2026 Batchelder Committee Seeks Field Suggestions for Award

The 2026 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Committee is asking ALSC membership to submit titles for committee consideration. The Batchelder Award is presented annually to an American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originating in a country other than the United States and in a language other than English, published during the preceding year.  The intent of the Batchelder Award is described as “to recognize U.S. publishers for purchasing non-English texts that originate in another country, and translating the text into English for a U.S. audience.” (p. 82 of Batchelder Award Manual) Specifically, the award encompasses traditionally translated books, considered those that are originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States and subsequently published in English in the United States, as well as non-traditionally translated books. Non-traditionally translated books s includes, but is not limited…
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