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Results of the CCBC Batchelder Award Discussion

From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:00:59 -0600

The CCBC held a mock Batchelder Discussion on Wednesday afternoon, December 15. The results of the disussion and voting were:

Winner:

The Shadows of Ghadames by Joelle Stolz. Translated from the French by Catherine Temerson. 128 pages. U.S. edition: Delacorte Press

Honor Book:

Daniel, Half Human and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz. Translated from the German by Doris Orgel. 298 pages. U.S. edition: Atheneum

  The Mildred L. Batchelder Award goes to the publisher of the oustanding translated book of the year. The actual Batchelder Award Committee results will be announced on Monday, January 17, 2005, at the American Library Association Midwinter meeting in Boston.

Complete CCBC Batchelder Award Discussion Reading List

Aldabra, or the Tortoise Who Loved Shakespeare by Silvana Gandolfi. Translated from the Italian by Lynne Sharon Schwartz. 151 pages
(U.S. edition: Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press, 2004)

The Crow-Girl by Bodil Bredsdorff. Translated from the Danish by Faith Ingwersen. 160 pages
(U.S. edition: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004)

Daniel, Half Human and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz. Translated from the German by Doris Orgel. 298 pages (U.S. edition: Atheneum)

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. 523 pages
(U.S. edition: The Chicken House / Scholastic, 2004)

Freddy in Peril: Book Two in the Golden Hamster Saga by Dietlof Reiche. Translated from the German by John Brownjohn. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. 208 pages (U.S. edition: Scholastic)

My Guardian Angel by Sylvia Weil. Translated from the French by Gillian Rossner. 202 pages
(U.S. edition: Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press)

The Shadows of Ghadames by Joelle Stolz. Translated from the French by Catherine Temerson. 128 pages
(U.S. edition: Delacorte Press)

Sixth Grade by Susie Morgenstern. Translated from the French by Gill Rosner. 144 pages
(U.S. edition: Viking)



Megan


Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706

ph: 608&2?03 fax: 608&2I33 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Thu 16 Dec 2004 09:00:59 AM CST