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Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2018

The 2018 Mildred L. Batchelder Award went to The Murderer’s Ape by Jakob Wegelius, translated by Peter Graves. 3 books were Honor Books.

Winner

The Murderer’s Ape by Jakob Wegelius, translated by Peter Gravessource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education by Raphaële Frier and Aurélia Fronty, translated by Julie Cormiersource (opens in a new tab)
When a Wolf Is Hungry by Christine Naumann-Villemin and Kris Di Giacomo, translated by Eerdmans Books for Young Readerssource (opens in a new tab)
You Can’t Be Too Careful! by Roger Mello, translated by Daniel Hahnsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Mildred L. Batchelder Award

Award (Winner) and Honor Books from ALSC's list of Batchelder winners, 1968-present; this file covers 2006-2025. Year is the award year ALSC uses (announced each January for books published in the US the prior year). ALSC gives the award to the US publisher; the publisher is left out here. Author field names the writer, then the illustrator when different; translator is the English translator as credited (for My Beijing, translated via French, the French-to-English translator). Where ALSC credits a publisher as translator, that name is kept.

Organization: Association for Library Service to Children (American Library Association). Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)