USBBY Outstanding International Book2018

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

36 Works 4,571 Books 337 Reviews 4.1
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
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

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