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Presented by the Association for Library Service to Children, the Mildred L. Batchelder Award honors outstanding books for children written in foreign languages and translated into English. This list includes books that received the award from 1995 to the present.
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2008> - Miyuki Miyabe. Brave Story
2007 - Jean-Claude Mourlevat. The Pull of the Ocean
2006 - Josef Holub. An Innocent Soldier
2005 - Joelle Stolz. The Shadows of Ghadames
2004 - Uri Orlev. Run, Boy, Run
2003 - Cornelia Funke. The Thief Lord
2002 - Karin Gundisch. How I Became an American
2001 - Daniella Carmi. Samir and Yonatan
2000 - Anton Quintana. The Baboon King
1999 - Schoschana Rabinovici. Thanks to My Mother
1998 - Kazumi Yumoto. The Friends
1997 - Uri Orlev. The Lady with the Hat
1996 - Bjarne Reuter. The Boys from St. Petri
1995 - Pilar Molina Llorente. The Apprentice