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Exploring the WorldThrough Children’s

Books



Jean HatfieldWichita KS Public Library 2013 Batchelder AwardCommittee Chair



http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/

bookmedia/batchelderaward Presented to the most outstanding book for

children originally published in a foreign

language in a foreign country



Mildred L. Batchelder



Purpose of the Award

• Children in the United States should

be exposed to literature from other

culture and countries

• Encourage international exchange of high quality children’s literature

• Increase international understanding

•

Reading the same stories in differentlanguages



Criteria

• Originally published in a foreign country in aforeign language

• Primary audience age birth to 14

• Primary focus on text• True translation

• Not Americanized – reflect foreign culture

• Appeal to child audience

• Design, illustrations enhance text

• No folk literature

• Honor books may be named



2013 Award Winner – Dial Books an Imprint of Penguin

Group USA



2013 Honor Books



OTHER NOTABLE 2012 TITLES –

Juvenile Fiction

Alek: The children of CrowCove – Bodil Bredsdorff

Maximus Musicus byHallfridur Olafsdottir

…



Graphic and Picture Books

Freedom by Frank LeGall

Monster Mess by LewisTrondheim



Garmann’s Secret By Stian

Hole



Young AdultRegine’s Book: A Teen

Girl’s Last Words – RegineStokke

Sapphire Blue – KierstenGier



Off the Beaten Path

Meet at the Ark at Eight –Ulrich Hub

Who Cut the Cheese?: Dr.

Proctor’s Fartpowder – JoNesbo



WHO CHOOSES THE

WINNERS?



The Batchelder Committee

• Member of Association for Library Services to

Children

• Appointed by ALSC president - 5 members

• Meet at annual conference for preliminary meeting

• Final decisions made at Midwinter Conference

• All discussions are confidential

• Submissions sent by publishers

• Announcement during ALA Youth Media Awards

• Considered a major award



2013 Committee



The Reveal



Award presentation at

Annual Conference



And Now For SomeStatistics!!!!!



Original Language

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5

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15

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25

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Gema GreHewIaa

Ja

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NwaRaS

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Swsh

Tksh



0 5 10 15 20 25

prehist

1600s

1700s

1800s

1900s

1930s1940s

1950s

1960s

contemporary

none

unkown

WWIWWII

Division by Time Period



Where does the story take

place? East Africa1%

Austria/Germany1%

Brazil1%

Chile1%

Colombia1%

Denmark8%

Ethiopia1%

France9%

Germany5%

Germany/Eng.1%

reece3%

Holland1%

India1%

Iran/Iraq1%

Israel4%

Italy8%

Japan5%

Lebanon1%

Liberia1%

Libya1%

Lithuania1%

None

17%

Norway3%

Poland6%

Prussia

1%

Russia4%

Sweden5%

Syria1%

Turkey1%

USA3%

Location



By continent

Africa4%

Europe56%

South America4%

Asia6%

Middle East10%

None17%

USA3%



What kind of books are

they?

Fantasy

NonFiction

Historical Fiction

Graphic Novel

Fiction

Picture Book



Common themes

0

5

10

15

20

25

30



Challenges



Number and Quality of

Submissions• 1978 no award given

• 1979 two awards given

• 1993 no award given

• After 1993 committee could name

honor books

• 1997 no honor books named



“Foreign” vs “American”

• More accepting of bodily functions and body

awareness

• Young people may drink and smoke

• Historical context may be different

• “Weird” point of view

• Darker themes and unhappy endings

• Unfamiliar cultural references

• Food

• Literary Allusions

• Heroes and other famous people

• Religious customs



Tricky translation

• Stay true to text?

• Lighten the mood?

• Change cultural references?

• Risk losing American audience?



Batchelder Award? What’s

That?



Introducing it to teachers



Uses in the classroom



Historical Fiction - WWII

Hiroshima No P ika - Toshi Maruki

Soldier Bear - Bibi Dumon Tak

Thanks to My Mother - Schoschana Rabinovici,

Hostage to War: a True Story -Tatjana Wassiljewa

Damned Strong Love: The True Story of Willi G. And

Stephan K. - Lutz Van Dijk

Star of Fear, Star of Hope - Jo Hoestlandt

The Boys from St. Petri - Bjarne Reuter

The Island on Bird Street - Uri OrlevPetros' War - Aliki Zei



Historical Fiction – non

WWII• The Sound of the Dragon's Feet - Aliki Zei

• An Old Tale Carved Out of Stone - A. Linevskii

• A Time of Miracles - Anne-Laure Bondoux

• An Innocent Soldier - Josef Holub

• The Shadows of Ghadames - Joëlle Stolz

• How I Became an American - Karin Gündisch

• A Hand Full of Stars - Rafik Schami

• No Hero for the Kaiser - Rudolph Frank



Concentration Camps and

Treatment of Jews• Thanks to My Mother - Schoschana Rabinovici,

• Hostage to War: a True Story -Tatjana Wassiljewa

• Rose Blanche - Christophe Gallaz & Robert

Innocenti

• Star of Fear, Star of Hope - Jo Hoestlandt

• Anne Frank Beyond the Diary: A Photographic

Remembrance -Ruud van der Rol & Rian Verhoeven

• Friedrich - Hans Peter Richter

•

Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi -David Chojewitz



Stories of Survival and Loss

• Run, Boy, Run - Uri Orlev

• The Man from the Other Side - Uri Orlev

• Crutches - Peter Härtling

• The Island on Bird Street - Uri Orlev

• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, - Nahoko Uehashi

• A Time of Miracles - Anne-Laure Bondoux,

• Departure Time -Truus Matti

• Son of a Gun - Anne de Graa

• Hiroshima No P ika -Toshi Maruki• The Baboon King - Anton Quintana



Fantasy

• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit - Nahoko Uehashi

• Brave Story - Miyuki Miyabe

• The Last Dragon - Silvana De Mari

• The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke



Humorous Stories

Nicholas and the Gang - René Goscinny

A Book of Coupons - Susie Morgenstern

Secret Letters from 0 to 10 - Susie Morgenstern

Buster's World - Bjarne Reuter

Konrad - Christine Nöstlinger

The Cat and Mouse Who Shared a House - Ruth

Hürlimann

The Little Man - Erich Kästner



Other Culturesweden: The Battle Horse - Harry Kullman

Chile: The Killer’s Tears - Anne-Laure Bondoux

Israel: When I Was a Soldier - Valérie Zenatti

Libya: The Shadows of Ghadames - Joëlle Stolz

Palestine: Samir and Yonatan - Daniella Carmi.

Brazil: Asphalt Angels - Ineke Holtwijk.

Japan: The Friends - Kazumi Yumoto

Israel: The Lady with the Hat - Uri Orlev

Turkey: Sister Shako and Kolo the Goat: Memories of My

Childhood in Turkey - Vedat Dalokay

Syria: A Hand Full of Stars - Rafik Schami

Colombia: Pulga – S. R. Van Iterson



http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward



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