February 11, 2008

2008 Outstanding International Books

The February 2008 issue of School Library Journal presents a listing of the 2008 USBBY Outstanding International International Books. Forty books are represented on the list and include "titles from France, Iceland, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Korea."

"Our committee ended up reading 380 books published in 2007 in an effort to narrow down the best of children’s literature from other nations—books that introduce American readers to outstanding artists and writers from other countries, help them see the world from other points of view, and provide a perspective or topic that was otherwise missing from children’s literature in the United States." - C. Angus, SLJ, 2/1/08


The full list is avaialbe from SLJ online, via AU library's Academic Search Complete database (off campus authentication required), and from SLJ in the library periodical stacks.

The following titles are featured in the 2008 list and are part of the library juvenile collection:

For more information: USBBY United States Board on Books for Young People. "The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) serves as the U.S. national section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), which was founded to promote international understanding and good will through books for children and teenagers."

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