IBBY Honour List 2020
The IBBY Honour List 2020 catalogue can be ordered from the IBBY Secretariat.
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| 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 ... |