg

The Snow Theater by Ryōji Arai

Take a Walk with the Wind by Liang Xiong

The Three-Year Tumble by Dayeon Auh

Wrestlers of the Grasslands by Hao Liu

Grades 3-5

Electric Birds of Pothakudi by Karthika Naïr, illustrated by Joëlle Jolivet

Giant by Judith McQuoid

Journey of the Humpbacks by Juliana Muñoz Toro, illustrated by Dipacho

My Brother by Laura Djupvik, illustrated by Øyvind Torseter

The Ordinary Life of Jacominus Gainsborough by Rébecca Dautremer

Sound: Discovering the Vibrations We Hear by Olga Fadeeva

The Sunshine Project by Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Julianna Swaney

The Village Beyond the Mist by Sachiko Kashiwaba, illustrated by Miho Satake

Grades 6-8

Adi of Boutanga: A Story from Cameroon by Alain Serge Dzotap, illustrated by Marc Daniau

Astro by Manuel Marsol

Beasts by Ingvild Bejerkeland

Biggest Fake in the Universe by Johan Rundberg

Butterfly Heart by Moa Backe Åstot

Dropping Beats by Nathanael Lessore

Okchundang Candy by Jung-soon Go

Pilgrim Codex by Vivian Mansour, illustrated by Emmanuel Valtierra

Tyger by SF Said, illustrated by Dave McKean

Grades 9-12

The Bees: The Women Who Rocked Lithuania by Akvilė Magicdusté

The Hidden Girl by Louise Bassett

Old as Stone, Hard as Rock: Of Humans and War by Alessandro Sanna

Self Portrait by Ludwig Volbeda

Solo by Gráinne O’Brien

The 2026 Indie Book Awards longlist has been announced by Australian independent booksellers for their favorite books of 2025. The shortlist will be announced in January with the winners awarded in March. The awards cover a wide variety of books for all ages. Here are the longlisted titles for the youth categories:

CHILDREN’S LONGLIST

If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall (available in US)

Dear Broccoli by Jo Dabrowski, illustrated by Cate James

Dropbear by Philip Bunting (available in US)

Harry and Gran Bake a Cake by Fiona McIntosh, illustrated by Sara Acton

Ningaloo by Tim Winton, illustrated by Cindy Lane

Ninja Girl by Anh Do, illustrated by James Hart

Once I Was a Giant by Zeno Sworder

Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping by Craig Silvey, illustrated by Sara Acton

Silverborn by Jessica Townsend (available in US)

There’s a Prawn in the Parliament House: The Kids’ Guide to Australia’s Amazing Democracy by Annabel Crabb, illustrated by First Dog on the Moon

YOUNG ADULT LONGLIST

Catch by Sarah Brill

Cruel Is the Light by Sophie Clark (available in US)

Darkest Night, Brightest Star by Barry Jonsberg (released in US in June 2026)

Drift by Pip Harry

The Foal in the Wire by Robbie Coburn

Eleanor Jones Is Playing with Fire by Amy Doak

Sonny & Tess by Nova Weetman

This Season’s Draft by Jason Gent

Unhallowed Halls by Lili Wilkinson (available in US)

Wandering Wild by Lynette Noni (available in US)

Horn Book has announced the 2025 Fanfare, their picks for the best books of the year by their editors and reviewers. Here are the selected titles:

PICTURE BOOKS

Afloat by Kirli Saunders, illus. by Freya Blackwood

Anything by Rebecca Stead, illus. by Gracey Zhang

Cat Nap by Brian Lies

Fireworks by Matthew Burgess, illus. by Cátia Chien

The House That Floated by Guojing

How to Reach the Moon by Nicolás Schuff, illus. by Ana Sender

Island Storm by Brian Floca, illus. by Sydney Smith

Moon Song by Michaela Goade

The Moving Book by Lisa Brown

Our Lake by Angie Kang

A Place for Us by James E. Ransome

Sato the Rabbit: Morning Light by Yuki Ainoya

When I Hear Spirituals by Cheryl Willis Hudson, illus. by London Ladd

Your Farm, Your Forest, Your Island by Jon Klassen (three titles)

FICTION

All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson

Beasts by Ingvild Bjerkeland

Everyday Bean by Stephanie Graegin

Everything Is Poison by Joy McCullough

The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge, illus. by Emily Gravett

How to Say Goodbye in Cuban by Daniel Miyares

I Am the Swarm by Hayley Chewins

If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry

Night Light by Michael Emberley

Oasis by Guojing

Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Rose Field by Philip Pullman

Run Away with Me by Brian Selznick

Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley

Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi

Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout

The Strongest Heart by Saadia Faruqi

Titan of the Stars by E. K. Johnston

Truth Is by Hannah V. Sawyerr

The Winter of the Dollhouse by Laura Amy Schlitz

Your Turn Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly

POETRY

Dear Acorn (Love, Oak): Letter Poems to Friends by Joyce Sidman, illus. by Melissa Sweet

How Elegant the Elephant: Poems about Animals and Insects by Mary Ann Hoberman, illus. by Marla Frazee

NONFICTION

Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

The Endless Sea by Chi Thai, illus. by Linh Dao

The History of We by Nikkolas Smith

How Sweet the Sound by Kwame Alexander, illus. by Charly Palmer

Hurricane by Jason Chin

I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This by Eugene Yelchin

Imogen: The Life and Work of Imogen Cunningham by Elizabeth Partridge, illus. by Yuko Shimizu

Outside In and Inside Out: A Story about Arnold Lobel by Emmy Kastner

This Is Orange: A Field Trip through Color by Rachel Poliquin, illus. by Julie Morstad

We Carry the Sun by Tae Keller, illus. by Rachel Wada

White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History by Ann Bausum

A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day, illus. by Yas ­Imamura