USBBY Outstanding International Book2020

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

42 Works 2,900 Books 216 Reviews ½ 4.0
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 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 Hetxw’ms Gyetxw 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

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