USBBY Outstanding International Book

Given by United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)

760 Works 332,199 Books 15,259 Reviews 4.2
Beginning in 2006 the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) has selected an honor list of international books for young people. The USBBY Outstanding International Books List is show more published each year in the February issue of School Library Journal and as a bookmark.

The Outstanding International Books (OIB) committee is charged with selecting international books that are deemed most outstanding of those published during the calendar year. For the purposes of this honor list, the term "international book" is used to describe a book published or distributed in the United States that originated or was first published in a country other than the U.S.

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Categories:
All, Grades 3-5 (219), Grades 6-8 (191), Grades 9-12 (130), Grades K-2 (82), Grades PreK-2 (138)
Years:
All, 2024 (41), 2023 (40), 2022 (42), 2021 (41), 2020 (42), 2019 (39), 2018 (36), 2017 (41), 2016 (42), 2015 (42), 2014 (37), 2013 (37), 2012 (36), 2011 (40), 2010 (41), 2009 (42), 2008 (40), 2007 (39), 2006 (42)
Announced:
January 19: 2024 Recent
WorkCategoryYear
The Invisible Elephant by Anna Anisimova
Russia
Grades 3-52024
Three Tasks for a Dragon by Eoin Colfer
Ireland
Grades 3-52024
On the Edge of the World (Stories from Latin America) by Anna Desnitskaya
Russia
Grades 3-52024
The Moon Is a Ball: Stories of Panda & Squirrel by Ed Franck
Belgium
Grades 3-52024
The Walking School Bus by Aaron Friedland
South Africa / Canada
Grades 3-52024
The Art and Life of Hilma af Klint by Ylva Hillström
Sweden
Grades 3-52024
The Moon Tonight: Our Moon's Journey Around Earth by Chang-Hoon Jung
South Korea
Grades 3-52024
The House of the Lost on the Cape by Sachiko Kashiwaba
Japan
Grades 3-52024
The Pebble: An Allegory of the Holocaust by Marius Marcinkevicius
Lithuania
Grades 3-52024
Who Will Make the Snow? by Taras Prokhasʹko
Ukraine
Grades 3-52024
Saving H'non – Chang and the Elephant (Return to the Wild, 2) by Nguyen Thi Thu Trang
Vietnam
Grades 3-52024
Letters in Charcoal by Irene Vasco
Colombia
Grades 3-52024
Dounia and the Magic Seeds by Marya Zarif
Syria / Canada
Grades 3-52024
Corner by Zoo
South Korea
Grades 3-52024
A Pocketful of Stars by Aisha Bushby
Kuwait / United Kingdom
Grades 6-82024
Hopeless in Hope by Wanda John-Kehewin
Cree / Canada
Grades 6-82024
Run for Your Life by Jane Mitchell
Ireland
Grades 6-82024
The Cricket War (-) by Tho Pham
Vietnam / Canada
Grades 6-82024
The Night Raven by Johan Rundberg
Sweden
Grades 6-82024
Wild Poppies by Haya Saleh
Jordan
Grades 6-82024
Pardalita by Joana Estrela
Portugal
Grades 9-122024
Okinawa (沖縄) by Shunchó HIGA
Japan
Grades 9-122024
Catfish Rolling by Clara Kumagai
Japan / Canada
Grades 9-122024
Savage Her Reply by Deirdre Sullivan
Ireland
Grades 9-122024
Stateless by Elizabeth Wein
UK / Canada
Grades 9-122024
9 Kilometers (Stories from Latin America) by Claudio Aguilera
Chile
Grades PreK-22024
Ancient Night by David Bowles
Mexico
Grades PreK-22024
I Have the Right by Reza Dalvand
France
Grades PreK-22024
Wind by Olga Fadeeva
Russia
Grades PreK-22024
At the Drop of a Cat by Elise Fontenaille
France
Grades PreK-22024
Adam and His Tuba by Ziga X. Gombac
Slovenia / Switzerland
Grades PreK-22024
The Amazing and True Story of Tooth Mouse Pérez by Ana Cristina Herreros
Spain
Grades PreK-22024
The Shade Tree (Aldana Libros) by Suzy Lee
South Korea
Grades PreK-22024
Rosie Runs by Marika Maijala
Finland
Grades PreK-22024
Friend of Numbers: The Life of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (Incredible Lives for Young Readers) by Priya Narayanan
India
Grades PreK-22024
A Daydreamy Child Takes a Walk by Gianni Rodari
Italy
Grades PreK-22024
Colorful Mondays: A Bookmobile Spreads Hope in Honduras (Stories from Latin America) by nelson rodriguez
Spain
Grades PreK-22024
Ludwig and the Rhinoceros by Noemi Schneider
Switzerland
Grades PreK-22024
Yellow Butterfly: A story from Ukraine by Oleksandr Shatokhin
Ukraine
Grades PreK-22024
The Young Teacher and the Great Serpent by Irene Vasco
Spain
Grades PreK-22024
The Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto
Japan
Grades PreK-22024
Too Small Tola and the Three Fine Girls by Atinuke
Nigeria
Grades 3-52023
The Gift of the Little People: A Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Ithiniwak Story (The Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Ithiniwak) by William Dumas
Rocky Cree/Canada
Grades 3-52023
When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle
England
Grades 3-52023
It's So Difficult by Raul Nieto Guridi
Spain
Grades 3-52023
With a Butterfly's Wings by Pilar López Ávila
Spain
Grades 3-52023
A Kunwinjku Counting Book by Gabriel Maralngurra
Bininj/Australia
Grades 3-52023
Different: A Story of the Spanish Civil War by Mónica Montañés
Spain
Grades 3-52023
The Circles in the Sky by Karl James Mountford
United Kingdom
Grades 3-52023
What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking by Tina Oziewicz
Poland
Grades 3-52023
The Queen in the Cave by Julia Sarda
United Kingdom
Grades 3-52023
The Summer of Diving by Sara Stridsberg
Sweden
Grades 3-52023
My Grandma's Photos by Özge Bahar Sunar
Turkey
Grades 3-52023
Wolfstongue by Sam Thompson
Ireland
Grades 3-52023
The Baker by the Sea by Paula White
England
Grades 3-52023
Dreams of Near and Far by Martin Widmark
Sweden
Grades 3-52023
The Pack by Amanda Cley
Italy
Grades 6-82023
Geo-Graphics by Regina Giménez
Spain
Grades 6-82023
We Are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad
Prussia/Australia
Grades 6-82023
The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda
Chile
Grades 6-82023
The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation by Carey Newman
Canada
Grades 6-82023
Last Week by Bill Richardson
Canada
Grades 6-82023
Weird Rules to Follow by Kim Spencer
Ts'msyen Nation/Canada
Grades 6-82023
The Kaya Girl by Mamle Wolo
Ghana
Grades 6-82023
Amazona by Canizales
Colombia
Grades 9-122023
All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa by Richard Conyngham
South Africa
Grades 9-122023
This is Our Place by Vitor Martins
Brazil
Grades 9-122023
Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki
Japan
Grades 9-122023
Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady by Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem
Belgium
Grades 9-122023
The Tunnel by Sarah Howden
Canada
Grades PreK-22023
The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky by Jihyun Kim
South Korea
Grades PreK-22023
My GrandMom by Gee-eun Lee
South Korea
Grades PreK-22023
A Place for Pauline by Anouk Mahiout
Canada
Grades PreK-22023
I Am You: A Book about Ubuntu by Refiloe Moahloli
South Africa
Grades PreK-22023
Rainbow Hands by Mamta Nainy
India/United Kingdom
Grades PreK-22023
The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran
Australia
Grades PreK-22023
Jhupli's honey box by Achintyarup Ray
India
Grades PreK-22023
Telling Stories Wrong by Gianni Rodari
Italy
Grades PreK-22023
Bedtime for Bo by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
Norway
Grades PreK-22023
When the Sakura Bloom by Narisa Togo
Japan
Grades PreK-22023
Playing with Lanterns by Yage Wang
China
Grades PreK-22023
Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory by Julie Abery
Canada
Grades 3-52022
Peter Lee's Notes from the Field by Angela Ahn
Canada
Grades 3-52022
Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country by Atinuke
African Continent
Grades 3-52022
189 Canaries by Dieter Büge
Denmark
Grades 3-52022
Coffee, Rabbit, Snowdrop, Lost by Betina Birkjær
Germany
Grades 3-52022
We Dream Medicine Dreams by Lisa Boivin
Canada: Northwest Territories
Grades 3-52022
Wounded Falcons by Jairo Buitrago
Mexico
Grades 3-52022
Anita and the Dragons by Hannah Carmona
Dominican Republic
Grades 3-52022
The Big Bad Wolf in My House by Valérie Fontaine
Canada
Grades 3-52022
The Story of Bodri by Hedi Fried
Sweden
Grades 3-52022
The Sour Cherry Tree by Naseem Hrab
Canada
Grades 3-52022
The Caiman by María Eugenia Manrique
Venezuela
Grades 3-52022
Time is a Flower by Julie Morstad
Canada
Grades 3-52022
Almost Nothing, yet Everything: A Book about Water by Hiroshi Osada
Japan
Grades 3-52022
Seasons by Hannah Pang
UK
Grades 3-52022
The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Rauf
UK: England
Grades 3-52022
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright!: An Animal Poem for Each Day of the Year by Fiona Waters
UK
Grades 3-52022
Molly and the Mathematical Mysteries: Ten Interactive Adventures in Mathematical Wonderland by Eugenia Cheng
UK
Grades 6-82022
Living With Viola by Rosena Fung
Canada
Grades 6-82022
Soul Lanterns by Shaw Kuzki
Japan
Grades 6-82022
The Swallows' Flight by Hilary McKay
England/Germany
Grades 6-82022
Burying the Moon by Andrée Poulin
India
Grades 6-82022
How War Changed Rondo by Romana Romanyshyn
Ukraine
Grades 6-82022
All the Colors of Life by Lisa Aisato
Norway
Grades 9-122022
The Freedom Swimmer by Wai Chim
China
Grades 9-122022
When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler
Austria/Poland/England
Grades 9-122022
Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew
Canada
Grades 9-122022
War by José Jorge Letria
Portugal
Grades 9-122022
Carry On: Poetry by Young Immigrants by Various Contributors
Canada
Grades 9-122022
Too Small Tola by Atinuke
Ghana
Grades PreK-22022
Moon Pops by Hŭi-na Paek
South Korea
Grades PreK-22022
We All Play by Julie Flett
Canada
Grades PreK-22022
Comings and Goings by Anna Kontoleon
Greece
Grades PreK-22022
THAO: A Picture Book by Thao Lam
Vietnam/Canada
Grades PreK-22022
Agnes's Place by Marit Larsen
Norway
Grades PreK-22022
Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby
Canada/Anishinaabewaking
Grades PreK-22022
Little Bird's Day by Sally Morgan
Australia
Grades PreK-22022
Ducks Overboard!: A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans by Markus Motum
UK: England
Grades PreK-22022
My Words Flew Away Like Birds by Debora Pearson
Canada
Grades PreK-22022
Inside the Suitcase by Clotilde Perrin
France
Grades PreK-22022
On the Other Side of the Forest by Nadine Robert
Canada
Grades PreK-22022
Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister? by Chitra Soundar
India
Grades PreK-22022
War Is Over by David Almond
UK
Grades 3-52021
Mexique: A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War by María José Ferrada
Mexico
Grades 3-52021
Small Mercies by Bridget Krone
South Africa
Grades 3-52021
The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story by Thao Lam
Canada/Vietnam
Grades 3-52021
The Time of Green Magic by Hilary McKay
UK
Grades 3-52021
The Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan
UK
Grades 3-52021
1,001 Creatures by Laura Merz
Finland
Grades 3-52021
Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian
UK
Grades 3-52021
All the Dear Little Animals by Ulf Nilsson
Sweden
Grades 3-52021
Sound: Shhh . . . Bang . . . POP . . . BOOM! by Romana Romanyshyn
Ukraine
Grades 3-52021
Everybody Counts: A counting story from 0 to 7.5 billion by Kristin Roskifte
Norway
Grades 3-52021
Gamayun Tales I: An Anthology of Modern Russian Folk Tales by Alexander Utkin
UK/Russia
Grades 3-52021
The magic doll : a children's book inspired by African art by Adrienne Yabouza
France/set in Central African Republic
Grades 3-52021
Crossing the Farak River by Michelle Aung Thin
Australia/set in Myanmar
Grades 6-82021
Catherine's War by Julia Billet
France
Grades 6-82021
Maurice and His Dictionary: A True Story by Cary Fagan
Canada
Grades 6-82021
Music for Tigers by Michelle Kadarusman
Canada/set in Australia
Grades 6-82021
Plasticus Maritimus: An Invasive Species by Ana Pego
Portugal
Grades 6-82021
The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson
Canada
Grades 6-82021
The Wanderer by Peter Van den Ende
Netherlands
Grades 6-82021
Migrants by Issa Watanabe
Mexico
Grades 6-82021
Hunted by the Sky by Tanaz Bhathena
Canada
Grades 9-122021
Blood Moon by Lucy Cuthew
UK
Grades 9-122021
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
UK
Grades 9-122021
Blue Flag, Vol. 1 by Kaito
Japan
Grades 9-122021
Somebody Give This Heart a Pen by Sophia Thakur
UK
Grades 9-122021
Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River by Luying Ye
China
Grades 9-122021
Under the Great Plum Tree by Sufiya Ahmed
UK
Grades PreK-22021
Catch That Chicken! by Atinuke
UK/Set in West Africa
Grades PreK-22021
A Story About Afiya by James Berry
UK
Grades PreK-22021
Cannonball by Sacha Cotter
New Zealand
Grades PreK-22021
Letters from Bear by Gauthier David
Belgium
Grades PreK-22021
The Elevator by Yael Frankel
Argentina
Grades PreK-22021
Weekend Dad by Naseem Hrab
Canada
Grades PreK-22021
From My Window by Otávio Júnior
Brazil
Grades PreK-22021
Story Boat by Kyo Maclear
Canada
Grades PreK-22021
The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman by Kathy Stinson
Canada
Grades PreK-22021
Little Fox by Edward Van de Vendel
Netherlands
Grades PreK-22021
All Along the River by Magnus Weightman
Belgium
Grades PreK-22021
Some Days by María Wernicke
Argentina
Grades PreK-22021
There Must Be More Than That! by Shinsuke Yoshitake
Japan
Grades PreK-22021
The Most Marvelous International Spelling Bee (The Spectacular Spelling Bee) by Deborah Abela
Australia
Grades 3-52020
Hicotea: A Nightlights Story by Lorena Alvarez
UK
Grades 3-52020
The Moose of Ewenki by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane
China
Grades 3-52020
Angryman by Gro Dahle
Norway
Grades 3-52020
The Parrot and the Merchant by Pippa Goodhart
Iran
Grades 3-52020
The Grizzly Mother by Brett D. Huson
Canada
Grades 3-52020
The Case of Windy Lake by Michael Hutchinson
Canada
Grades 3-52020
Vanishing Colors by Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen
Norway
Grades 3-52020
The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell
UK/set in US
Grades 3-52020
The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota's Garden by Heather Smith
Canada/set in Japan
Grades 3-52020
Riding a Donkey Backwards: Wise and Foolish Tales of Mulla Nasruddin by Sean Taylor
UK
Grades 3-52020
Caravan to the North: Misael’s Long Walk by Jorge Argueta
Canada/set in Central America
Grades 6-82020
Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay
UK/set in the Philippines
Grades 6-82020
Girl of the Southern Sea by Michelle Kadarusman
Canada/set in Indonesia
Grades 6-82020
The Apartment: A Century of Russian History by Alexandra Litvina
Russia
Grades 6-82020
Charcoal Boys by Roger Mello
Brazil
Grades 6-82020
The Taste of Rain by Monique Polak
Canada/set in China
Grades 6-82020
The Girl Who Rode a Shark: And Other Stories of Daring Women by Ailsa Ross
Canada
Grades 6-82020
Our Castle by the Sea by Lucy Strange
UK
Grades 6-82020
The Red Zone: An Earthquake Story by Silvia Vecchini
Italy
Grades 6-82020
Perception: A Photo Series by KC Adams
Canada
Grades 9-122020
This Place: 150 Years Retold by Alicia Elliott
Canada
Grades 9-122020
Questions I Am Asked About The Holocaust by Hedi Fried
Sweden
Grades 9-122020
The Things She's Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Australia
Grades 9-122020
The Casket of Time by Andri Snær Magnason
Iceland
Grades 9-122020
Ye by Guilherme Petreca
Brazil
Grades 9-122020
Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black by Marcus Sedgwick
UK
Grades 9-122020
The Farmer by Ximo Abadía
Switzerland
Grades PreK-22020
The Pencil by Susan Avingaq
Canada
Grades PreK-22020
A Sky Without Lines by Krystia Basil
Hong Kong/set along US/Mexico Border
Grades PreK-22020
The Return by Natalia Chernysheva
Portugal
Grades PreK-22020
Paws and Edward by Espen Dekko
Norway
Grades PreK-22020
Birdsong by Julie Flett
Canada
Grades PreK-22020
Daniel and Ismail by Juan Pablo Iglesias
Chile
Grades PreK-22020
The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up by Hyeon-Ju Lee
Korea
Grades PreK-22020
Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour
UK
Grades PreK-22020
THUKPA FOR ALL by SHEELA PREUITT & SHILPA RANADE PRABA RAM
India
Grades PreK-22020
One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller by Kate Read
UK
Grades PreK-22020
Count on Me by Miguel Tanco
Canada
Grades PreK-22020
The Girl and the Wolf by Katherena Vermette
Canada
Grades PreK-22020
Along the Tapajós by Fernando Vilela
Brazil
Grades PreK-22020
The Boring Book by Shinsuke Yoshitake
Japan
Grades PreK-22020
Vacation by Blexbolex
France
Grades 3-52019
EYE SPY: Wild Ways Animals See the World by Guillaume Duprat
France
Grades 3-52019
What a wonderful word by Nicola Edwards
UK
Grades 3-52019
The Colors of History: How Colors Shaped the World by Clive Gifford
UK
Grades 3-52019
Missing Mike by Shari Green
Canada
Grades 3-52019
Too Young to Escape by Van Ho
Canada/set in Vietnam
Grades 3-52019
The Sound of Freedom by Kathy Kacer
Canada
Grades 3-52019
Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew
Canada
Grades 3-52019
A Story Like the Wind by Gill Lewis
UK
Grades 3-52019
Astrid the Unstoppable by Maria Parr
Norway
Grades 3-52019
From the Heart of Africa: A book of Wisdom by Eric Walters
Canada
Grades 3-52019
The House of Lost and Found by Martin Widmark
Sweden
Grades 3-52019
After Life: Ways We Think About Death by Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
Canada
Grades 3-52019
Peace and Me by Ali Winter
UK
Grades 3-52019
Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey
Canada
Grades 6-82019
Dodger Boy by Sarah Ellis
Canada
Grades 6-82019
The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
UK/set in the Philippines
Grades 6-82019
No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
Canada
Grades 6-82019
Swallow's Dance by Wendy Orr
Canada
Grades 6-82019
Voices from the Second World War: Stories of War as Told to Children of Today by Candlewick Press
UK
Grades 6-82019
Ebb and Flow by Heather Smith
Canada
Grades 6-82019
Small Things by Mel Tregonning
Australia
Grades 6-82019
The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle (Kelpies) by Victoria Williamson
Scotland
Grades 6-82019
Troublemakers by Catherine Barter
UK
Grades 9-122019
Skating Over Thin Ice by Jean Mills
Canada
Grades 9-122019
We Kiss Them With Rain by Futhi Ntshingila
South Africa
Grades 9-122019
Marwan's Journey by Patricia de Arias
Chile
Grades K-22019
On the Other Side of the Garden by Jairo Buitrago
Chile
Grades K-22019
A Drop of the Sea by Ingrid Chabbert
France
Grades K-22019
The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke
Australia
Grades K-22019
Stories of the Night by Kitty Crowther
Sweden
Grades K-22019
Up the Mountain Path by Marianne Dubuc
Canada
Grades K-22019
Coco Can't Wait by Tarō Gomi
Japan
Grades K-22019
Africville by Shauntay Grant
Canada
Grades K-22019
Tomorrow by Nadine Kaadan
Syra
Grades K-22019
Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings by Francie Latour
Canada/set in Haiti
Grades K-22019
Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy by Ulf Nilsson
Sweden
Grades K-22019
Me And My Fear by Francesca Sanna
UK
Grades K-22019
Farmer Falgu Goes to the Market by Chitra Soundar
India
Grades K-22019
Peter in Peril: Courage and Hope in World War Two by Helen Bate
UK/set in Hungary
Grades 3-52018
Feather by Wenxuan Cao
China
Grades 3-52018
Ten: A Soccer Story by Shamini Flint
Singapore/set in Malaysia
Grades 3-52018
Malala: Activist for Girls' Education by Raphaёle Frier
France/set in Pakistan
Grades 3-52018
Bertolt by Jacques Goldstyn
Canada
Grades 3-52018
When the Moon Comes by Paul Harbridge
Canada
Grades 3-52018
Yours Sincerely, Giraffe by Megumi Iwasa
Japan
Grades 3-52018
Mary Anning's Curiosity by Monica Kulling
Canada/set in the UK
Grades 3-52018
Slug Days by Sara Leach
Canada
Grades 3-52018
You Can't Be Too Careful! by Roger Mello
Brazil
Grades 3-52018
Bruno: Some of the More Interesting Days in My Life So Far by Catharina Valckx
France
Grades 3-52018
Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan
China
Grades 3-52018
Louis Undercover by Fanny Britt
Canada
Grades 6-82018
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green
Canada
Grades 6-82018
A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
UK
Grades 6-82018
Escape from Syria by Samya Kullab
Canada/set in Lebanon
Grades 6-82018
The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius
Sweden
Grades 6-82018
Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
Australia
Grades 9-122018
A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge
UK
Grades 9-122018
The Foretelling of Georgie Spider by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Australia
Grades 9-122018
The Big Lie by Julie Mayhew
UK
Grades 9-122018
The Agony of Bun O'Keefe by Heather T. Smith
Canada
Grades 9-122018
You're Amazing, Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke
UK
Grades PreK-22018
Walk with Me by Jairo Buitrago
Mexico
Grades PreK-22018
Putuguq & Kublu by Danny Christopher
Canada
Grades PreK-22018
When the Rain Comes by Alma Fullerton
Canada/set in Sri Lanka
Grades PreK-22018
Little Rabbit's Questions by Dayong Gan
China
Grades PreK-22018
Malaika's Winter Carnival by Nadia L. Hohn
Canada
Grades PreK-22018
Sam Sorts by Marthe Jocelyn
Canada
Grades PreK-22018
A Pattern for Pepper by Julie Kraulis
Canada
Grades PreK-22018
Molly and Mae: A Friendship Journey by Danny Parker
Australia
Grades PreK-22018
Town Is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz
Canada
Grades PreK-22018
Away by Emil Sher
Canada
Grades PreK-22018
Plume by Isabelle Simler
France
Grades PreK-22018
Along the River by Vanina Starkoff
Brazil
Grades PreK-22018
Rain by Sam Usher
UK
Grades PreK-22018
Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta
Canada
Grades 3-52017
Bridges: An Introduction to Ten Great Bridges and Their Designers by Didier Cornille
France
Grades 3-52017
The Not-a-Pig by Polly Faber
UK
Grades 3-52017
Bob the Railway Dog: The True Story of an Adventurous Dog by Corinne Fenton
Australia
Grades 3-52017
Imagine a City by Elise Hurst
Canada
Grades 3-52017
Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami
Canada/set in India
Grades 3-52017
Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon (Mouse Adventures) by Torben Kuhlmann
Germany
Grades 3-52017
Samira and the Skeletons by Camilla Kuhn
Norway
Grades 3-52017
Life According to Dani by Rose Lagercrantz
Sweden
Grades 3-52017
Don't Cross the Line! by Isabel Minhós Martins
Portugal
Grades 3-52017
A Year in Our New Garden by Gerda Muller
Germany
Grades 3-52017
Bicycling to the Moon by Timo Parvela
Finland
Grades 3-52017
Greenling by Levi Pinfold
Australia
Grades 3-52017
Withering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell
Australia
Grades 3-52017
As Time Went By by José Sanabria
Switzerland
Grades 3-52017
The White Cat and the Monk: A Retelling of the Poem "Pangur Bán" by Jo Ellen Bogart
Canada
Grades 6-82017
Longbow Girl by Linda Davies
UK
Grades 6-82017
The Executioner's Daughter by Jane Hardstaff
UK
Grades 6-82017
Night Guard by Synne Lea
Norway
Grades 6-82017
The Pact by Amanda West Lewis
Canada/set in Germany
Grades 6-82017
Goldfish: A Novel by Nat Luurtsema
UK
Grades 6-82017
Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community by Robin Stevenson
Canada
Grades 6-82017
The Ballad of a Broken Nose by Arne Svingen
Norway
Grades 6-82017
The Head of the Saint by Socorro Acioli
Brazil
Grades 9-122017
Unbecoming by Jenny Downham
UK
Grades 9-122017
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
UK
Grades 9-122017
The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
UK
Grades 9-122017
A Hundred Hours of Night by Anna Woltz
The Netherlands/set in NYC
Grades 9-122017
Away Running by David Wright
Canada/set in France
Grades 9-122017
The Last Execution by Jesper Wung-Sung
Denmark
Grades 9-122017
The Pros & Cons of Being a Frog by Sue DeGennaro
Australia
Grades PreK-22017
The Animals' Ark by Marianne Dubuc
Canada
Grades PreK-22017
The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head by Daisy Hirst
England
Grades PreK-22017
Malaika's Costume by Nadia L. Hohn
Canada/set in the Caribbean
Grades PreK-22017
Hurry Up, Henry by Jennifer Lanthier
Canada
Grades PreK-22017
A Well-Mannered Young Wolf by Jean Leroy
France
Grades PreK-22017
A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O'Leary
Canada
Grades PreK-22017
Lines, Squiggles, Letters, Words by Ruth Rocha
Brazil
Grades PreK-22017
The Journey by Francesca Sanna
UK
Grades PreK-22017
The Midsummer Tomte and the Little Rabbits by Ulf Stark
Sweden
Grades PreK-22017
The Blue Jackal by Shobha Viswanath
India
Grades PreK-22017
Creaturepedia: Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth by Adrienne Barman
Switzerland
Grades 3-52016
Two White Rabbits by Jairo Buitrago
Canada/set in Mexico
Grades 3-52016
The house that Sonabai built by Vishakha Chanchani
India
Grades 3-52016
The Tortoise and the Soldier: A Story of Courage and Friendship in World War I by Michael Foreman
UK
Grades 3-52016
Dreams of Freedom: In Words and Pictures - in association with Amnesty International UK by Amnesty International
UK
Grades 3-52016
The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle by Jude Isabella
Canada/set in Canada and West Africa
Grades 3-52016
Gon, the Little Fox by Nankichi Niimi
Japan
Grades 3-52016
Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr
Norway
Grades 3-52016
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees by Franck Prévot
France/set in Kenya
Grades 3-52016
Book: My Autobiography by John Agard
UK
Grades 6-82016
Mister Doctor: Janusz Korczak and the Orphans of the Warsaw Ghetto by Irène Cohen-Janca
Italy/set in Poland
Grades 6-82016
Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan
UK
Grades 6-82016
The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War by Jim Kay
UK
Grades 6-82016
You Can't See the Elephants by Susan Kreller
Germany/set in the US
Grades 6-82016
Moon Bear by Gill Lewis
UK/set in Laos
Grades 6-82016
750 Years in Paris by Vincent Mahe
UK/set in France
Grades 6-82016
Half a Man by Michael Morpurgo
UK
Grades 6-82016
We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen
Canada
Grades 6-82016
Amina by J.L. Powers
Australia/set in Somalia
Grades 6-82016
My Brother's Secret by Dan Smith
UK/set in Germany
Grades 6-82016
Deep Sea by Annika Thor
Sweden
Grades 6-82016
A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova
Canada/set in Russia
Grades 6-82016
My Name Is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok by Germaine Arnaktauyok
Canada
Grades 9-122016
The Last Leaves Falling by Fox Benwell
UK/set in Japan
Grades 9-122016
The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt
Netherlands
Grades 9-122016
Religion: A Discovery in Comics by Margreet de Heer
Netherlands
Grades 9-122016
The Outside Circle by Patti Laboucane-Benson
Canada
Grades 9-122016
Prison Boy by Sharon E. McKay
Canada
Grades 9-122016
Dance of the Banished by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Canada/set in Turkey and Canada
Grades 9-122016
Thank you, Jackson: How one little boy makes a BIG difference by Niki Daly
UK/set in an unnamed African country
Grades PreK-22016
I Am Henry Finch by Alexis Deacon
UK
Grades PreK-22016
Red by Jan De Kinder
Belgium
Grades PreK-22016
The Bus Ride by Marianne Dubuc
Canada
Grades PreK-22016
I Am a Bear by Jean-Francois Dumont
France
Grades PreK-22016
Like a Wolf by Géraldine Elschner
Hong Kong/orig. Germany
Grades PreK-22016
My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald
Australia
Grades PreK-22016
Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson
Canada
Grades PreK-22016
Pool by Ji Hyeon Lee
Korea
Grades PreK-22016
Mr. Squirrel and the Moon by Sebastian Meschenmoser
Germany
Grades PreK-22016
The Red Apple by Feridun Oral
Hong Kong/orig. Turkey
Grades PreK-22016
A Tale of Two Beasts by Fiona Roberton
UK
Grades PreK-22016
Why Dogs Have Wet Noses by Kenneth Steven
Norway
Grades PreK-22016
Norman, Speak! by Caroline Adderson
Canada
Grades 3-52015
Wall by Tom Clohosy Cole
UK/set in Germany
Grades 3-52015
Shackleton's Journey by William Grill
UK
Grades 3-52015
Anna's Heaven by Stian Hole
Norway
Grades 3-52015
Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Canada
Grades 3-52015
Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse by Torben Kuhlmann
Germany
Grades 3-52015
In Search of the Little Prince by Bimba Landmann
Italy
Grades 3-52015
The Day My Father Became a Bush by Joke van Leeuwen
New Zealand; orig. The Netherlands
Grades 3-52015
Once a Shepherd by Glenda Millard
Australia
Grades 3-52015
A Pond Full of Ink by Annie M.G. Schmidt
The Netherlands
Grades 3-52015
If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers by David J. Smith
Canada
Grades 3-52015
Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan
Australia
Grades 3-52015
The Glass Mountain: Tales from Poland by David Walser
UK
Grades 3-52015
Hope Springs by Eric Walters
Canada/set in Kenya
Grades 3-52015
I Remember Beirut by Zeinia Abirached
France/set in Lebanon
Grades 6-82015
Lost Girl Found by Leah Bassoff
Canada/set in Sudan and Kenya
Grades 6-82015
Stay Where You Are And Then Leave by John Boyne
UK
Grades 6-82015
Hope Is a Girl Selling Fruit by Amrita Das
India
Grades 6-82015
The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond by Patrick Dillon
UK
Grades 6-82015
My Cousin's Keeper by Simon French
Australia
Grades 6-82015
Migrant: The Journey of a Mexican Worker by José Manuel Mateo
Mexico
Grades 6-82015
The End of the Line by Sharon E. McKay
Canada/set in The Netherlands
Grades 6-82015
Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival by Marcel Prins
The Netherlands
Grades 6-82015
Before After by Anne-Margot Ramstein
UK; orig. France
Grades 6-82015
The London Jungle Book by Bhajju Shyam
India/set in England
Grades 6-82015
Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass
Canada/set in Germany and the former Czechoslovakia
Grades 9-122015
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices by Lisa Charleyboy
Canada
Grades 9-122015
Marx: an illustrated biography by Corinne Maier
UK; orig France.
Grades 9-122015
I Love I Hate I Miss My Sister by Amélie Sarn
France
Grades 9-122015
God Loves Hair by Vivek Shraya
Canada
Grades 9-122015
Playing for the Commandant by Suzy Zail
Australia/set in Hungary & Poland
Grades 9-122015
Arto's Big Move by Monica Arnaldo
Canada
Grades PreK-22015
Fox's Garden by Princesse Camcam
France
Grades PreK-22015
The Promise by Nicola Davies
UK
Grades PreK-22015
The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Dubuc
Canada
Grades PreK-22015
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton
UK
Grades PreK-22015
Surprise by Mies van Hout
The Netherlands
Grades PreK-22015
Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk
Canada
Grades PreK-22015
My Heart Is Laughing by Rose Lagercrantz
New Zealand/orig. Sweden
Grades PreK-22015
Mr. Frank by Irene Luxbacher
Canada
Grades PreK-22015
Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki
Canada
Grades PreK-22015
Celia by Christelle Vallat
Belgium
Grades PreK-22015
Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by David Almond
UK
Grades 3-52014
FArTHER by Grahame Baker-Smith
UK
Grades 3-52014
The Tiny Boy and Other Tales from Indonesia by Murti Bunanta
Canada
Grades 3-52014
Holland by Charlotte Dematons
The Netherlands
Grades 3-52014
A Thousand Things About Holland by Charlotte Dematons
The Netherlands
Grades 3-52014
Azzi in Between by Sarah Garland
UK
Grades 3-52014
Sophie Scott Goes South by Alison Lester
Australia/set in Antarctica
Grades 3-52014
Hello, Mr. Hulot by David Merveille
France
Grades 3-52014
The Bathing Costume: Or the Worst Vacation of My Life by Charlotte Moundlic
France
Grades 3-52014
Razia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education by Elizabeth Suneby
Canada/set in Afghanistan
Grades 3-52014
Nasreddine by Odile Weulersse
France/set in the Middle East
Grades 3-52014
The Enduring Ark by Gita Wolf
India
Grades 3-52014
Black Flame by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane
China/set in Tibet, Mongolia, and China
Grades 6-82014
Mira in the Present Tense by Sita Brahmachari
UK
Grades 6-82014
Jane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt
Canada
Grades 6-82014
Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes
UK/set in Italy
Grades 6-82014
A Bag of Marbles: The Graphic Novel by Joseph Joffo
France
Grades 6-82014
Mister Orange by Truus Matti
The Netherlands/set in New York
Grades 6-82014
War Brothers: The Graphic Novel by Sharon E. McKay
Canada/set in Uganda
Grades 6-82014
Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington
Canada/set in Europe
Grades 6-82014
Touched by Fire by Irene N. Watts
Canada/set in Russia, Germany, New York
Grades 6-82014
Blue Is the Warmest Color by Jul Maroh
Belgium, set in France
Grades 9-122014
The War within These Walls by Aline Sax
Belgium/set in Poland
Grades 9-122014
The Servant by Fatima Sharafeddine
United Arab Emirates/set in Lebanon
Grades 9-122014
The Bird King: An Artist's Notebook by Shaun Tan
Australia
Grades 9-122014
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
UK/set in UK, France, Germany
Grades 9-122014
One Gorilla: A Counting Book by Anthony Browne
UK
Grades PreK-22014
The Bear's Song by Benjamin Chaud
France
Grades PreK-22014
The Chickens Build a Wall by Jean-Francois Dumont
France
Grades PreK-22014
The Silver Button by Bob Graham
UK/set in Australia
Grades PreK-22014
My Happy Life by Rose Lagercrantz
Sweden
Grades PreK-22014
My Father’s Arms Are a Boat by Stein Erik Lunde
Norway
Grades PreK-22014
Once Upon a Northern Night by Jean E. Pendziwol
Canada
Grades PreK-22014
Picture a Tree by Barbara Reid
Canada
Grades PreK-22014
Jemmy Button by Jennifer Uman
UK/set in Tierra del Fuego and London
Grades PreK-22014
Out the Window by Cybèle Young
Canada
Grades PreK-22014
Line 135 by Germano Zullo
Switzerland
Grades PreK-22014
Sadie and Ratz by Sonya Hartnett
Australia
Grades 3-52013
One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson
Great Britain
Grades 3-52013
The Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Elizabeth Laird
Great Britain
Grades 3-52013
The Stamp Collector by Jennifer Lanthier
Canada
Grades 3-52013
Eep! by Joke van Leeuwen
Netherlands
Grades 3-52013
Lulu and the Duck in the Park by Hilary McKay
Great Britain
Grades 3-52013
Shadow by Michael Morpurgo
Great Britain
Grades 3-52013
Bananas in My Ears: A Collection of Nonsense Stories, Poems, Riddles, & Rhymes by Michael Rosen
Great Britain
Grades 3-52013
The Table That Ran Away to the Woods by Stefan Themerson
Poland
Grades 3-52013
I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail by Ram Singh Urveti
India
Grades 3-52013
Hooey Higgins and the Shark by Steve Voake
Great Britain
Grades 3-52013
A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return by Zeina Abirached
France
Grades 6-82013
The Savage Fortress by Sarwat Chadda
Great Britain
Grades 6-82013
A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
Great Britain
Grades 6-82013
My Name Is Parvana by Deborah Ellis
Canada
Grades 6-82013
Now by Morris Gleitzman
Australia
Grades 6-82013
Son of a Gun by Anne De Graaf
Netherlands
Grades 6-82013
La Malinche: The Princess Who Helped Cortes Conquer an Empire (Groundwood Books) by Francisco Serrano
France
Grades 6-82013
Nobody Knows by Shelley Tanaka
Canada
Grades 6-82013
Kids of Kabul: Living Bravely Through a Never-Ending War by Deborah Ellis
Canada
Grades 9-122013
A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master
Great Britain
Grades 9-122013
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Great Britain
Grades 9-122013
Hippopposites by Janik Coat
France
Grades K-22013
The Herd Boy by Niki Daly
Great Britain
Grades K-22013
Just Ducks! by Nicola Davies
Great Britain
Grades K-22013
Animal Masquerade by Marianne Dubuc
Canada
Grades K-22013
A Bus Called Heaven by Bob Graham
Australia
Grades K-22013
John Jensen Feels Different by Henrik Hovland
Norway
Grades K-22013
Out of the Way! Out of the Way! by Uma Krishnaswami
India
Grades K-22013
The Frank Show by David Mackintosh
Great Britain
Grades K-22013
Virginia Wolf by Kyo Maclear
Canada
Grades K-22013
Isabella's Garden by Glenda Millard
Australia
Grades K-22013
The hero of Little Street by Gregory Rogers
Australia
Grades K-22013
The Great Race by Nathan Kumar Scott
India
Grades K-22013
I Have the Right to Be a Child by Alain Serres
France
Grades K-22013
Oliver by Birgitta Sif
Great Britain
Grades K-22013
The Island by Marije Tolman
Netherlands
Grades K-22013
The Ghosts of Gribblesea Pier by Deborah Abela
Australia
Grades 3-52012
When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean by Jan Andrews
Canada
Grades 3-52012
The Rabbit Girl by Mary Arrigan
UK
Grades 3-52012
The Ogre of Oglefort by Eva Ibbotson
UK
Grades 3-52012
A Stranger at Home: A True Story by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Canada
Grades 3-52012
Parade by K.P. Kojo
UK/set in Ghana
Grades 3-52012
Aesop's Fables by Beverley Naidoo
UK/set in southern Africa
Grades 3-52012
This Child, Every Child: A Book about the World’s Children by David J. Smith
Canada
Grades 3-52012
The Garden of Empress Cassia by Gabrielle Wang
Australia
Grades 3-52012
Beatrice's Dream: A Story of a Kibera Slum by Karen Lynn Williams
UK/set in Kenya
Grades 3-52012
Aftershock by Bernard Ashley
UK
Grades 6-82012
Queen of Hearts by Martha Brooks
Canada
Grades 6-82012
Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afganistan by Rafal Gerszak
Canada
Grades 6-82012
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett
Australia/set in Eastern Europe
Grades 6-82012
Wild Wings by Gill Lewis
UK
Grades 6-82012
An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo
UK/set in Germany
Grades 6-82012
Season of Secrets by Sally Nicholls
UK
Grades 6-82012
A Web of Air by Philip Reeve
UK
Grades 6-82012
Soldier Bear by Bibi Dumon Tak
Netherlands/set in Iran & Italy
Grades 6-82012
Lost and Found: Three by Shaun Tan (Lost and Found Omnibus) by Shaun Tan
Australia
Grades 6-82012

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