2020
The IBBY Honour List 2020 catalogue can be ordered from the IBBY Secretariat.
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Meet the author, illustrator and translator nominees of the 2020 Honour List!
Honour List 2020 Extracts
Stories and poems from all over the world selected from the IBBY Honour List 2020 on the themes of fantasy, magic, love, diversity, poetry, animals, friendship, family, nature and environment, and refugees and migration.
| COUNTRY | AUTHOR | TITLE OF BOOK | |
| 1 | Albania | Viktor Canosinaj | Djali qe shikonte detin |
| 2 | Armenia | Suren Muradyan | Mek mankik em, mek papik em |
| 3 | Australia | Clare Atkins | Between Us |
| 4 | Austria | Michael Roher | Tintenblaue Kreise |
| 5 | Belgium (Flemish) | Jef Aerts | De baluwe vleugels |
| 6 | Belgium (French) | Marie Colot | Jusqu'ici tout va bien |
| 7 | Brazil | Marina Colasanti | Quando a primavera chegar |
| 8 | Cambodia | Soeurm Kadada and Heng Sreyoun | Kar Proyuth York Teukdorm Phka |
| 9 | Canada (English) | Cherie Dimaline | The Marrow Thieves |
| 10 | Chile | Sofia Montenegro and Claudia Silva | Migraciones. Un mundo en movimiento. |
| 11 | China | Gerelchimeg | E Wen Ke de Tuo Lu |
| 12 | Colombia | Triunfo Arciniegas | El perfume del viento |
| 13 | Costa Rica | Byron Espinoza | Estos pequeños milagros |
| 14 | Croatia | Jasminka Tihi-Stepanić | Ljeto na jezeru Čiču |
| 15 | Cyprus | Andri Antoniou | To kalokeri pou meyalosa |
| 16 | Czech Republic | Marek Toman | Cukrárna U Šilhavého Jima |
| 17 | Ecuador | Sandra de la Torre Guarderas | Tomenta de arroz |
| 18 | Egypt | Samah Abu Bakr Ezzat | Al Da'irah Al Ha'erah |
| 19 | Estonia | Mika Keränen | Fantoomrattur |
| 20 | Finland (Finnish) | Salla Simukka | Sammuta valot! Sytytä valot! |
| 21 | Finland (Swedish) | Minna Lindeberg | Snön över Azharia |
| 22 | France | Jean-Claude Mourlevat | Jefferson |
| 23 | Germany | Stefanie Höfler | Der grosse schwarze Vogel |
| 24 | Ghana | Ruby Yayra Goka | Mama's Amazing Cover Cloth |
| 25 | Greece | Vagelis Iliopoulos | THOMAS Q.BIT Taxidiotis sto katoptro tou hronou |
| 26 | Hungary | Dóra Gimesi | A Macskaherceg kilencendik élete |
| 27 | Iceland | Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir | Vertu ósynilegur - Flóttasaga Ishmaels |
| 28 | India | Anita Vachharajani | Amrita Sher-Gil: Rebel with a Paintbrush |
| 29 | Indonesia | Ahmad Fuadi | Anak Rantau |
| 30 | Iran | Abbass Jahangirian | Sayeh-ye hayoola |
| 31 | Ireland (English) | John Chambers | Mucking About |
| 32 | Ireland (Irish) | Caoimhe Nic Lochlainn | Scéalta le hinsint don ghealach |
| 33 | Italy | Beatrice Masini | Storia di May, Piccola donna |
| 34 | Japan | Arie Nashiya | Kimi no sonzai o ishiki suru |
| 35 | Jordan | Huda Al Shaer | Min nafidhaty |
| 36 | Korea | Joong-Mi Kim | Kkot-seom Goyangi |
| 37 | Latvia | Aivars Klavis | Melnais akmens |
| 38 | Lebanon | Antoine Maurice Al Chartouni | Aela Jadida?! |
| 39 | Lithuania | Jurga Vilė | Sibiro haiku |
| 40 | Malaysia | Mohana Gill | Hayley's Fantastic Fruits |
| 41 | Mexico | Jaime Alfonso Sandoval | Los fantasmas de Fernando |
| 42 | Moldova | Ion Anton | Vesel îndrumar pentru vestiar |
| 43 | Netherlands (Dutch) | Gideon Samson | Zeb. |
| 44 | Netherlands (Frisian) | Epie Dam | Tsjilp! 25 fûgelgedichten foar grutte en lytse protters |
| 45 | New Zealand | Eirlys Hunter | The Mapmakers' Race |
| 46 | Norway | Kathrine Nedrejord | Slepp meg |
| 47 | Palestine | Ahlam Bsharat | Masna' al-Dhikrayat |
| 48 | Peru (Quechua) | Guiomar du Bois and Leonidas Casas | Julio Gálvez Huamanga rumi / Julio Gálvez y la piedra de Huamanga |
| 49 | Peru (Spanish) | Isabel Menéndez Ibárcena | El hambriento lobo feroz |
| 50 | Poland | Magdalena Tulli | Ten l tamten las |
| 51 | Russia (Russian) | Nina Dashevskaya | Teo- teatralnyy kaptan |
| 52 | Russia (Chuvash) | Olga Vasilyeva | Yuhaty salkus |
| 53 | Slovakia | Tonal Revajova | Rok Sivka ohniváka |
| 54 | Slovenia | Nataša Konc Lorenzutti | Zvezek in brezvezek |
| 55 | South Africa (English) | Sindiwe Magona | The Best Meal Ever |
| 56 | Spain (Basque) | Patxi Zubizarreta | Korri, Kuru, korri! |
| 57 | Spain (Catalan) | Núria Parera Ciuró | La Maleta |
| 58 | Spain (Galician) | Pepe Cáccamo | Tinta de luz |
| 59 | Spain (Spanish) | Rafael Slamerón López | No te muevas, Musaraña |
| 60 | Sweden | Mats Strandberg | Slutet |
| 61 | Switzerland (French) | René Zahnd | Anacoluthe! Aventures au cimetière des mots oubliés |
| 62 | Turkey | Çigdem Sezer | Kamyon Kafe |
| 63 | Uganda | Eva Mutongole Wamala | Kuku the Cock |
| 64 | Ukraine | Sashko Dermanskyi | Meri |
| 65 | United Arab Emirates | Nadia Al Najjar | Aswat Al Alam |
| 66 | United Kingdom | Catherine Johnson | Freedom |
| 67 | United States | Jacqueline Woodson | The Day You Begin |
| 68 | Venezuela | Ana Palmero Cáceres | Opuestos |
| COUNTRY | ILLUSTRATOR | TITLE OF BOOK | |
| 69 | Albania | Ledia Kostandini | Supa Magjike e Dragoit |
| 70 | Armenia | Lilit Altunyan | Kapuyt Aghvesy |
| 71 | Australia | Lisa Kennedy | Wilam:A Birrarung Story |
| 72 | Austria | Linda Wolfsgruber | Wir |
| 73 | Belgium | Leo Timmers | Aap op straat |
| 74 | Brazil | André Neves | Um dia, um rio |
| 75 | Cambodia | Seng Visal | Het Ah Vey Mous Srek Ngoang Ngoang? |
| 76 | Canada | Rogé | Bagages, mon histoire |
| 77 | Chile | Raquel Echeñique | Pikinini |
| 78 | China | Wang Zumin | Liu Shi Liu Tou Niu |
| 79 | Colombia | Alefes Silva | No necesito sombrero |
| 80 | Costa Rica | Paúlo Sánchez Ulate | El pintor de planetas |
| 81 | Croatia | Tomislav Zlatić | Moj tata se smanjuje |
| 82 | Cyprus | Zoe Pinches Kyriacou | Latrevo ta synnefa |
| 83 | Czech Republic | Michaela Kukovičová | Nebojme se bát |
| 84 | Denmark | Anna Jacobina Jacobsen | Ø |
| 85 | Ecuador | Sozapato | Debajo de hoy |
| 86 | Estonia | Catherine Zarip | Hundi sõbrad |
| 87 | Finland | Matti Pikkujämsä | Sorsa Aaltonen ja lentãmisen oireet |
| 88 | France | Delphine Perret | Une super histoire de cow-boy |
| 89 | Germany | Iris Anemone Paul | Polka für Igor |
| 90 | Ghana | Nelda LaTeef | Animal Village |
| 91 | Greece | Philippos Photiadis | Ena Kitrino Fillo |
| 92 | Hungary | Rozi Békés | A Vadhattyúk |
| 93 | Iceland | Rán Flygenring | Fuglar |
| 94 | India | Mayukh Ghosh | The Tale of Babban Hajjam |
| 95 | Iran | Ghazaleh Bigdelou | Chatri Ba Parvaneha-ye Sefid |
| 96 | Ireland | Shona Shirley MacDonald | The Pooka Party |
| 97 | Italy | Irene Penazzi | Nel mio giardino il mondo |
| 98 | Japan | Shigeru Tamura | Yoru no oto |
| 99 | Jordan | Huda Al Shaer | Min nafidhaty |
| 100 | Korea | Suzy Lee | Kang-yi |
| 101 | Latvia | Anete Melece | Kiosks |
| 102 | Lebanon | Sawsan NourAllah | Sadikiti waal manadil Almoulawanah |
| 103 | Lithuania | Lina Dūdaite | Sivuzas |
| 104 | Malaysia | Mohd Kairul Azman Ismail | Sayangku Apai |
| 105 | Mexico | Estelí Meza | El Principe Valiente tiene miedo |
| 106 | Moldova | Lica Sainciuc | Moara de frig |
| 107 | Netherlands (Dutch) | Rick de Haas | Kinderen met een ster |
| 108 | New Zealand | Josh Morgan | The Bomb |
| 109 | Norway | Ragnar Aalbu | Hakk o ve |
| 110 | Palestine | Abdullah Qawariq | Sha'ir al-Birwa |
| 111 | Peru | Eunice Espinoza | Las Mariposas de Amanda |
| 112 | Poland | Emilia Dziubak | Horror |
| 113 | Russia | Olga Monina | Legendy ctaroy Anglii |
| 114 | Slovakia | Katarina Vavrová | A čo je krása? |
| 115 | Slovenia | Ana Zavadlav | Čriček in temančni občutek |
| 116 | South Africa | Paddy Bouma | The Best Meal Ever |
| 117 | Spain | Federico Delicado | Un largo viaje |
| 118 | Sweden | Per Gustavsson | Om dagen tar slut |
| 119 | Switzerland | Christine Aebi | Ein bisschen wie du |
| 120 | Turkey | Deniz Üçbasaran | Sapkadaki Balik |
| 121 | Ukraine | Olha Kuznetsova | Pir'inka Ptaha-Mrii |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | Sarah Taibah | Khattaf Raffay |
| 123 | United Kingdom | Chris Naylor-Ballesteros | The Suitcase |
| 124 | United States | Yuyi Morales | Dreamers |
| 125 | Venezuela | Ramón Paris | La caimana |
| COUNTRY | TRANSLATOR | TITLE OF BOOK | |
| 126 | Armenia | Sona Baloyan | Im anunn e Stilton, Geronimo Stilton |
| 127 | Austria | Birgit Maria Pfaffinger | Gefährliche Wahrheiten |
| 128 | Belgium (French) | Anne Cohen Beucher | Le trésor de Barracuda |
| 129 | Brazil | João Guimarães | Diaro de Blumka |
| 130 | Cambodia | Mong Kimna | Deumshheu Robos BarbaPapa |
| 131 | Canada (English) | Susan Ouriou | The Courage of Elfina |
| 132 | Chile | Diego Rojas | El Libro de las Comparaciones |
| 133 | China | Zhao Wenwei | Zui Bang de Ji Mi |
| 134 | Colombia | María Mercedes Correa | Nora |
| 135 | Costa Rica | Daniel Muniz | La Tortugas y el monstruro |
| 136 | Croatia | Marko Kovačić | Knjiga o prahu: Divlja ljepotica |
| 137 | Czech Republic | Helena Stiessová | Sally Jones a dopis od mrtvého |
| 138 | Egypt | Salma Mohamed Saad | Leemaza Lam 'Awoud 'Araak |
| 139 | Estonia | Ülle Kiivet | Metsikud naabrid |
| 140 | Finland (Finnish) | Raija Rintamäki | Nähdään kun nähdään |
| 141 | Finland (Swedish) | Ulrika Enckell | Hundarnas Historiebok - Finland, en del av Sverige |
| 142 | France | Ramona Badescu | Mog, la nuit des renards |
| 143 | Germany | Andrea Kluitmann | Fur immer Alaska |
| 144 | Ghana | Eva María Asante | Mulgheta. A Day in the Life of a Blind Footballer |
| 145 | Greece | Anastasia Deligianni | To kokalino spourgiti |
| 146 | Hungary | Zsófia Molnár | A Tükörjáró - 1. Könyv: A tél jegyesei |
| 147 | Iceland | Bragi Valdimar Skúlason | Inga einhyrningur |
| 148 | India | Priyanka Nandy (Rimi) | The Adventures of Kakababu |
| 149 | Indonesia | Usy Izzan Faizti | Penyihir pada Zaman Dahulu Kala |
| 150 | Iran | Keyvan Abidi Ashtiani | Hame-ye anha yek gorbeh didand |
| 151 | Italy | Anna Patrucco Becchi | Il nostro avvenire dorato |
| 152 | Japan | Yumi Nishimura | Aoi tsuki ishi |
| 153 | Korea | Sujung Kim Inae | Baek Insaeng Guerimchaek |
| 154 | Latvia | Dace Meiere | Mans vectevs bija kiršu koks |
| 155 | Lithuania | Viltare Urbaitė | Vandens skonis |
| 156 | Mexico | Luis Esreban Pérez Villanuev | Sentados |
| 157 | Moldova | Ivan Pilchin | Istorioarele unui dud batrân |
| 158 | Netherlands (Dutch) | Sabine Mutsaers | Nieuwe maan |
| 159 | Netherlands (Frisian) | Anne Tjerk Popkema | Teltsjes fan Tellegen. Alventritich bisteferhalen. |
| 160 | New Zealand | Evelyn Tobin | Tu Meke Tūī! |
| 161 | Norway | Line Almhjell | Hun ba om det |
| 162 | Palestine | Isam Batran | Ma' |
| 163 | Poland | Katarzyna Skalska | Tańcz, córko ksiezyca! |
| 164 | Russia (Russian) | Olga Drobot | Vratar l more |
| 165 | Slovakia | L'ubor Matejko | kto nám z neba sype sneh |
| 166 | Slovenia | Ana Barič Moder | Zavetje Vode |
| 167 | South Africa (Afrikaans) | Philip de Vos | Die Nagbeer |
| 168 | South Africa (Setswana) | Lorato Trok | Dijo tse di Monate go Gaisa! |
| 169 | South Africa (Xhosa) | Xolisa Guzula | Ilitye eliculayo |
| 170 | Spain (Basque) | Julen Gabiria | Coraline |
| 171 | Spain (Catalan) | Albert Jané | Malacatú! |
| 172 | Spain (Galician) | David A. Álvarez Martínez | Pippi Mediaslongas |
| 173 | Spain (Spanish) | Julio Hermoso | Refugiado |
| 174 | Sweden | Amanda Svensson | The Hate U Give |
| 175 | Turkey | Damla Kellecioglu | Hayalden Kaleler |
| 176 | Ukraine | Natalia Ivanychuk | Anton ta inshi neschastia |
| 177 | United Arab Emirates | Amal Naser | Tayf |
| 178 | United Kingdom | Denise Muir | The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree |
| 179 | United States | Claudia Zoe Bedrick | What if ... |