The White Ravens 2010 a Selection of International Children’S and Youth Literature
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The White Ravens 2010 A Selection of International Children’s and Youth Literature Internationale Jugendbibliothek The White Ravens 2010 Symbols A Selection of International Children’s and Youth Literature ★ Special Mention – book to which we wish to draw particular attention Copyright © 2010 by Internationale Jugendbibliothek Editor: Dr. Christiane Raabe ◆ book whose content is found to con- Editorial work: Jochen Weber tribute to an international understanding Translation: Frances Bottenberg and Claudia Söffner among cultures and people Copy editing: Nikola von Merveldt ● book whose text is judged to be easily Selection and texts: understandable, i.e. easy-to-read text, and yet dealing with topics of interest East-Asian Languages to older readers; well-suited to foreign- Fang Weiping and Zhao Xia (Chinese) language readers and for inclusion in Fumiko Ganzenmüller (Japanese) for eign language collections of public Korean Board on Books for Young People (KBBY) (Korean) and school libraries English Claudia Söffner German Dr. Ines Galling Romance Languages Antonio Leoni (Italian), with the support of Gabriele Poeschke Jochen Weber (Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Spanish), with the support of FNLIJ (IBBY Brazil) Sibylle Weingart (French) Scandinavian Languages Dr. Ines Galling (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) Ulla Christina Schwarzelühr (Finnish) Slavic and Baltic Languages Werner Küffner (Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukranian) Other Languages Doris Amberg (Hungarian) Theodora Arampatzi (Greek) Toin Duijx (Dutch, Frisian) Lili Sadjadi-Grübel (Arabic, Persian, Turkish) The publication of this catalogue was supported by the Layout: Eva Geck German Federal Ministry for Youth Affairs, the Bavarian Cover illustration: Reinhard Michl State Ministry for Education, and the City of Munich. © Internationale Jugendbibliothek Typesetting: Thomas Pleiner Printed by: Danuvia Druckhaus Neuburg This publication is available from: Internationale Jugendbibliothek Schloss Blutenburg 81247 München, Germany Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Tel.: +49 (0)89 891211-0 Unterricht und Kultus E-mail: [email protected] www.ijb.de ISSN 1818-6319 2 The White Ravens 2010 © Internationale Jugendbibliothek Contents Latin America Argentina (Spanish) ..................... 45 Brazil (Portuguese) ...................... 46 Chile (Spanish) ......................... 47 Colombia (Spanish) ..................... 48 Preface .................................. 4 Mexico (Spanish) ....................... 48 Peru (Spanish) ......................... 48 East Asian Languages Venezuela (Spanish) .................... 49 North America Japan (Japanese) ........................ 6 Canada (French) ....................... 49 People’s Republic of China (Chinese) ........ 9 Republic of Korea (Korean) ............... 11 Scandinavian Languages English Language Denmark (Danish) ...................... 50 Finland (Finnish) ....................... 51 Africa Norway (Norwegian) . .52 Botswana ............................ 12 Sweden (Swedish) ...................... 53 South Africa .......................... 12 Asia and Oceania Slavic and Baltic Languages Australia ............................. 13 Bulgaria (Bulgarian) ..................... 55 India ................................ 15 Croatia (Croatian) ...................... 55 New Zealand ......................... 15 Czech Republic (Czech) .................. 56 Europe Estonia (Estonian) ...................... 56 Great Britain ......................... 16 Latvia (Latvian) ......................... 57 Ireland .............................. 18 Lithuania (Lithuanian) ................... 57 North America Poland (Polish) ......................... 58 Canada ............................. 19 Russia (Russian) ........................ 59 USA ................................ 20 Slovakia (Slovak) ....................... 59 German Language Slovenia (Slovenian) ..................... 60 Ukraine (Ukranian) ..................... 60 Austria .............................. 23 Germany ............................ 24 Other Languages Switzerland .......................... 32 Belgium (Dutch) ........................ 61 Romance Languages The Netherlands (Dutch) ................. 62 The Netherlands (Frisian) ................ 64 Africa Hungary (Hungarian) .................... 64 La Réunion (France) (French) .............. 33 Greece (Greek) ........................ 65 Europe Turkey (Turkish) ........................ 67 Belgium (French) ....................... 34 Lebanon (Arabic) ....................... 68 France (French) ........................ 35 Palestine (Arabic) ....................... 68 Italy (Italian) .......................... 39 Iran (Persian) .......................... 68 Portugal (Portuguese) .................... 42 Spain (Spanish) ........................ 42 Name Index ............................ 70 Spain (Catalan) ........................ 44 Subject Index ........................... 74 Spain (Galician) ........................ 44 Switzerland (French) .................... 45 Reading Age Index ...................... 78 The White Ravens 2010 © Internationale Jugendbibliothek 3 Preface The annual catalogue »The White Ravens« specialists, who have excellent knowledge of the features 250 new and notable titles of children’s and international children’s and youth book market, is young adult literature from over 40 countries. The part of our effort to promote these books. language specialists of the Internationale Jugend- bibliothek (International Youth Library) selected Every year, the catalogue »The White Ravens« is these books in the course of the previous year from the published in time for the Bologna Children’s Book incoming donations to acclaim the most noteworthy Fair, the world’s leading international event dedi- and remarkable ones. In the case of a few countries cated to children’s publishing, where it is presented and languages, we once again were helped by be- together with the books themselves. friended experts and organisations, whom we hearti- ly thank. This selection, which features books in more than 30 languages, has gained international recognition »The White Ravens« are at the core of the collection because it highlights the trends of contemporary management and mediation activities of the IYL children’s and young adult literature on an interna- – the largest library for international children’s and tional scale. It serves as a list of recommendations young adult literature in the world, with holdings for parents, teachers, and librarians, and inspires of nearly 600,000 books. Our main tasks include publishing houses to acquire translation rights. cataloguing, making accessible, and creatively pro- Public and school libraries or international book- moting the books, which have been kindly donated stores use the catalogue as a basis for making their by publishing houses, institutions, organisations, and purchases. Since 1996, the White Ravens selections individuals from around the world for decades. This are also registered in a database, which can be found catalogue, put together by our team of language on our website at www.ijb.de. Furthermore, thanks 4 The White Ravens 2010 © Internationale Jugendbibliothek to the much appreciated support of the International visit our study library, make use of our reference Children’s Digital Library (ICDL), the full infor- services from abroad, or consult our catalogues on mation is also available at www.icdlbooks.org. the Internet. Over the years, many books also find their way into specialised travelling exhibitions, Because the collections of the International Youth exhibition catalogues, teacher recommendation Library consist exclusively of books we receive lists, and activity programs for children. from our friends around the world, only review and donation copies become part of the White Ravens Last but not least, we renew our request to all selection. Therefore, the range and quality of »The publishers: Please continue to send us your new White Ravens« is contingent on the books donated. titles! As for our part, we shall continue to live up to To offer a broad variety of publications, we make the reputation of Munich’s International Youth Library an effort to present titles from as many publishing as the home of the most comprehensive collection of houses as possible. Unfortunately, not all publishing international literature for children and young people. houses that consistently and generously supply the IYL can be featured every year. Nonetheless, we Dr. Christiane Raabe extend our sincere gratitude to each and every one February 2010 of them for their continued shipments of books! We can confidently assure our donors that their books will be catalogued, indexed by subject, and included in our permanent collection. In this way, they are available to international specialists who The White Ravens 2010 © Internationale Jugendbibliothek 5 East Asian Languages Japan (Japanese) 3 Ekuni, Kaori (text) 1 Yamamoto, Yoko (illus.) Anno, Mitsumasa (illus./text) Yukidaruma no Yukikochan Tabi no ehon 7 (Yukiko, the girl made of snow) (Anno’s Journey 7) Tokyo: Kaiseisha, 2009. – 233 p. Tokyo: Fukuinkan Shoten, 2009. – [54] p. ISBN 978-4-03-643060-4 ISBN 978-4-8340-2463-0 Snow – Supernatural being – Zest for life China/Cultural history – Human being – The hero of this whimsically poetic novel is a pudgy Nature – Landscape girl made of snow, like a snowman, named Yukiko. China is the focus country in the seventh volume of She fell from the sky during a snow