The White Ravens 2012 a Selection of International Children’S and Youth Literature
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The White Ravens 2012 A Selection of International Children’s and Youth Literature Internationale Jugendbibliothek The White Ravens 2012 Symbols A Selection of International Children’s and Youth Literature ★ Special Mention – book to which we wish to draw particular attention Copyright © 2012 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: Dr. 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- Fumiko Ganzenmüller (Japanese) Fang Weiping and Zhao Xia (Chinese) language readers and for inclusion in Dr. Young-Eun Chang (Korean) for eign language collections of public and school libraries English Claudia Söffner and Dr. Nikola von Merveldt (Ghana, India, Canada) German Dr. Ines Galling Romance Languages Sibylle Weingart (French) Dr. Silvana Sola (Italian), with the support of Gabriele Poeschke Doris Amberg (Romanian) Jochen Weber (Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish), with the support of FNLIJ (IBBY Brazil) Scandinavian Languages Dr. Ines Galling (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) Ulla Christina Schwarzelühr (Finnish) Slavic and Baltic Languages Dr. Katja Wiebe (Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian) Other Languages Toin Duijx (Dutch, Frisian) Claudia Söffner (Irish) Doris Amberg (Hungarian) Theodora Arampatzi (Greek) Lili Sadjadi-Grübel (Arabic, Persian [Farsi], Turkish) The publication of this catalogue was supported by the German Federal Ministry for Youth Affairs, the Bavarian Layout: Eva Geck State Ministry for Education, and the City of Munich. Cover illustration: Reinhard Michl © 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 Unterricht und Kultus Tel.: +49 (0)89 8912110 E-mail: [email protected] www.ijb.de ISSN 1818-6319 Contents Preface . 4 Colombia (Spanish) . 46 Mexico (Spanish) . 47 East Asian Languages Venezuela (Spanish) . 48 Japan (Japanese) . 6 North America People’s Republic of China (Chinese) . 10 Canada (French) . 48 Republic of Korea (Korean) . 11 Scandinavian Languages English Language Denmark (Danish) . 50 Africa Finland (Finnish) . 51 Ghana . 13 Finland (Swedish) . 51 Asia and Oceania Norway (Norwegian) . 52 Australia . 13 Sweden (Swedish) . 53 India . 15 Slavic and Baltic Languages New Zealand . 16 Europe Croatia (Croatian) . 54 Great Britain . 16 Czech Republic (Czech) . 55 Ireland . 19 Estonia (Estonian) . 56 North America Latvia (Latvian) . 56 Canada . 19 Lithuania (Lithuanian) . 57 USA . 21 Poland (Polish) . 57 Russia (Russian) . 58 German Language Slovakia (Slovak) . 59 Austria . 24 Slovenia (Slovenian) . 60 Germany . 25 Ukraine (Ukrainian) . 60 Switzerland . 31 Other Languages Romance Languages Belgium (Dutch) . 61 Africa The Netherlands (Dutch) . 62 Morocco (French) . 32 The Netherlands (Frisian) . 64 La Réunion (France) (French) . 32 Ireland (Irish) . 64 Europe Hungary (Hungarian) . 65 Belgium (French) . 32 Cyprus (Greek) . 66 France (French) . 33 Greece (Greek) . 66 Italy (Italian) .........................38 Turkey (Turkish) . 68 Portugal (Portuguese) . 41 Lebanon (Arabic) . 69 Romania (Romanian) . 41 Palestine (Arabic) . 69 Spain (Spanish) . 41 Iran (Persian [Farsi]) . 69 Spain (Catalan) . 43 Switzerland (French) . 44 Name Index . 71 Latin America Argentina (Spanish) . 44 Subject Index . 75 Brazil (Portuguese) . 45 Chile (Spanish)........................ 46 Reading Age Index . 79 The White Ravens 2012 © 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 – IYL) Every year, the catalogue »The White Ravens« is selected these books in the course of the previous published in time for the Bologna Children’s Book year from the incoming donations to acclaim the Fair, the world’s leading international event dedi- most noteworthy and remarkable ones. In the case cated to children’s publishing, where it is presented of a few countries and languages, we once again together with the books themselves. were helped by befriended experts and organisa- tions, whom we heartily 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 2012 © 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 informa- services from abroad, or consult our catalogues on tion 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 2012 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 2012 © Internationale Jugendbibliothek 5 East Asian Languages Japan (Japanese) 3 (Romanisation according to the Hepburn system) Hasegawa, Shuhei (text/illus.) Torigorasu no gyakushu 1 (Torigorasu ounterattack) Arai, Ryoji (text/illus.) Osaka [et al.]: Bunken Shuppan, 2010. – [32] p. Mokemoke <coinage> (Series: Ehon no mori) Tokyo: Ferishimo Shuppan (Felissimo), 2010. – [36] p. ISBN 978-4-580-82123-1 (Series: Ohanashi no takarabako; 32) Falling in love – Puberty – Sexual fantasy – ISBN 978-4-89432-521-0 Emancipation Senses – Imagination – Spontaneity Shuhei Hasegawa was already writing about the fantasies Is there a »primal feeling« of the five senses that could of a pubescent boy in the 1970s, when sexuality still was be illustrated? To the highly imaginative and spontaneous a taboo topic in children’s and young adult literature. mind of Ryoji Arai, there is. According to him, »moke- Since then, his first picture book »Torigorasu« (1978) moke« is that which slumbers in our mental chaos prior has invariably found a young male readership. The to using the five senses. Arai shows in his picture book story is about a boy who is in love with a girl and who a locomotive, which approaches from a distance. In it, is sometimes overwhelmed by his intense desire for her. there are a horde of odd little creatures. They disembark His repressed urges become aggressive. His longing and investigate all sorts of things, including toys, musical transforms itself into a monstrous bird, which violently instruments, sweets, etc. What they see, they touch, they destroys its surroundings in order to capture the girl. hear, they smell, or they eat. In the process, they sense Hasegawa has created the present picture book as a hard and soft, loud and soft, light and dark, near and far, counterpart to this first work; in this version, the girl and so on. Adults might be of divided