2016

The IBBY Honour List 2016 catalogue can be ordered from the IBBY Secretariat. 

The 2016 catalogue can also be downloaded as a pdf (9.6MB) here

Watch the Congress 2016 Honour List presentation film here

  Country Author Title of Book
1 Argentina Eduardo Abel Gimenez El Bagrub y otros cuentos de humor (i)lógico
2 Armenia Erazik Grigoryan Dzerd gerazancutyun vat kaxard parav
3 Australia Felicity Castagna The Incredible Here and Now
4 Austria Michael Roher Wer stahl dem Wal sein Abendmahl?
5 Belgium (Dutch) Michael de Cock Veldslag om een hart
6 Belgium (French) Geneviève Casterman Au revoir, Adelaïne
7 Bolivia Carlos Vera Vargas Un exquisite huevo astrónomicamente frito
8 Brazil Lúcia Hiratsuka Orie
9 Cambodia Pich Proeung Muy Thgnai Robos Kantol
10 Canada Teresa Toten The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
11 Chile María José Ferrada Niños
12 China Cao Wenxuan Mang Yang
13 Colombia Triunfo Arciniegas Letras robadas
14 Croatia Sanja Polak Morski dnevnik Pauline P.
15 Cyprus Marina Michaelidou Kadi O Nikolas ka i Elli
16 Czech Republic Daniela Fischerová Pohoršovna
17 Denmark (Danish) Sanne Munk Jensen, Glenn Ringtved Dig og mig ved daggry
18 Denmark (Faroese) Rakel Helmsdal Hon, sum róði eftir ælaboganum
19 Denmark (Greenlandic) Niviaq Korneliussen HOMO sapienne
20 Ecuador Ana Carlota González Blanca a secas y otros cuentos
21 Egypt Yacoub El Sharouni Laylatul Nar
22 Estonia Juhani Püttsepp Gibraltari Laevakoerte Ühing
23 Finland (Finnish) Kirsti Kuronen Paha puuska
24 Finland (Sámi) Elina Helander-Renvall Auringon tytär=Daughter of the Sun=Beaivvi Nieida
25 Finland (Swedish) Tove Appelgren Vesta-Linnea i månskenet
26 France Clémentine Beauvais Les petites reines
27 Germany Dorit Linke Jenseits der blauen Grenze
28 Ghana Eric Bawah Yennenga, the Dagomba Princess
29 Greece Angeliki Darlasi To Paliopedo
30 Haiti (Creole) Joslin Twouyo Martin Luther King
31 Haiti (French) Charlotte Cadet Voltaire Le petit vendeur d’eau de Port-au-Prince
32 Hungary Árpád Kollár Milyen madár
33 Iceland Ármann Jakobsson Síðasti galdrameistarinn
34 Indonesia Yovita Siswati Misteri Kota Tua
35 Iran Marjan Fooladvand Arash, Hekayat-e Tir Andakhtan-e Mard Ghesegooi
36 Italy Luigi Garlando L' Estate che conobbi il Che
37 Japan Joko Iwase Atarashii ko ga kite
38 Korea Lee Sang-kyo Yepuedago Malhae Zweo
39 Latvia Māris Rungulis Lapsu kalniņa mīklas
40 Lebanon Fatima Sharafeddine Layla wa Al Himar
41 Lithuania Renata Šerelytė Rebekos salos
42 Mexico María García Esperón Dido para Eneas
43 Moldova Spiridon Vangheli Copii în cătuşele Siberiei
44 Mongolia Lkhamsuren Sarantuya Tsenkher romans
45 Netherlands (Dutch) Bette Westera Doodgewoon
46 Netherlands (Frisian) Thys Wadman In nije heit
47 New Zealand Mandy Hager Singing Home the Whale
48 Norway Siri Pettersen Odins barn
49 Palestine Zakaria Mohammad Amira
50 Poland Ewa Przybylska Most nad Missisipi
51 Russia Alexey Shevchenko V gostjach u clevera
52 Rwanda Fabrice Bizumuremyi Wantwaye Umutima
53 Slovakia Ľubomír Feldek Šalamúnova Pieseň piesní
54 Slovenia Peter Svetina Ropotarna
55 South Africa (Afrikaans) Fanie Viljoen Uit
56 South Africa (English) Charmaine Kendal Miscast
57 Spain (Basque) Harkaitz Cano Orkestra Lurtarra
58 Spain (Catalan) David Cirici Zona Prohibida
59 Spain (Galician) Ledicia Costas Escarlatina a cociñeira defunta

60 Spain (Spanish) María Isabel Molina Trampa para un pintor

61 Sweden Jacob Wegelius Mördarens apa
62 Switzerland (French) Jean Noël Sciarini Autopsie d’un papillon
63 Switzerland (German) Regina Dürig 2 1⁄2 Gespenster
64 Turkey Ahmet Büke Mevzumuz Derin
65 UAE Mohanned Alakouse Ba'e Al Ahlam
66 UK SF Said Phoenix
67 USA Jacqueline Woodson Brown Girl Dreaming
68 Venezuela Jose Urriola Cuentos a patadas
  CountryIllustratorTitle of Book
69 Argentina Istvansch Puatucha Rentes, la leyenda olvidada
70 Armenia Maran Hrachyan Qez hamar
71 Australia Freya Blackwood Banjo and Ruby Red
72 Austria Renate Habinger, Verena Ballhaus Kritzl und Klecks
73 Belgium Ingrid Godon Ik denk
74 Brazil Alexandre Camanho Os três ratos de Chantily
75 Cambodia Prom Vichet, Seng Visal, Try Samphors, Touch Kosal, Sun Duong Sophanita, Soeurm Kakada Trei Kragn Neng Doeurm Ampil
76 Canada Marianne Dubuc Le lion et l’oiseau
77 Chile Alejandra Acosta Pajarario
78 China Jiu’er Bu Yao He Qing Wa Tiao Sheng
79 Colombia Amalia Satizábal Posada Emma y Juan
80 Croatia Manuela Vladić Maštruko Marino
81 Cyprus George Gavriel O Arlekinos tis Feggaropolis
82 Czech Republic Andrea Tachezy Ferdinande!
83 Denmark Lars Gabel De vilde svaner
84 Ecuador Marco Javier Chamorro Aldás Mestre Wilson
85 Egypt Yasser Gaessa Sana Fi Qena
86 Estonia Anne Linnamägi Unerong
87 Finland Elina Warsta Koira nimeltään Kissa
88 France Adrien Albert Papa sur la lune
89 Germany Torben Kuhlmann Lindbergh. Die abenteuerliche Geschichte einer fliegenden Maus
90 Greece Myrto Delivoria Sto Nisi Tis Rodias
91 Haiti Rodchield Lamothe Drôle de Ratutu
92 Hungary Réka Hanga Bibedombi Szörnyhatározó
93 Iceland Áslaug Jónsdóttir Skrímslakisi
94 Iran Manali Manouchehri Zal-o Simorgh
95 Israel Omer Hoffmann Hardill Lo Ragill
96 Italy Andrea Antinori Questo è un Alce?=Is this a moose?
97 Japan Hisanori Yoshida Kibou no bokujou
98 Korea Kim Se-hyun Chillyeon Donganui Jam
99 Latvia Gundega Muzikante Grāmata Gundegai. Dzejoļi ne tikai bērniem
100 Lebanon Simar Halwany Samaka halemotou biha
101 Lithuania Ieva Babilaitė Skrisiu
102 Mexico Juan Palomino Jaguar, Corazón de la Montaña
103 Moldova Stela Damaschin-Popa În cămaşă de cireaşă
104 Netherlands Floor Rieder De avonturen van Alice in wonderland en Alice in spiegelland
105 New Zealand Vasanti Unka The Boring Book
106 Norway Camilla Kuhn Samira og skjelettene
107 Palestine Buthaina Abu al-Bandora Qittatu Nora
108 Russia Nikolay Ustinov Listopad
109 Rwanda Roberta Milanesi Gira amatsiko
110 Slovakia Vladimír Král Kozliatka
111 Slovenia Maja Kastelic Deček In Hiša
112 South Africa Dale Blankenaar Rhinocephants on the Roof
113 Spain Federico Delicado Ícaro
114 Sweden Anna Höglund Om detta talar man endast med kaniner
115 Switzerland Albertine Mon tout petit
116 Turkey Deniz Üçbaşaran Piraye’nin bir günü
117 UAE Fereshteh Najafi La Taftahi Hatha Alkitab / Hayna Aftah Hatha Alkitab
118 UK Laura Carlin The Promise
119 USA Marla Frazee The Farmer and the Clown
120 Venezuela Ana Palmero Caceres Taquititàn de Poemas
  CountryTranslatorTitle of Book
121 Argentina Alicia Salvi ¿Cómo nacieron las estrellas?
122 Armenia Alvard Jivanyan Poqrik arqayadustry
123 Australia John Nieuwenhuizen Nine Open Arms
124 Austria Brigitte Rapp Ich heiße Parvana
125 Belgium (Dutch) Margot van Hummel Boy Nobody
126 Belgium (French) Emmanuèle Sandron Ma tante est un cachalot
127 Brazil Marina Colasanti Stefano
128 Cambodia Kreng Panha Khnhom Sralanh Kansaeng Khnhom
129 Canada Christelle Morelli, Susan Ouriou Jane, the Fox and Me
130 Chile Maríana Saúl Amor
131 China Cheng Wei Da Dao Zei: Hui Chang Ge de Ka Fei Mo
132 Colombia María del Sol Peralta Versos de no sé qué. Antología poética
133 Croatia Ivan Ott Kad sam bio mali dječak
134 Czech Republic Radek Malý Malé lalulá (antologie poezie německého nonsense)
135 Denmark Naja Marie Aidt Stian Hole: Den gamle mand og hvalen
136 Egypt Abier Megahed Altemsah wa alzarafa sadikan hakan
137 Estonia Kadri Jaanits Punane Nagu Veri
138 Finland Sarianna Silvonen Tyttö joka putosi Satumaan alle ja juhli varjojen valtakunnassa.
139 France Jean-François Mènard Ne tombe jamais
140 Germany Ilse Layer Wie ein unsichtbares Band
141 Greece Marisa De Castro Thavma
142 Haiti Evelyne Trouillot Ménard Yon fi, yon gita, yon vwa
143 Hungary Lídia Nádori Torzonborz, a rabló
144 Iceland Magnea J Matthíasdóttir Afbrigði
145 Iran Farzad Farbod Matarsak va Khedmatkarash
146 Israel Noam Partom Hakol Befnokho
147 Italy Valentina Freschi Con il vento verso il mare
148 Japan Masaru Harada Haaremu no tatakau honya: Ruisu Misho no shougai
149 Korea Ko Hyang-ok Loveletterya, Butakhae!
150 Latvia Mudīte Treimane Emma Glorija un sarkanā Ilgu grāmata
151 Lebanon Marc Abboud, Dany Nasr Charlie wa Masnaa al Chocolate
152 Lithuania Viltaras Alksnėnas Sidabrinis asiliukas
153 Mexico Darío Zárate Figueroa Heroidas
154 Mongolia Sukhbaatar.Ts Ovliin Ulger
155 Netherlands Jenny de Jonge Bunkerdagboek
156 New Zealand (English) Julia Marshall Detective Gordon: The First Case
157 New Zealand (Te Reo Māori) Kawata Teepa Ngā Kī
158 Norway Hilde Stubhaug Jeg gir deg sola
159 Palestine Wasim Kurdi Kayfa sa’ada al-difda’u ila assama?
160 Russia Tatiana Voronkina Semia 3x1
161 Slovakia Alica Kulihová Často si vymýšľam...
162 Slovenia Tina Mahkota Barjanski Otrok
163 South Africa (Afrikaans) Kobus Geldenhuys Hoe om jou DRAAK te tem
164 South Africa (isiXhosa) Sindiwe Magona Iintsomi Zase-Afrika
165 South Africa (seSotho) Selloane Khosi Baile le Moketa
166 Spain (Basque) Mirren Arratibel Garmendia Haizea sahats artean
167 Spain (Catalan) Caroline de Jong, Gustau Raluy
 Quan el meu pare era un arbust

168 Spain (Galician) Ramon Nicolás Rodríguez Bisa Bea, Bisa Bel
169 Spain (Spanish) Diego de los Santos Domingo La lección de August
170 Sweden Kristoffer Leandoer Oceanen vid vägens ände
171 UAE Hagar Ali Mughamarat Ra'ed Ma' Qarasinat Almajarrat
172 UK Chantal Wright Anton and Piranha
173 USA Laura Watkinson Mikis and the Donkey