The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German

Germany

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 Youth literature

Youth literature

Youth literature may refer to:* Young adult literature* Children's literature...

 prize

Prize

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) is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's literature. It is Germany's only state-funded literary award. In the past, authors from many countries have been recognised, including non-German speakers. The 2010 nomineees were announced in March, and the prizes will be awarded on 8 October 2010.

Organisation

The award is organized by the "Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur", also called AKJ or The Association for Children's and Youth Literature, which receives financial support, including prize money, from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

Awards are given in five categories: Best Picture Book

Picture Book

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, Best Children's Book

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

, Best Youth Book, Best Non-Fiction Book

Non-fiction

Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...

 and Choice of the Jugendjury (Youth Jury). Up to six nominations in each category are announced in March at the Leipzig Book Fair

Leipzig Book Fair

The Leipzig Book Fair is the second largest book fair in Germany after the Frankfurt Book Fair. The fair takes place annually over four days at the Leipzig Trade Fairground in the northern part of Leipzig, Saxony...

, and the awards are presented during the Frankfurt Book Fair

Frankfurt Book Fair

The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. As to the number of visitors, the Turin Book Fair attracts about as many visitors, viz. some 300,000....

 by the Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In each category, the winning author receives an 8000 Euro cash prize, and a bronze statuette designed by Detlef Kraft representing Momo from the novel by Michael Ende

Michael Ende

Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German author of fantasy and children's literature. He is best known for his epic fantasy work The Neverending Story; other famous works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver...

.

A special award, established in 1991, is also given every year to recognise long-term individual achievement for an author, illustrator or translator. These awards generally carry a cash prize of 10,000 Euros.

History

Since the award was established, many changes have been made. When the "Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis" (as the award was known until 1981) began in 1956, only two categories were recognised; Best Children's Book and Best Youth Book. In addition to these, a special prize was awarded every year in a different category. It was not until 1964 that the Best Picture Book and Best Non-fiction Book categories replaced this variable award. In 1991, to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the award, the Special prize was reintroduced to recognise individual achievement, for writers, illustrators and translators. The final category recognized today, awarded by the Jugendjury, was not introduced until 2003, when it was originally called the Young People's Prize (Preis der Jugendlichen).

Jury

Awards are decided upon by two juries: the Kritikerjury (transl. Critic Jury) and the Jugendjury. The Kritikerjury decides the nominations and the majority of the prizes; the Jugendjury only decides the Jugendjury prize.

The Kritikerjury are appointed by the Arbeitsgruppe für Jugendliteratur once every two years, although jury members can serve two consecutive terms. The jury consists of nine members: the chair, and eight specialist judges - two for each award category.

The members for 2009/2010 are:

• Chair: Dr. Susanne Helene Becker
• Picture book specialists: Ute Hachmann and Thomas Linden
• Children's book specialists: Dr. Susanne Graf and Sabine Lippert
• Youth book specialists: Katrin Maschke and Ulf Cronenberg
• Non-fiction book specialists: Monika Trapp and Dr. Heike Elisabeth Jüngst

The Jugendjury consists of the members of six German youth book clubs. It is also changed every two years, although some clubs serve consecutive terms. The clubs involved for 2009-2010 are:

• cg-Leseclub of the Clavius Gymnasium
  Gymnasium (school)
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  , Bamberg
  Bamberg
  Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...
  
  
• Do it - read a book of the town secondary school
  Hauptschule
  A Hauptschule is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling, which offers Lower Secondary Education according to the International Standard Classification of Education...
  
  , Wermelskirchen
  Wermelskirchen
  Wermelskirchen is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, southeast of Remscheid. It is home to the world's biggest live Christmas tree.-Coat of arms:...
  
  
• Leipziger Jugend-Literatur-Jury of the Leipzig
  Leipzig
  Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
  
   town library
  Library
  In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
  
  
• Literarischer Salon of Schnepfenthal Salzmann School
• Reading Teens of the Christiansen library
  Library
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   in Hamburg
  Hamburg
  -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
  
  
• Spandauer Jugendjury of the Spandau
  Spandau
  Spandau is the fifth of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is the fourth largest and westernmost borough, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel, but the least populated.-Overview:...
  
   town library
  Library
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Another jury decides on the Special Prize to be awarded each year. The members for 2010 are:

• Dr. Roswitha Budeus-Budde
• Prof. Dr. Otto Brunken
• Robert Elstner

In 2009, the Special Prize jury members were Dr. Barbara von Korff Schmising, Ulrich H. Baselau and Dr. Pauline Liesen.

In 2008, the jury consisted of Chair Dr. Caroline Roeder, picture book specialists Thomas Linden and Dr. Stefan Hauck, children's book specialists Sabine Lippert and Malte Weber, youth book specialists Katrin Maschke and Walter Mirbeth and non-fiction book specialists Karen Gröning and Gustav-Adolf Schmidt. The youth jury clubs were: boo(k)lub of the town library

Library

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 in Lüdenscheid

Lüdenscheid

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; Do it - read a book of the town secondary school

Hauptschule

A Hauptschule is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling, which offers Lower Secondary Education according to the International Standard Classification of Education...

, Wermelskirchen

Wermelskirchen

Wermelskirchen is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, southeast of Remscheid. It is home to the world's biggest live Christmas tree.-Coat of arms:...

; Jubu-Crew from Göttingen

Göttingen

Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...

; Jugendleseclub of the town library

Library

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 in Landshut

Landshut

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; Literarischer Salon of Schnepfenthal Salzmann School; and Lufti-Jury of the Mecklenburgischen Literature Company in Neubrandenburg

Neubrandenburg

Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee ....

. The special prize was chosen by Dr. Andreas Bode, Dr. Susan Kreller and Miriam Gabriela Möllers.

2010–2019

2011

• Jugendjury:
  • Nominees:
    • Margos Spuren (Margo's Footsteps
      Paper Towns
      Paper Towns is the third young adult novel by John Green, published in October 2008 by Dutton Books. It debuted at number 5 on the New York Times bestseller list for children's books and was awarded the 2009 Edgar Award for best Young Adult novel....
      
      ) by John Green
      John Green
      John Willison Green is a retired Canadian journalist and a leading researcher into the Bigfoot phenomenon. He is a graduate of both the University of British Columbia and Columbia University and has a database of more than 3000 sighting and track reports, leading some to affectionately refer to...
      
       (text); Sophie Zeitz (translation)
    • Erebos by Ursula Poznanski
    • Freak City by Kathy Schrock
    • Nichts (Nothing) by Janne Teller
      Janne Teller
      Janne Teller is a Danish writer of fiction.- Life :Janne Teller was born in Copenhagen. Her family is of Austrian-German origin. As a macroeconomist, she worked as a consultant for the European Union and the United Nations in Dar-es-Salaam, Brussels, New York, and in Mozambique...
      
       (text); Sigrid C. Engeler (translation)
    • Numbers by Rachel Ward (text); Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn (translation)
    • Wenn du stirbst, zieht dein ganzes Leben an dir vorbei, sagen sie (If you die, your life moves past you, they say) by Lauren Oliver (text); Katharina Meier Diestel (translation)
• Picture book:
  • Nominees:
    • Meine große kleine Welt (My big little world) by Marianne Dubuc (text); Anna Dove (translation)
    • Das Baumhaus (The war) by Marije Tolman (Illustration); Ronald Tolman (Illustration);
    • Oups by Jean-Luc Fromental (text); Joёlle Jolivet (Illustration); Leonard Jacobson
      Leonard Jacobson
      Leonard Jacobson FAIA was an America museum architect. He worked with I. M. Pei on some of the major museum projects in the 20th century....
      
       (translation)
    • Die Geschichte vom Fuchs, der den Verstand verlor by Martin Baltscheit
    • Papas Arme sind ein Boot (Papa's arms are a boat) by Stein Erik Lunde (text); Øywind Torseter (Illustration); Maike Dörries (translation)
    • Tatu und Patu und ihre verrückten Maschinen (Tatu and Patu and their crazy machines) by Sami Toivonen (text); Aino Havukainen (text); Elina Kritzokat (translation)
• Children's book:
  • Nominees:
    • Ich, Gorilla und der Affenstern (Me, Gorilla and Monkey-star) by Frida Nilsson (text); Ulf K. (Illustration); Fred Buchinger (translation)
    • Anton taucht ab by Milena Baisch (Text); Elke Kusche (Illustration)
    • Der letzte unsichtbare Junge (The last invisible boy) by Evan Kuhlman (text); JP Coovert (Illustration); Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn (translation)
    • Rosie und der Urgroßvater by Monika Helfer (text); Michael Köhlmeier
      Michael Köhlmeier
      Michael Köhlmeier is a contemporary Austrian writer and musician.He studied Politics and German at the University of Marburg, Germany, and Mathematics and Philosophy at the universities in Giessen and Frankfurt, Germany...
      
       (Text); Barbara Steinitz (Illustration)
    • Onkel Montagues Schauergeschichten (Uncle Montague's tales of horror) by Chris Priestley (text); David Roberts (illustrator) (Illustration); Beatrice Howeg (translation)
    • Hundewinter (Dog Winter) by KA Nuzum (Text); Gerda Bean (translation)
• Youth book:
  • Nominees:
    • Schrödinger, Dr. Linda und eine Leiche im Kühlhaus (Schrödinger, Dr. Linda and a corpse in cold storage) by Jan de Leeuw (text); Rolf Erdorf (translation)
    • Tschick (Fags) by Wolfgang Herrndorf
    • Town - Irgendwo in Australien (Town - somewhere in Australia) by James Roy
      James Roy
      James Roy is an Australian writer. He writes primarily for young adults and children, and in addition to his native Australia, his books are published in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany and South Korea.Roy's parents were Seventh-day Adventist missionaries to Papua...
      
       (text); Stefanie Schaeffler (translation)
    • Zusammen allein (Together alone) by Karin Bruder
    • Runaway by Oscar Huijelos (text); Günter Ohnemus (translation)
    • Crank by Ellen Hopkins
      Ellen Hopkins
      Ellen Hopkins is a novelist who has published several New York Times bestselling novels that are popular among the teenage and young adult audience.-Career:...
      
       (text); Henning Ahrens (Übersetzung)
• Non-fiction book:
  • Nominees:
    • Das große Buch der Bilder und Wörter (The big book of pictures and words) by Ole Könnecke
    • Alles Familie! (All family!) by Alexandra Maxeiner (text); Anke Kuhl (illustration)
    • Der Junge, der Picasso biss (The boy who bit Picasso) by Antony Penrose (words); Egbert Baqué (translation)
    • Zuckerpass und Blutgrätsche by Christian Eichler (text); Jürgen Rieckhoff (illustration)
    • Die genialsten Erfindungen der Natur (The most ingenious inventions of nature) by Sigrid Belzer
    • Von den Sternen bis zum Tau by Jens Soentgen (text); Vitali Konstantinov (illustration)

2010

• Jugendjury:
  • Nominees:
    • Einmal (Once
      Once (novel)
      Once is a 2005 children's novel by Morris Gleitzman. It is about a Jewish boy named Felix, who lived in Poland. Although Once is a work of fiction, Gleitzman was inspired by the events of World War II and Hitler's attempt to destroy the Jewish population of Europe...
      
      ) by Morris Gleitzman
      Morris Gleitzman
      Morris Gleitzman is an English-born Australian writer. He is one of Australia's most successful writers.Morris Gleitzman has also gained recognition for sparking an interest in politically-controversial children's books like Two Weeks with the Queen.He has collaborated on children's series with...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-551-35862-2
    • Chatroom-Falle by Helen Vreeswijk, ISBN 978-3-7855-6619-0
    • Tote Mädchen lügen nicht (Thirteen Reasons Why
      Thirteen Reasons Why
      Thirteen Reasons Why is a 2007 New York Times best-selling young-adult fiction novel written by Jay Asher. The book was published by RazorBill, a young adult imprint of Penguin Books. The paperback edition hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list in July 2011...
      
      ) by Jay Asher
      Jay Asher
      Jay Asher is an American writer of contemporary novels for teens. He has one major publication in the genre of Young Adult Literature.-Biography:...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-570-16020-6
    • Die Tribute von Panem: Tödliche Spiele (The Hunger Games
      The Hunger Games
      The Hunger Games is a first person young-adult science fiction novel written by Suzanne Collins. It was originally published on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic. It is the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. It introduces sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world...
      
      ) by Suzanne Collins
      Suzanne Collins
      Suzanne Collins is an American television writer and novelist.-Early life:Suzanne Collins is the daughter of an Air Force officer. She graduated from the Alabama School of Fine Arts and earned her M.F.A. from New York University in Dramatic Writing....
      
      , ISBN 978-3-7891-3218-6
    • Unser allerbestes Jahr (The Film Club
      The Film Club
      The Film Club is a non-fiction book by Canadian writer David Gilmour. It is a memoir of himself letting his teenage son drop out of high school under the stipulation that he must watch three films a week. It was first published by Thomas Allen Publishers in September 2007.-Reviews:*...
      
      ) by David Gilmour
      David Gilmour
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      , ISBN 978-3-10-027819-7
    • Die Einsamkeit der Primzahlen (The Solitude of Prime Numbers) by Paolo Giordano
      Paolo Giordano
      Paolo Giordano is an Italian writer who won the Premio Strega literary award with his first novel The Solitude of Prime Numbers.- Biography :...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-89667-397-8
• Picture book:
  • Nominees:
    • Johanna im Zug by Kathrin Schärer, ISBN 978-3-7152-0582-3
    • Wenn ich das 7. Geißlein wär´ by Karla Schneider (Text) and Stefanie Harjes (Illustration), ISBN 978-3-414-82183-6
    • Gedicht für einen Goldfisch by Jean-Pierre Siméon (Text) and Olivier Tallec (Illustration), ISBN 978-3-8359-5227-9
    • Garmans Sommer by Stian Hole
      Stian Hole
      Stian Hole is a Norwegian graphic designer, illustrator and writer of children's books. He has made numerous book covers and three picture books which have gained national and international recognition.- References :...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-446-23314-0
    • An Großvaters Hand: Meine Kindheit in China by Chen Jianghong, ISBN 978-3-89565-210-3
    • Um Mitternacht by Eduard Mörike
      Eduard Mörike
      Eduard Friedrich Mörike was a German Romantic poet.-Biography:Mörike was born in Ludwigsburg. His father was Karl Friedrich Mörike , a district medical councilor; his mother was Charlotte Bayer...
      
       (Text) and Hannes Binder (Illustration), ISBN 978-3-905871-06-7
• Children's book:
  • Nominees:
    • Die Bibel: Das Alte Testament by Sybil Gräfin Schönfeldt (Text) and Klaus Ensikat (Illustration), ISBN 978-3-939944-33-1
    • Timur und die Erfindungen aus lauter Liebe by Marlies Bardeli (Text) and Anke Kuhl (Illustration), ISBN 978-3-7941-6096-9
    • Meine Mutter ist in Amerika und hat Buffalo Bill getroffen by Jean Regnaud (Text), Émile Bravo (Illustration) and Michael Hau (Organisation), ISBN 978-3-551-77790-4
    • Das Mädchen mit den drei Namen by Tami Shem-Tov, ISBN 978-3-596-85373-1
    • Warten auf Anya (Waiting for Anya
      Waiting for Anya
      Waiting for Anya is a children's fiction novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by William Heinemann publishers in 1990. The book was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. It is set in Lescun, in the suburbs of France.-Characters:...
      
      ) by Michael Morpurgo
      Michael Morpurgo
      Michael Morpurgo, OBE FKC AKC is an English author, poet, playwright and librettist, best known for his work in children's literature. He was the third Children's Laureate.-Early life:...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-551-58146-4
    • Ihr kriegt mich nicht by Mikael Engström, ISBN 978-3-446-23379-9
• Youth book:
  • Nominees:
    • Nathan und seine Kinder by Mirjam Pressler, ISBN 978-3-407-81049-6
    • Klick! Zehn Autoren erzählen einen Roman (Click) by David Almond
      David Almond
      David Almond is a British children's writer who has written several novels, each one to critical acclaim.-Early life:Almond was born and raised in Felling and Newcastle in post-industrial North East England and educated at the University of East Anglia, he was born in 1951...
      
      , Eoin Colfer
      Eoin Colfer
      Eoin Colfer is an Irish author. He is most famous as the author of the Artemis Fowl series, but he has also written other successful books. His novels have been compared to the works of J. K. Rowling...
      
      , Roddy Doyle
      Roddy Doyle
      Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. He won the Booker Prize in 1993....
      
      , Deborah Ellis
      Deborah Ellis
      Deborah Ellis is a Canadian author. Born in Cochrane, Ontario, she had to move several times in her childhood due to her parents' work. Ellis decided to start writing when she was 11-12 years old. When she grew up, her work and writing was mainly done by traveling and talking to others that have...
      
      , Nick Hornby
      Nick Hornby
      Nick Hornby is an English novelist, essayist and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels High Fidelity, About a Boy, and for the football memoir Fever Pitch. His work frequently touches upon music, sport, and the aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists.-Life and career:Hornby was...
      
      , Gregory Maguire
      Gregory Maguire
      Gregory Maguire is an American writer. He is the author of the novels Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and many other novels for adults and children...
      
      , Margo Lanagan
      Margo Lanagan
      Margo Lanagan in Waratah, New South Wales is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction.Many of her books, including ye Young Adult fiction, were only published in Australia. Recently, several of her books have attracted worldwide attention. Her short story collection Black...
      
      , Ruth Ozeki
      Ruth Ozeki
      Ruth Ozeki is a Canadian-American novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. She worked in commercial television and media production for over a decade and made several independent films before turning to writing fiction.-Life:...
      
      , Linda Sue Park
      Linda Sue Park
      Linda Sue Park is an American author of children's fiction. Park published her first novel, Seesaw Girl, in 1999. She has written six children’s novels and five picture books. Park’s work achieved prominence when she received the prestigious 2002 Newbery Medal for her novel A Single Shard...
      
       and Tim Wynne-Jones
      Tim Wynne-Jones
      Tim Wynne-Jones is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.-Biography:Born...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-446-23308-9
    • Such dir was aus, aber beeil dich! Kindsein in zehn Kapiteln by Nadia Budde, ISBN 978-3-596-85321-2
    • Zweiunddieselbe: "Wie viel von mir bin ich?" by Mary E. Pearson, ISBN 978-3-596-85337-3
    • Rotkäppchen muss weinen by Beate Teresa Hanika, ISBN 978-3-596-85336-6
    • Die Karte meiner Träume (The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
      The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
      The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet is the debut novel by American author Reif Larsen, first published in 2009. The book follows the exploits of a 12-year old mapmaker named T.S...
      
      ) by Reif Larsen
      Reif Larsen
      Reif Larsen is an American author, best known for The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet.Larsen graduated from Milton Academy in 1998 and then went on to Brown University and Columbia University. He holds an M.F.A in fiction. He has also made films in the United States, the United Kingdom and the...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-10-044811-8
• Non-fiction book:
  • Nominees:
    • Achtung, fertig, Baustelle! Wie ein Haus geplant und gebaut wird by Rolf Toyka (Text), Ferenc B. Regös (Illustration) and Heike Ossenkop (Organisation, Photography), ISBN 978-3-8369-5226-2
    • Kuckuck, Krake, Kakerlake: Das etwas andere Tierbuch by Bibi Dumon Tak (Text) and Fleur van der Weel (Illustration), ISBN 978-3-8270-5282-7
    • drüben! by Simon Schwartz, ISBN 978-3-939080-37-4
    • Mutige Menschen: Widerstand im dritten Reich by Christian Nürnberger, ISBN 978-3-522-30166-4
    • Kanzler lieben Gummistiefel: So funktioniert Politik by Marietta Slomka and Daniel Westland, ISBN 978-3-570-13555-6
    • Die nächste GENeration: Science + Fiction by Charlotte Kerner (Text and Editing), Claudia Eberhard-Metzger (Text) and Susanne Paulsen (Text), ISBN 978-3-407-75346-5

2000–2009

2009

• Jugendjury: Die Bücherdiebin (The Book Thief
  The Book Thief
  The Book Thief is a novel by Australian author Markus Zusak. Narrated by Death, the book is set in Nazi Germany It describes a young girl's relationship with her foster parents, Hans and Rosa, and the other residents of their neighborhood, and a Jewish fist-fighter who hides in her home during the...
  
  ) by Markus Zusak
  Markus Zusak
  Markus Zusak is an Australian author. He is best known for his books The Book Thief and The Messenger , which have been international bestsellers.- Career :...
  
  , ISBN 978-3-570-13274-6
  • Nominees:
    • Wie man unsterblich wird (Ways to Live Forever
      Ways to Live Forever
      Ways to Live Forever is a children's novel by Sally Nicholls, first published in 2008. The author's debut novel, it was written when Nicholls was 23 years old....
      
      ) by Sally Nicholls
      Sally Nicholls
      - Life :Nicholls was born and grew up in Stockton-on-Tees. She attended Great Ayton Friends' School until its closure and subsequently Egglescliffe School until 2001.On finishing school, Nicholls chose to travel around the world...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-446-23047-7
    • Wie ich zum besten Schlagzeuger der Welt wurde - und warum (Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
      Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
      Drum, Girls & Dangerous Pie is a book aimed at children and young teenagers, and was the 2004 debut novel from author Jordan Sonnenblick, originally published by DayBlue Insights and later by Scholastic...
      
      ) by Jordan Sonnenblick
      Jordan Sonnenblick
      Jordan Sonnenblick is an American writer of young-adult fiction. He is a graduate of New York City's Stuyvesant High School , and of the University of Pennsylvania...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-551-58177-8
    • Anas Geschichte (Ana's Story
      Ana's Story
      Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope is a non-fiction book, by Jenna Bush, daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush. Ana's Story is the account of a 17-year-old mother who was born with HIV. Bush met Ana, identified only by her first name, while an intern for UNICEF in Latin America...
      
      ) by Jenna Bush
      Jenna Bush
      Jenna Welch Bush Hager , is the younger of the sororal twin daughters of the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, and a granddaughter of the 41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush. She and her sister, Barbara, were the first twin children of a U.S. President...
      
       (Text) und Mia Baxter (Photography), ISBN 978-3-423-62372-8
    • Die Nackten by Iva Procházková, ISBN 978-3-7941-8081-3
    • Ich, Adrian Mayfield by Floortje Zwigtman, ISBN 978-3-8369-5200-2
• Picture book: Geschichten aus der Vorstadt des Universums (Tales From Outer Suburbia) by Shaun Tan
  Shaun Tan
  Shaun Tan is the illustrator and author of award-winning children's books such as The Red Tree, The Lost Thing and The Arrival...
  
  , ISBN 978-3-551-58198-3
  • Nominees:
    • Leute by Blexbolex
      Blexbolex
      Blexbolex is a French comics artist and illustrator. Born Bernard Granger in Douai, he studied screen printing at the School of Fine Arts in Angoulême. His first works were self-published, and later he contributed to Popo Color, Fusée, and Ferraille...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-941087-02-6
    • Was tun!? by Dieter Böge (Text) und Bernd Mölck-Tassel (Illustration), ISBN 978-3-905871-01-2
    • Räuberkinder by Antje Damm, ISBN 978-3-8369-5191-3
    • Das Kinder-Verwirr-Buch by Norman Junge (Illustration) und Joachim Ringelnatz
      Joachim Ringelnatz
      Joachim Ringelnatz is the pen name of the German author and painter Hans Bötticher. His pen name Ringelnatz is usually explained as a dialect expression for an animal, possibly a variant of Ringelnatter, German for Grass Snake...
      
       (Text), ISBN 978-3-351-04085-7
    • Ein neues Land (The Arrival) by Shaun Tan
      Shaun Tan
      Shaun Tan is the illustrator and author of award-winning children's books such as The Red Tree, The Lost Thing and The Arrival...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-551-73431-0
• Children's book: Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten by Andreas Steinhöfel (Text) and Peter Schössow (Illustration), ISBN 978-3-551-55551-9
  • Nominees:
    • Alabama Moon by Watt Key
      Watt Key
      Albert Watkins Key, Jr., publishing under the name Watt Key, is an award-winning southern fiction author. A resident of Alabama, his debut novel Alabama Moon was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2006 and was the 2007 winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award for older readers. It received...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-7915-1114-6
    • Mut für Drei by Bart Moeyaert (Text) and Rotraut Susanne Berner (Illustration), ISBN 978-3-446-20896-4
    • Rabenhaar by Do van Ranst, ISBN 978-3-551-55446-3
    • Tote Maus für Papas Leben by Marjolijn Hof, ISBN 978-3-8270-5323-7
    • Die Entdeckung des Hugo Cabret (The Invention of Hugo Cabret
      The Invention of Hugo Cabret
      The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a historical-fiction book written and illustrated by Brian Selznick and published by Scholastic Press. The hardcover edition was released on January 30, 2007, and the paperback edition was released on June 2, 2008. With 284 pictures between the book's 533 pages, the...
      
      ) by Brian Selznick
      Brian Selznick
      Brian Selznick is a Caldecott-winning American author and illustrator of children's books.-Life and career:Selznick was born in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-570-13300-2
• Youth book: The Road of the Dead (The Road of the Dead
  The Road of the Dead
  The Road of the Dead is a 2006 novel by Kevin Brooks about teenage brothers living in London who travel to the moorland in search of their sister's killer. It is shortlisted for the 2007 Carnegie Medal...
  
  ) by Kevin Brooks
  Kevin Brooks (writer)
  Kevin M. Brooks is an English author best known for his novels Lucas and Martyn Pig .- Johnny Delgado Series:...
  
  , ISBN 978-3-423-71286-6
  • Nominees:
    • Wintereis by Peter van Gestel, ISBN 978-3-407-81040-3
    • Verkauft (Sold
      Sold (novel)
      Sold is a novel by Patricia McCormick, published in 2006. It tells the story of a girl from Nepal named Lakshmi, who is sold into sexual slavery in India. The novel is written in a series of short, vignette-style chapters, from the point of view of the main character.Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old...
      
      ) by Patricia McCormick, ISBN 978-3-596-85243-7
    • Nach dem Unglück schwang ich mich auf, breitet meine Flügel aus und flog davon (After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away) by Joyce Carol Oates
      Joyce Carol Oates
      Joyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction...
      
      , ISBN 978-3-446-20986-2
    • Die Nackten by Iva Procházková, ISBN 978-3-7941-8081-3
    • Scherbenpark by Alina Bronsky, ISBN 978-3-462-04030-2
• Non-fiction book: Das Rätsel der Varusschlacht by Wolfgang Korn (Text) und Klaus Ensikat (Illustration), ISBN 978-3-7716-4379-9
  • Nominees:
    • Was ist da passiert? by Béatrice Vincent (Text) und Bruno Heitz (Illustration), ISBN 978-3-8369-5167-8
    • Geheime Welt der Raupen by Monika Lange (Text) und Ingo Arndt (Photos), ISBN 978-3-7941-9135-2
    • So leben wir. Menschen am Rande der Megacitys (The Places We Live) by Jonas Bendiksen, ISBN 978-3-89660-587-0
    • Der Traum vom Fliegen by Susanna Partsch and Rosemarie Zacher, ISBN 978-3-8270-5297-1
• Special prize for Illustration: Jutta Bauer
  Jutta Bauer
  -Life:After studying at the Technical College of Design in Hamburg, she worked as a children’s book illustrator as well as cartoonist for the women’s magazine Brigitte....
  
  

2008

• Jugendjury: Simpel (Simple) by Marie-Aude Murail
  Marie-Aude Murail
  Marie-Aude Murail is a French children's writer born in Le Havre on May 6 1954.Her father Gerard Murail is a poet and her mother, Marie-Thérèse Barrois, a journalist. One of her brothers and her younger sister also write: Lorris Murail and Elvire Murail, aka Moka...
  
  , ISBN 3596852072
  • Nominees:
    • Running Man (The Running Man) by Michael Gerard Bauer
      Michael Gerard Bauer
      Michael Gerard Bauer was an Australian English teacher but is now a full-time Children's and Young Adult author.Bauer was born in Brisbane and attended Marist College, Ashgrove before attending the University of Queensland...
      
      , ISBN 0061455083
    • Der Junge im gestreiften Pyjama (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
      The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
      The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2006 novel from the point of view of an innocent young boy, written by Irish novelist John Boyne. Unlike the months of planning Boyne devoted to his other books, he said that he wrote the entire first draft of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in two and a half...
      
      ) by John Boyne
      John Boyne
      John Boyne is an Irish novelist.- Biography :He was educated at Terenure College, before heading to trinity college, dublin, and studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, where he won the Curtis Brown prize. But it was during his time at Trinity that he began to get published...
      
      , ISBN 3596806836
    • Eine wie Alaska (Looking for Alaska
      Looking for Alaska
      Looking for Alaska is the first young adult novel by John Green, published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile. It won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association...
      
      ) by John Green, ISBN 3446208534
    • Die Minute der Wahrheit. Roman über die Liebe und die Kunst by Bjørn Sortland, ISBN 3446209026
    • Nick & Norah. Soundtrack einer Nacht (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
      Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
      Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a 2008 romantic comedy film directed by Peter Sollett and starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. Written by Lorene Scafaria and based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the story tells of teenagers Nick and Norah , who meet when...
      
      ) by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
      David Levithan
      David Levithan is an American young-adult fiction editor and award-winning author. His first book, Boy Meets Boy, was published in 2003...
      
      , ISBN 3570131262
• Picture book: Hänsel und Gretel
  Hansel and Gretel
  "Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic hag living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children...
  
   by Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm
  Brothers Grimm
  The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular...
  
   (Text), Susanne Janssen (Illustration), ISBN 3356012266
  • Nominees:
    • Alle seine Entlein by Christian Duda (Text), Julia Friese (Illustration), ISBN 3907588851
    • Wann kommt Mama? (Waiting For Mama) by Lee Tae-Jun (Text), Kim Dong-Seong (Illustration), Andreas Schirmer (Translation), ISBN 3314015356
    • Ente, Tod und Tulpe (Duck, Death and the Tulip) by Wolf Erlbruch
      Wolf Erlbruch
      Wolf Erlbruch is an award-winning illustrator and writer of children's books. He combines various techniques for the artwork in his books, including cutting and pasting, drawing, and painting...
      
      , ISBN 3888974615
    • Der weiße und der schwarze Bär by Jürg Schubiger (Text), Eva Muggenthaler (Illustration), ISBN 3779500787
    • 5 Songs by Gipi
      Gipi
      Gianni Pacinotti, better known by the pseudonym of Gipi, is an Italian cartoonist, filmmaker, and author.-Biography:Born in Pisa in 1963, he began his career illustrating for the publishing and advertising industries....
      
      , ISBN 3939080187
• Children's book: Ein Bild von Ivan (Portrait of Ivan) by Paula Fox
  Paula Fox
  Paula Fox is an American author of novels for adults and children and two memoirs. Her novel The Slave Dancer received the Newbery Medal in 1974; and in 1978, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. More recently, A Portrait of Ivan won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2008.Her...
  
  , ISBN 3414820595
  • Nominees:
    • Die schlaue Mama Sambona by Hermann Schulz (Text), Tobias Krejtschi (Illustration), ISBN 2844070760
    • Zarah. Du hast doch keine Angst, oder? by Zoran Drvenkar (Text), Martin Baltscheit (Illustration), ISBN 3827052491
    • Big (Piggy) by Mireille Geus, ISBN 3825175618
    • Das Gegenteil von Sorgen by Benny Lindelauf, ISBN 3827052149
    • KIRA-KIRA (Kira-Kira
      Kira-Kira
      Kira-Kira is a young adult novel by Cynthia Kadohata. It won the Newbery Medal for children's literature in 2005. The book's plot is about a Japanese-American family living in Georgia...
      
      ) by Cynthia Kadohata
      Cynthia Kadohata
      Cynthia Kadohata is a Japanese American writer known for winning the 2005 Newbery Medal. Her first published short story appeared in The New Yorker in 1986....
      
      , ISBN 141691045X
• Youth book: was wäre wenn (Just in Case
  Just in Case
  Just in Case is a young adult novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2006. The plot focuses on the adolescent protagonist David Case, who spends the majority of the book attempting to avoid fate. It received generally positive reviews....
  
  ) by Meg Rosoff
  Meg Rosoff
  Meg Rosoff is an American author based in London since 1989. She is best known for her novel How I Live Now, which won 3 awards including the Guardian Award , Michael L. Printz Award , Branford Boase Award and was shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Awards. Her second novel, , won the prestigious ...
  
  , ISBN 3551581398
  • Nominees:
    • Eine wie Alaska (Looking for Alaska
      Looking for Alaska
      Looking for Alaska is the first young adult novel by John Green, published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile. It won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association...
      
      ) by John Green, ISBN 3446208534
    • Kissing the Rain by Kevin Brooks
      Kevin Brooks (writer)
      Kevin M. Brooks is an English author best known for his novels Lucas and Martyn Pig .- Johnny Delgado Series:...
      
      , ISBN 1417682361
    • Dann tu's doch by Andreas Schendel, ISBN 3596807921
    • Superhero (Death of a Superhero) by Anthony McCarten
      Anthony McCarten
      -Biography:Born in 1961 in New Plymouth, Anthony McCarten's novels have been translated into 14 languages. His first novel, Spinners , was voted one of the top ten novels of that year by Esquire magazine. His third novel, Death Of A Superhero, won the 2008 Austrian Youth Literature Prize and was a...
      
      , ISBN 3257237332
    • Ein Sommer in Venedig by Włodzimierz Odojewski, ISBN 3865550444
• Non-fiction book: Der Kick. Ein Lehrstück über Gewalt by Andres Veiel, ISBN 3570306240
  • Nominees:
    • 1 roter Punkt (One Red Dot) by David A. Carter, ISBN 341482082X
    • Pole, Packeis, Pinguine. Leben im ewigen Eis by Karoline Stürmer (Text), Doris Katharina Künster (Arrangement), ISBN 3423623225
    • Sprache oder Was den Mensch zum Menschen macht by Nikolaus Nützel, ISBN 3570130274
    • Rotes Land Gelber Fluss. Eine Geschichte aus der chinesischen Kulturrevolution (Red Land, Yellow River: A Story From the Cultural Revolution) by Ange Zhang, ISBN 3446209085
    • Ich war das Kind von Holocaustüberlebenden (I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors
      I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors
      I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors is a 2006 autobiographical graphic novel by Bernice Eisenstein and a 2010 animated adaptation of Eisenstein's book by Ann Marie Fleming...
      
      ) by Bernice Eisenstein, ISBN 3827007569
• Special prize for Translation: Gabriele Haefs

2007

• Jugendjury: Der Joker (The Messenger) by Markus Zusak
  Markus Zusak
  Markus Zusak is an Australian author. He is best known for his books The Book Thief and The Messenger , which have been international bestsellers.- Career :...
  
   (Author), Alexandra Ernst (Translation), ISBN 3570305392
  • Nominees:
    • Die fünf Tore - Todeskreis (Raven's Gate
      Raven's Gate
      Raven's Gate is the first book in The Power of Five series, written by Anthony Horowitz. It was published and released in the UK on 1 August 2005, by Walker Books Ltd and in the United States by Scholastic Press under the adjusted series title The Gatekeepers...
      
      ) by Anthony Horowitz
      Anthony Horowitz
      Anthony Craig Horowitz is an English novelist and screenwriter. He has written many children's novels, including The Power of Five, Alex Rider and The Diamond Brothers series and has written over fifty books. He has also written extensively for television, adapting many of Agatha Christie's...
      
      , ISBN 3785564430
    • Bis(s) zum Morgengrauen (Twilight
      Twilight (novel)
      Twilight is a young-adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is the first book of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan, who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire,...
      
      ) by Stephenie Meyer
      Stephenie Meyer
      Stephenie Meyer is an American author known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition and sold over 100 million copies globally, with translations into 37 different languages...
      
      , ISBN 355135894X
    • Keeper (Keeper
      Keeper (novel)
      Keeper is a fictional sports novel for children by Mal Peet, published on October 6, 2003 by Walker Books Ltd. The novel takes the form of an interview by Paul Faustino in which the world's best goalkeeper, El Gato , tells his life story...
      
      ) by Mal Peet
      Mal Peet
      Mal Peet is an English author who writes mainly for young adults. His novels have won several awards, including the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.- Biography :...
      
      , ISBN 0744590256
    • Leihst du mir deinen Blick? Eine E-Mail Freundschaft zwischen Jerusalem und Gaza (Message in a Bottle) by Valérie Zenatti, ISBN 3791525794
    • Zwei Wege in den Sommer by Robert Habeck and Andrea Paluch, ISBN 3596807697
• Picture book: Königin Gisela (Where the Girls Are) by Nikolaus Heidelbach, ISBN 3407799063
  • Nominees:
    • Die Torte ist weg! (Where is the cake?) by Thé Tjong-Khing
      Thé Tjong-Khing
      Thé Tjong-Khing is a children's book illustrator based in The Netherlands.He was born in Purworedjo, Java to a large Chinese Indonesian family. As a child he was interested in the Tarzan comic strips of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Thé attended the Seni Rupa institute in Bandung...
      
      , ISBN 3895651737
    • Krawinkel & Eckstein by Wouter van Reek, ISBN 3794151216
    • Der kleine Häwelmann (Little Hobbin) by Theodor Storm
      Theodor Storm
      Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm , commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer.-Life:Storm was born in Husum, at the west coast of Schleswig than an independent duchy and ruled by the king of Denmark...
      
       (Text), Henriette Sauvant (Illustr.), ISBN 3314008805
    • Herr Eichhorn und der Mond (Mr Squirrel and the Moon) by Sebastian Meschenmoser, ISBN 3480222315
    • Pikko, die Hexe by Toon Tellegen (Text), Marit Törnqvist (Illustr.), From the Dutch by Mirjam Pressler, ISBN 3794151399
• Children's book: Schwester by Jon Fosse
  Jon Fosse
  Jon Fosse is a Norwegian author and dramatist.Fosse was born in Haugesund, Norway and currently lives in Bergen. He debuted in 1983 with the novel Raudt, svart . His first play, Og aldri skal vi skiljast, was performed and published in 1994. Jon Fosse has written novels, short stories, poetry,...
  
   (Text), Aljoscha Blau (Illustr.), Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel (Translation), ISBN 3907588703
  • Nominees:
    • Die besten Beerdigungen der Welt (All The Dear Little Animals) by Ulf Nilsson (Text), Eva Eriksson (Illustr.), ISBN 3895651745
    • Ein Zwilling für Leo by Sébastien Joanniez (Text), Régis Lejonc (Illustr.), ISBN 3407789777
    • Steppenwind und Adlerflügel by Xavier-Laurent Petit, ISBN 3791516027
    • Das Buch von allen Dingen (The Book of Everything
      The Book of Everything
      The Book of Everything is the title of the English translation of the Dutch children's novel Het boek van alle dingen by Guus Kuijer, published in 2004 by Querido.The book was awarded the Gouden Griffel literary award in 2005....
      
      ) by Guus Kuijer, ISBN 3789140228
    • Samuraisommer by Åke Edwardson
      Åke Edwardson
      Åke Edwardson is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and was previously a lecturer in journalism at Gothenburg University, the city where many of his Inspector Winter novels are set...
      
      , ISBN 3551554412
• Youth book: Wir retten Leben, sagt mein Vater by Do van Ranst (Author), Andrea Kluitmann (Translation), ISBN 3551581568
  • Nominees:
    • Meisterwerk (Framed
      Framed (novel)
      Framed is a children's novel by Frank Cottrell Boyce, published in 2005. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, as well as being longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize...
      
      ) by Frank Cottrell Boyce
      Frank Cottrell Boyce
      -Awards:*2004: Buch des Monats des Instituts für Jugendliteratur/Book of the Month by the Institute for Youth Literature , Millions*2004: Carnegie Medal, Millions*2004: Luchs des Jahres , Millions...
      
      , ISBN 3551581452
    • Wenn er kommt, dann laufen wir (Dark Angel) by David Klass
      David Klass
      David Klass is an American screenwriter and novelist. He has written more than 40 screenplays for Hollywood studios and published 14 young adult novels...
      
      , ISBN 340150018X
    • Paradiesische Aussichten (Just Like Tomorrow) by Faïza Guène, ISBN 3551581541
    • Ein reiner Schrei (A Swift Pure Cry
      A Swift Pure Cry
      A Swift Pure Cry is a 2006 novel by Siobhan Dowd about a teenager named Shell who lives in County Cork, Ireland. It won the 2007 Branford Boase Award and the Eilís Dillon Award.-Characters:...
      
      ) by Siobhan Dowd
      Siobhan Dowd
      Siobhan Dowd was a British writer and activist.-Biography:Siobhan Dowd was born in London to Irish parents...
      
      , ISBN 3551581584
    • Liebeslinien by Marjaleena Lembcke, ISBN 3423623519
• Non-fiction book: Mutter hat Krebs (Mom's Cancer
  Mom's Cancer
  Mom's Cancer is a webcomic created by writer Brian Fies. The comic is an autobiographical story dealing with his mother's fight against metastatic lung cancer, as well as his family's reactions to it. Although the story is mostly a serious, insightful depiction of the subject, humor is present in...
  
  ) by Brian Fies (Author), Wolfgang J. Fuchs (Translation), ISBN 3896603566
  • Nominees:
    • Was macht der Bär im Museum? by Claire d'Harcourt, ISBN 3896603817
    • Mount Everest by Maja Nielsen and Jochen Hemmleb, ISBN 3806748349
    • Wolfgang Amadé Mozart by Barbara Mungengast (Konzeption & Grafik), Sigrid Laube (Text), Nadia Budde (Illustr.), ISBN 3854931239
    • Petr Ginz. Prager Tagebuch 1941-1942 (The Diary of Petr Ginz) by Chava Pressburger (Published), ISBN 3827052459
    • Geschichte der Elektrizität by Henning Boëtius, ISBN 3407753268
• Special prize for Writing: Kirsten Boie

2006

• Young People's Prize: Lucas
  Lucas (novel)
  Lucas is a 2002 novel by Kevin Brooks about a teenager named Cait who lives on an isolated island off the coast of England and befriends outsider Lucas, eventually falling in love with him only to see the island's prejudices come to life.-Plot summary:...
  
   by Kevin Brooks
  Kevin Brooks (writer)
  Kevin M. Brooks is an English author best known for his novels Lucas and Martyn Pig .- Johnny Delgado Series:...
  
  / Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn (Translation), ISBN 1402599323
  • Nominees:
    • Whisper by Isabel Abedi, ISBN 3401029991
    • was geht wenn du bleibst by Zoran Drvenkar, ISBN 3551581487
    • Eve Green (Eve Green) by Susan Fletcher, ISBN 0007190409
    • Mit offenen Augen. Die Geschichte von Freaky Green Eyes (Freaky Green Eyes) by Joyce Carol Oates
      Joyce Carol Oates
      Joyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction...
      
      , ISBN 3423622970
    • Septimus Heap. Magyk (Magyk
      Magyk
      Magyk is a fantasy novel by Angie Sage. It is the first book in the projected seven-book Septimus Heap series. The sequel, Flyte was released in March 2006, Physik in March 2007, Queste in 2008, Syren in September 2009, and Darke in July 2011...
      
      ) by Angie Sage
      Angie Sage
      Angie Sage is the author of the Septimus Heap series which includes Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Syren, and Darke. She is also the illustrator and/or writer of many children's books, and is the new writer of the Araminta Spook series.Angie Sage grew up in Thames Valley, London and Kent. Her...
      
      , ISBN 3423211075
• Picture book: Gehört das so??! Die Geschichte von Elvis by Peter Schössow, ISBN 3446205632
  • Nominees:
    • Zwei Schwestern bekommen Besuch (The Visitor) by Sonja Bougaeva, ISBN 3-7152-0503-2
    • Die Wölfe in den Wänden (The Wolves in the Walls
      The Wolves in the Walls
      The Wolves in the Walls is a book by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, published in 2003 in the United States by HarperCollins, and in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury. The book was highly praised on release, winning three awards for that year...
      
      ) by Neil Gaiman
      Neil Gaiman
      Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
      
       (Text) and Dave McKean
      Dave McKean
      David McKean is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician....
      
       (Illustration), ISBN 3-551-51648-0
    • Rote Wangen by Heinz Janisch (Text) and Aljoscha Blau (Illustration), ISBN 3-351-04062-8
    • Gesichter (Faces) by François und Jean Robert, ISBN 3-8067-5080-7
• Children's book: Lilis Leben eben (That‘s Life, Lily) by Valérie Dayre/ Maja von Vogel (Translation), ISBN 3551357412
  • Nominees:
    • Besuche bei Charles by Vincent Cuvellier (Text) and Charles Dutertre (Illustration), ISBN 3-7026-5764-9
    • Weißnich by Joke van Leeuwen, ISBN 3-8067-5079-3
    • Ein glücklicher Zufall und andere Kindergeschichten by Ljudmila Ulitzkaja
      Lyudmila Ulitskaya
      Lyudmila Evgenyevna Ulitskaya is a critically acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer. She was born in the town of Davlekanovo in Bashkiria on February 21, 1943...
      
       (Text) and Wolf Erlbruch
      Wolf Erlbruch
      Wolf Erlbruch is an award-winning illustrator and writer of children's books. He combines various techniques for the artwork in his books, including cutting and pasting, drawing, and painting...
      
       (Illustration), ISBN 3-446-20603-5
    • SoB.It: Heidis Geschichte (So B. It
      So B. It
      So B. It is a children's novel by Sarah Weeks. In 2007 it won book awards in Illinois and Kansas .-Plot summary:...
      
      ) by Sarah Weeks, ISBN 3-446-20643-4
• Youth book: Wie schön weiß ich bin by Dolf Verroen/ Rolf Erdorf (Translation), ISBN 3596807298
  • Nominees:
    • Feuerschlucker (The Fire-Eaters
      The Fire-Eaters
      The Fire-Eaters is a children's novel by David Almond, published in 2003. It won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Award and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award, as well as being shortlisted for both the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal....
      
      ) by David Almond
      David Almond
      David Almond is a British children's writer who has written several novels, each one to critical acclaim.-Early life:Almond was born and raised in Felling and Newcastle in post-industrial North East England and educated at the University of East Anglia, he was born in 1951...
      
      , ISBN 3423623152
    • Ich bin Amerika (America) by E.R. Frank
      E.R. Frank
      E.R. Frank is an American writer, clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She won the Teen People Book Club NEXT Award for her first novel, 2002's Life Is Funny. Her 2003 novel America was made into a 2009 television movie starring Rosie O'Donnell and Philip Johnson...
      
      , ISBN 3407809409
    • Evil. Das Bose (Ondskan
      Ondskan (novel)
      Ondskan is a Swedish novel by Jan Guillou.-Plot summary:Erik Ponti is a fourteen year old boy living in the 1950s Stockholm lower middle class. His sadistic stepfather beats him every day after dinner and on random occasions, his mother seemingly afraid to protest and his six year old brother...
      
      ) by Jan Guillou
      Jan Guillou
      Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou is a Swedish author and journalist. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson...
      
      , ISBN 3423623012
    • Die Nacht, als Mats nicht heimkam by Martha Heesen, ISBN 3596807077
    • So lebe ich jetzt (How I Live Now
      How I Live Now
      How I Live Now is a novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004. The book won three notable awards including the Michael L. Printz Award and received generally positive reviews.-Plot summary:...
      
      ) by Meg Rosoff
      Meg Rosoff
      Meg Rosoff is an American author based in London since 1989. She is best known for her novel How I Live Now, which won 3 awards including the Guardian Award , Michael L. Printz Award , Branford Boase Award and was shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Awards. Her second novel, , won the prestigious ...
      
      , ISBN 3551357617
• Non-fiction book: Denk nicht, wir bleiben hier!' - Die Lebensgeschichte des Sinto Hugo Höllenreiner by Anja Tuckermann, ISBN 3446206485
  • Nominees:
    • Jasper schafft Platz by Martin Bertelsen (Text) and Hartmut Kozok (Illustration), ISBN 3-8303-1086-2
    • Das Buch vom Müssen und Machen (Poop: A Natural History of the Unmentionable
      Poop: A Natural History of the Unmentionable
      Poop: A Natural History of the Unmentionable is a children's book about poop, written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Neal Layton.-Book information:...
      
      ) by Nicola Davies (Text) and Neal Layton (Illustration), ISBN 3-7941-5123-2
    • Das große Familienbuch der Feste und Bräuche by Christa Holtei (Text) and Tilman Michalski (Illustration), ISBN 3-491-38071-5
    • Die Welt der Vögel für Kinder erzählt (Birds) by Gilles Martin (Photos), Jean Chevallier (Illustrations), Philippe J. Dubois and Valérie Guidoux (Text), ISBN 3-89660-264-0
• Special prize for Illustration: Rotraut Susanne Berner

2005

• Young People's Prize: Im Schatten der Wächter (Inventing Elliot
  Inventing Elliot
  Inventing Elliot is a young adult novel by Graham Gardner, first published in 2003. It is about a young teenager who decides to become a different person and ends up being invited to join a secret society which is orchestrating a reign of terror at his new school...
  
  ) by Graham Gardner
  Graham Gardner
  Graham Gardner is a British novelist who writes books aimed at the Young Adult market. He was born and brought up in the county of Worcestershire, England, and is the second eldest of ten children...
  
  / Alexandra Ernst (Translation), ISBN 3772522513
  • Nominees:
    • In meiner Haut (Out of the Fire) by Deborah Froese, ISBN 3-407-80918-2
    • Kafka am Strand (Kafka on the Shore
      Kafka on the Shore
      is a 2002 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. John Updike described it as a "real page-turner, as well as an insistently metaphysical mind-bender"...
      
      ) by Haruki Murakami
      Haruki Murakami
      is a Japanese writer and translator. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered him critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and Jerusalem Prize among others.He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature...
      
      , ISBN 3-8321-7866-X
    • Ein Meer dazwischen, eine Welt entfernt (An ocean apart, a world away) by Lensey Namioka
      Lensey Namioka
      Lensey Chao Namioka is a children's book author and mathematician. She is best known for the short story -Awards:* Washington State Governor's Writers Award, 1976, 1990 Island of Ogres...
      
      , ISBN 3-407-80923-9
    • Asphalt Tribe: Kinder der Straße (Asphalt Tribe) by Morton Rhue, ISBN 3-473-35246-2
    • Lilly unter den Linden by Anne C. Voorhoeve, ISBN 3-473-35251-9
• Picture book: Han Gan und das Wunderpferd by Chen Jianghong, ISBN 3895651559
  • Nominees:
    • Der Zapperdockel und der Wock by Georg Bydlinski (Text) and Jens Rassmus (Illustrations), ISBN 3-85191-322-1
    • Die große Frage (The Big Question) by Wolf Erlbruch
      Wolf Erlbruch
      Wolf Erlbruch is an award-winning illustrator and writer of children's books. He combines various techniques for the artwork in his books, including cutting and pasting, drawing, and painting...
      
      , ISBN 3-87294-948-9
    • Meeres Stille und Glückliche Fahrt by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
      Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
      Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
      
       (Text) and Peter Schössow (Illustrations), ISBN 3-446-20433-4
    • Brundibar (Brundibár
      Brundibár
      Brundibár is a children's opera by Jewish Czech composer Hans Krása with a libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister, originally performed by the children of Theresienstadt concentration camp in occupied Czechoslovakia...
      
      ) by Tony Kushner
      Tony Kushner
      Anthony Robert "Tony" Kushner is an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1993 for his play, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, and co-authored with Eric Roth the screenplay for the 2005 film, Munich.-Life and career:Kushner was born...
      
       (Text) and Maurice Sendak
      Maurice Sendak
      Maurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. He is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963.-Early life:...
      
       (Illustrations), ISBN 3-8067-5073-4
    • Echte Kerle (Boys Are Best!) by Manuela Olten, ISBN 3-907588-51-7
• Children's book: Die Kurzhosengang by Viktor Caspak and Yves Lanois/ Andreas Steinhöfel (Translation) and Ole Könnecke (Illustration), ISBN 3551355649
  • Nominees:
    • Despereaux (The Tale of Despereaux
      The Tale of Despereaux
      The Tale of Despereaux, also known as The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread is a 2004 Newbery Medal winning fantasy book written by Kate DiCamillo. The main plot follows the adventures of a mouse named Despereaux, who sets out on his quest...
      
      ) by Kate DiCamillo
      Kate DiCamillo
      Katrina Elizabeth "Kate" DiCamillo is an American children's author. She is known for the Newbery Medal-winning book The Tale of Despereaux, the Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, and the Mercy Watson series, plus numerous other award-winning and honored books.-Early life:Born in...
      
       (Text) and Timothy Basil Ering (Illustrations), ISBN 3-7915-2799-1
    • 35 Kilo Hoffnung (95 pounds of Hope) by Anna Gavalda
      Anna Gavalda
      Anna Gavalda is a French teacher and award-winning novelist.Referred to by Voici magazine as “a distant descendant of Dorothy Parker”, Anna Gavalda was born in an upper-class suburb of Paris...
      
      , ISBN 3-8270-5014-6
    • Die furchtbar hartnäckigen Gapper von Frip (The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip) by George Saunders
      George Saunders
      George Saunders is a New York Times bestselling American writer of short stories, essays, novellas and children's books. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's and GQ, among other publications...
      
       (Text) and Lane Smith
      Lane Smith (illustrator)
      Lane Smith is an American children's book author and illustrator.-Background:Smith was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but moved to Corona, California at a young age...
      
       (Illustrations), ISBN 3-8270-5033-2
    • Bartimäus: Das Amulett von Samarkand (The Amulet of Samarkand
      The Amulet of Samarkand
      The Amulet of Samarkand is the first book in the Bartimaeus Trilogy written by Jonathan Stroud. It is well known for its liberal use of footnotes to voice the title character's sarcastic comments, as well as story background.-Plot introduction:...
      
      ) by Jonathan Stroud
      Jonathan Stroud
      Jonathan Anthony Stroud is an author of fantasy books, mainly for children and young adults.-Biography:Born in 1970 in Bedford, England, Stroud began to write stories at a very young age. He grew up in St Albans where he enjoyed reading books, drawing pictures, and writing stories...
      
      , ISBN 3-570-12775-3
    • Was ich vergessen habe by Edward van de Vendel, ISBN 3-551-55236-3
• Youth book: Schneeweiß und Russenrot (Snow White and Russian Red) by Dorota Maslowska
  Dorota Maslowska
  Dorota Masłowska is a Polish writer and journalist.Masłowska was born on 3 July 1983 in Wejherowo, and grew up there. She applied for the University of Gdańsk's faculty of psychology and was accepted, but left the studies for Warsaw, where she joined the culture studies at the Warsaw University...
  
  , ISBN 346203376X
  • Nominees:
    • Busfahrt mit Kuhn by Tamara Bach, ISBN 3-7891-3156-3
    • Martyn Pig (Martyn Pig
      Martyn Pig
      Martyn Pig is a thriller by Kevin Brooks, published on April 1, 2002 by The Chicken House and aimed at teens and young adults. Martyn Pig won the Branford Boase Award in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2002.-Martyn Pig:...
      
      ) by Kevin Brooks
      Kevin Brooks
      Kevin Brooks may refer to:*Kevin Brooks , American basketball player*Kevin Brooks , former Dallas Cowboys football player*Kevin Brooks , writer of Candy*Kevin Brooks...
      
      , ISBN 3-423-70866-2
    • Doing it (Doing It
      Doing It
      Doing It is a 2004 young adult novel by award winning author Melvin Burgess. It tells of the experiences of a group of English teenagers and their discovery of sex for the first time...
      
      ) by Melvin Burgess
      Melvin Burgess
      Melvin Burgess is a British author of children's fiction. His first book, The Cry of the Wolf, was published in 1990. He gained a certain amount of notoriety in 1996 with the publication of Junk, which was published in the shadow of the film of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, and dealt with the...
      
      , ISBN 3-551-58131-2
    • Monsterwochen (Stoner and Spaz) by Ron Koertge, ISBN 3-551-58121-5
    • Lauf, Junge, lauf (Run, boy, run) by Uri Orlev
      Uri Orlev
      Uri Orlev is an award-winning Israeli children's author and translator of Polish-Jewish origin.-Biography:Uri Orlev, born Jerzy Henryk Orlowski, was born in Warsaw, Poland. He survived the war years in the Warsaw Ghetto and the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he was sent to after his...
      
      , ISBN 3-407-80925-5
• Non-fiction book: Nester bauen, Höhlen knabbern by Anne Möller, ISBN 3715204869
  • Nominees:
    • Nano?! Die Technik des 21. Jahrhunderts by Niels Boeing, ISBN 3-87134-488-5
    • Sternenflug und Sonnenfeuer: Drei Astronominnen und ihre Lebensgeschichten by Charlotte Kerner (Text & Publisher), Claudia Eberhard-Metzger (Text) and Renate Ries (Text)
    • Das Buch von der Zukunft: Ein Reiseführer by Andreas Eschbach
      Andreas Eschbach
      Andreas Eschbach is a German writer who mostly writes science fiction. Even if some of his stories do not exactly fall into the SF genre, they usually feature elements of the fantastic.- Biography :...
      
      , ISBN 3-87134-476-1
    • Warum? (Why?) by Lila Prap, ISBN 3-907588-56-8
    • Der Baum des Lebens (The Tree of Life) by Peter Sís
      Peter Sis
      Peter Sís is an award-winning children's book writer and illustrator. Sís attended the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and the Royal College of Art in London...
      
      , ISBN 3-446-20523-3
• Special prize for Translation: Harry Rowohlt
  Harry Rowohlt
  Harry Rowohlt is a German writer and translator. He also plays the role of a derelict in the famous German weekly-soap Lindenstraße.- Background :...
  
  

2004

• Young People's Prize: Das Schwert in der Stille (Across the Nightingale Floor
  Across the Nightingale Floor
  Across the Nightingale Floor is the first of Lian Hearn's popular Tales of the Otori trilogy, first published in 2002. The main events cover a period of just over a year, from Tomasu's rescue by Shigeru, his adoption as Otori Takeo, their travel to Inuyama, their betrayal, and Takeo's submission...
  
  ) by Lian Hearn, ISBN 3551581061
  • Nominees:
    • Höhenflug abwärts by Jana Frey, ISBN 3-7855-4408-1
    • Tintenherz (Inkheart
      Inkheart
      Inkheart is a young adult-child fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the Inkworld trilogy....
      
      ) by Cornelia Funke
      Cornelia Funke
      Cornelia Funke is a multiple award-winning German author of children's fiction. She was born on 10 December 1958, in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia. Funke is best known for her Inkworld trilogy, with the English translation of the third book, Inkdeath, released on 6 October 2008. Many of her...
      
      , ISBN 3-7915-0465-7
    • Das Orangenmädchen (The Orange Girl
      Appelsinpiken
      The Orange Girl is a Norwegian movie released in February 2009. It is based on a book by internationally acclaimed author Jostein Gaarder; a book translated to 43 languages...
      
      ) by Jostein Gaarder
      Jostein Gaarder
      Jostein Gaarder /ˈju:staɪn ˈgɔːrdər/ is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses metafiction in his works, writing stories within...
      
      , ISBN 3-446-20344-3
    • Sie hatten einen Traum by Thomas Jeier, ISBN 3-8000-2999-5
    • Harry Potter und der Orden des Phönix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
      Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
      Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling, and was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada...
      
      ) by Joanne K. Rowling, ISBN 3-551-55555-9
• Picture book: Fuchs (Fox) by Margaret Wild
  Margaret Wild
  Margaret Wild is an Australian author. She was born in 1948 in Eschew, a small town in South Africa, and came to Australia in 1972. She now lives in Sydney. Before becoming a fulltime writer, Margaret was a journalist for newspapers and magazines and then she worked for sixteen years as a book...
  
   (Text) and Ron Brooks (Illustration), ISBN 3551515972
  • Nominees:
    • Du schon wieder by Zoran Drvenkar (Text) and Ole Könnecke (Illustrations), ISBN 3-551-55240-1
    • Nelson, der Käpt'n und ich by Katja Gehrmann, ISBN 3-551-51576-X
    • Der hölzerne Mann by Melanie Kemmler, ISBN 3-351-04034-2
    • Kwatsch (Baloney, (Henry P.)) by Jon Scieszka
      Jon Scieszka
      Jon Scieszka was born September 8, 1954 in Flint, Michigan is an American author of children's literature, best known for his collaborations with illustrator Lane Smith. He is also a nationally recognized reading advocate, and in early 2008 was named the National Ambassador for Young People's...
      
       (Text) and Lane Smith
      Lane Smith (illustrator)
      Lane Smith is an American children's book author and illustrator.-Background:Smith was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but moved to Corona, California at a young age...
      
       (Illustrations), ISBN 3-551-51569-7
    • Einer, der nichts merkte by Robert Walser (Text) and Käthi Bhend (Illustrations), ISBN 3-7152-0467-2
• Children's book: Ein Schaf fürs Leben by Maritgen Matter (Text) and Anke Faust (Illustration), ISBN 3789142395
  • Nominees:
    • Neun nackte Nilpferddamen by Gerda Anger-Schmidt (Text) and Renate Habinger (Illustrations), ISBN 3-85326-272-4
    • Der beste Hund der Welt (Love That Dog
      Love That Dog
      Love That Dog is a blank verse piece written by Sharon Creech and published by HarperCollins. It is written in diary format, in the perspective of a young boy who resists poetry assignments from his teacher. The author drew inspiration from Walter Dean Myers' poem, Love That Boy...
      
      ) by Sharon Creech
      Sharon Creech
      Sharon Creech is an American novelist of children's fiction.-Biography:Sharon Creech was born in South Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, where she grew up with her parents , one sister , and three brothers...
      
       (Text) and Rotraut Susanne Berner (Illustrations), ISBN 3-596-85113-0
    • Die Busfahrerin by Vincent Cuvellier (Text) and Candice Hayat (Illustrations), ISBN 3-7026-5752-5
    • Tintenherz (Inkheart
      Inkheart
      Inkheart is a young adult-child fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the Inkworld trilogy....
      
      ) by Cornelia Funke
      Cornelia Funke
      Cornelia Funke is a multiple award-winning German author of children's fiction. She was born on 10 December 1958, in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia. Funke is best known for her Inkworld trilogy, with the English translation of the third book, Inkdeath, released on 6 October 2008. Many of her...
      
      , ISBN 3-7915-0465-7
    • Ein rotes Herz, ein blauer Schmetterling by Annika Thor, ISBN 3-551-55237-1
• Youth book: Marsmädchen (Girl From Mars) by Tamara Bach
  Tamara Bach
  Tamara Bach is a German writer.-Life:Tamara Bach was born in 1976 in Limburg an der Lahn and grew up in Ludwigshöhe, Rhineland-Palatinate. She was encouraged in her writing by her former German teacher, Peter Grosz. 1993 and 1995 she took part in the prestigious meeting of young writers to whom...
  
  
  • Nominees:
    • Brando by Mikael Engström, ISBN 3-446-20303-6
    • Der Drachenflieger (The Kite Rider) by Geraldine McCaughrean
      Geraldine McCaughrean
      Geraldine McCaughrean is a British children's novelist.The youngest of three children, McCaughrean studied teaching but did not like it, and found her true vocation in writing. She claims that what makes her love writing is the desire to escape from an unsatisfactory world...
      
      , ISBN 3-89106-426-8
    • Die Braut meines Bruders (Bride on Paper) by Nava Semel, ISBN 3-407-80907-7
    • Mimus (Mimus) by Lilli Thal, ISBN 3-8067-5029-7
    • Jinx (Jinx) by Margaret Wild
      Margaret Wild
      Margaret Wild is an Australian author. She was born in 1948 in Eschew, a small town in South Africa, and came to Australia in 1972. She now lives in Sydney. Before becoming a fulltime writer, Margaret was a journalist for newspapers and magazines and then she worked for sixteen years as a book...
      
      , ISBN 3-446-20338-9
• Non-fiction book: Lieber wütend als traurig. Die Lebensgeschichte der Ulrike Marie Meinhof by Alois Prinz, ISBN 3407809050
  • Nominees:
    • Christophs Experimente by Christoph Biemann (Text) and Hildegard Müller (Illustrations / Layout), ISBN 3-446-20339-7
    • Die Kinder-Uni: Forscher erklären die Rätsel der Welt by Ulrich Janßen / Ulla Steuernagel (Text) and Klaus Ensikat (Illustrations), ISBN 3-421-05695-1
    • Denk dir die Welt: Philosophie für Kinder by Brigitte Labbé / Michel Puech (Text) and Jaques Azam (Illustrations), ISBN 3-7855-4677-7
    • Der Mikrokosmos für Kinder erklärt by Oliver Meckes and Nicole Ottawa, ISBN 3-570-19438-8
    • Selbstdenken! 20 Praktiken der Philosophie by Jens Soentgen (Text) and Nadia Budde (Illustrations), ISBN 3-87294-943-8
• Special prize for Writing: Benno Pludra

2003

• Young People's Prize: Krokodil im Nacken by Klaus Kordon, ISBN 3407808933
  • Nominees:
    • Eine für vier (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) by Ann Brashares
      Ann Brashares
      Ann Brashares is an American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known as the author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series of books....
      
      , ISBN 3-570-12679-X
    • Sag mir, was du siehst by Zoran Drvenkar, ISBN 3-551-58097-9
    • RaumZeit by Christian Linker, ISBN 3-423-20565-2
    • Lab 47: Gefahr aus dem Labor (Bloodline) by Malcolm Rose
      Malcolm Rose
      Malcolm Rose is a British young-adult author. Many of his books, including the Traces and Lawless and Tilley series, are mysteries or thrillers where the hero uses science to catch the criminal or terrorist.- Biography :...
      
      , ISBN 3-401-05386-8
    • Ohrensausen by Jochen Till, ISBN 3-473-35239-X
• Picture book: Unsichtbar (Invisible) by Katja Kamm, ISBN 3499121069
  • Nominees:
    • Mitten in der Nacht by Bruno Blume (Text) and Jacky Gleich (Illustrations), ISBN 3-596-85115-7
    • Nein! Tomaten ess ich nicht! (I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato) by Lauren Child
      Lauren Child
      Lauren Child MBE is an English author and illustrator. She is best known for writing the Charlie and Lola books and Clarice Bean novels....
      
      , ISBN 3-551-51574-3
    • Das Notizbuch des Zeichners by Mohieddin Ellabbad, ISBN 3-7152-0473-7
    • Die Schöpfung by Friedrich Karl Waechter, ISBN 3-257-02076-7
    • Die drei Schweine (The Three Pigs
      The Three Pigs
      The Three Pigs is a children's picture book written and illustrated by David Wiesner. Published in 2001, the book is based on the traditional tale of the Three Little Pigs, though in this story they step out of their own tale and wander into others, depicted in different illustration styles...
      
      ) by David Wiesner
      David Wiesner
      David Wiesner is an American author and illustrator of children's books and publications. His work has won several honors, including three Caldecott Medals and two Caldecott Honors.-Career:...
      
      , ISBN 3-551-51556-5
• Children's book: Schlimmes Ende (Awful End
  Awful End
  Awful End is a 2000 children's novel by Philip Ardagh and the first book of the Eddie Dickens trilogy, which was followed by The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens....
  
  )by Philip Ardagh
  Philip Ardagh
  Philip Ardagh is an English children's author, primarily known for the Eddie Dickens series of books. He has written more than 70 books including adult fiction and children's non-fiction....
  
  , ISBN 357012701X
  • Nominees:
    • So was macht die Liebe by Bo R. Holmberg, ISBN 3-7891-3708-1
    • Salamander im Netz by Elisabeth Honey (Text) and Jörg Mühle (Illustrations), ISBN 3-407-79849-0
    • Wenn dich ein Löwe nach der Uhrzeit fragt: Eine Afrikageschichte by Hermann Schulz, ISBN 3-87294-912-8
    • Esperanza by Jakob Wegelius, ISBN 3-491-37458-8
    • Die fabelhaften Barker Girls (Double Act
      Double Act (novel)
      Double Act is a 1995 children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson, written in the style of a diary, which follows the story of identical twins, Ruby and Garnet...
      
      ) by Jacqueline Wilson
      Jacqueline Wilson
      Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, FRSL is an award-winning English author, known for her vast and diverse work in children's literature. Her novels have been adapted numerous times for television, and commonly deal with such challenging themes as adoption, divorce and mental illness...
      
       (Text) and Susann Opel-Götz (Illustrations), ISBN 3-7891-5109-2
• Youth book: Prinz William, Maximilian Minsky und ich (Prince William, Maximillian Minsky and me) by Holly-Jane Rahlens, ISBN 3499212749
  • Nominees:
    • Hathaway Jones by Katja Behrens, ISBN 3-407-80896-8
    • Was wisst ihr denn schon (The Facts Speak For Themselves) by Brock Cole
      Brock Cole
      Brock Cole is an American children's author and illustrator. He is an award-winning author and illustrator of pictures books for children as well as a writer of novels and novellas for young adult readers...
      
      , ISBN 3-551-58077-4
    • Und wenn schon! by Karen-Susan Fessel, ISBN 3-7891-3507-0
    • Das Rätsel des Feuers (Playing With Fire) by Henning Mankell
      Henning Mankell
      Henning Mankell is a Swedish crime writer, children's author, leftist activist and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.-Life and career:...
      
      , ISBN 3-7891-4231-X
    • Prinz Faisals Ring (The Ring of the Slave Prince) by Bjarne Reuter
      Bjarne Reuter
      Bjarne Reuter is a Danish writer and screenwriter, best known for his books for children and teenagers.Many of his works are set in the fifties and sixties, the time period of his childhood and adolescence. Many also deal with the Copenhagen area, where he was born...
      
      , ISBN 3-7941-4800-2
• Non-fiction book: Geschichte der Wirtschaft by Nikolaus Piper
  • Nominees:
    • Die Geschichte der Titanic by Eric Kentley (Text) and Steve Noon
      Steve Noon
      Steve Noon is a British illustrator, born in Kent, England.Since 1985, Noon has worked as a professional artist. Noon attended art college in Cornwall...
      
       (Illustrations), ISBN 3-411-07421-3
    • Philosophie: Abenteuer Denken by Stephen Law
      Stephen Law
      Dr. Stephen Law is a philosopher and senior lecturer at Heythrop College in the University of London. He also edits the philosophical journal Think, which is published by the Royal Institute of Philosophy and aimed at the general public. Law currently lives in Oxford, England, with his wife and two...
      
       (Text) and Daniel Postgate (Illustrations), ISBN 3-401-05332-9
    • Weltgeschichte by Manfred Mai, ISBN 3-446-20191-2
    • Sag mir, wie ist Afrika? by Marie Sellier (Text) and Marion Lesage (Illustrations), ISBN 3-87294-914-4
    • Die Leute von Birka: So lebten die Wikinger by Mats Wahl (Text), Björn Ambrosiani (Text) and Sven Nordqvist (Illustrations), ISBN 3-7891-5111-4
• Special prize for Illustration: Wolf Erlbruch
  Wolf Erlbruch
  Wolf Erlbruch is an award-winning illustrator and writer of children's books. He combines various techniques for the artwork in his books, including cutting and pasting, drawing, and painting...
  
  

2002

• Picture book: Die ganze Welt (A Whole World) by Katy Couprie and Antonin Louchard, ISBN 380674954X
  • Nominees:
    • Opas Engel (Grandpa's Angel) by Jutta Bauer
      Jutta Bauer
      -Life:After studying at the Technical College of Design in Hamburg, she worked as a children’s book illustrator as well as cartoonist for the women’s magazine Brigitte....
      
      , ISBN 3-551-51543-3
    • Rotkäppchen by The Brothers Grimm (Text) and Susanna Janssen (Illustrations), ISBN 3-446-20022-3
    • Schwi-Schwa-Schweinehund by Karoline Kehr, ISBN 3-357-00925-0
    • Der Tag an dem Marie ein Ungeheuer war by Lotte Kinskofer (Text) and Verena Ballhaus (Illustrations), ISBN 3-907588-23-1
    • Mama ist groß wie ein Turm by Brigitte Schär (Text) and Jacky Gleich (Illustrations), ISBN 3-446-20023-1
• Children's book: Wir alle für immer zusammen by Guus Kuijer, illustrated by Alice Hoogstad, ISBN 3789140112
  • Nominees:
    • War mal ein Lama in Alabama by Irmela Brender (Text) and Verena Ballhaus (Illustrations), ISBN 3-7891-3132-6
    • Der einzige Vogel, der die Kälte nicht fürchtet by Zoran Drvenkar (Text) and Martin Baltscheit (Illustrations), ISBN 3-551-55220-7
    • Winn-Dixie (Because of Winn-Dixie
      Because of Winn-Dixie
      Because of Winn-Dixie is a children's novel by Kate DiCamillo published in 2000 and winner of a Newbery Honor distinction the following year. It also won the 2000 Josette Frank Award, and 2003 Mark Twain Award...
      
      ) by Kate DiCamillo
      Kate DiCamillo
      Katrina Elizabeth "Kate" DiCamillo is an American children's author. She is known for the Newbery Medal-winning book The Tale of Despereaux, the Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, and the Mercy Watson series, plus numerous other award-winning and honored books.-Early life:Born in...
      
       (Author) and Sabine Ludwig (Translation), ISBN 3-7915-2791-6
    • Paul ohne Jacob (Radiance Descending) by Paula Fox
      Paula Fox
      Paula Fox is an American author of novels for adults and children and two memoirs. Her novel The Slave Dancer received the Newbery Medal in 1974; and in 1978, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. More recently, A Portrait of Ivan won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2008.Her...
      
       (Author) and Cornelia Krutz-Arnold (Translation), ISBN 3-7941-4375-2
    • Mein Großvater war ein Kirschbaum by Angela Nanetti (Text), Józef Wilkon (Illustrations) and Rosemarie Griebel-Kruip (Translation), ISBN 3-491-37438-3
• Youth book: Ich habe einfach Glück by Alexa Hennig von Lange, ISBN 3807701540
  • Nominees:
    • Wir Goonyas, ihr Nungas (Deadly, Unna?
      Deadly, Unna?
      Deadly, Unna? is a work of teenage fiction and is Phillip Gwynne's first novel. The book deals with the inter-racial friendship between two teenage boys, Gary "Blacky" Black and "Dumby" Red....
      
      ) by Phillip Gwynne (Author), Cornelia Krutz-Arnold (Translation), ISBN 3-7941-4588-7
    • Malka Mai by Mirjam Pressler, ISBN 3-407-80879-8
    • Falsch gedacht by Sigurd Pruetz, ISBN 3-407-80880-1
    • Defender: Geschichten aus der Mitte der Welt by Andreas Steinhöfel, ISBN 3-551-58068-5
    • Der Unsichtbare (Den Osynlige
      Den Osynlige
      Den osynlige is a 2002 Swedish film directed by Joel Bergvalland Simon Sandquist, and based on Mats Wahl's book of the same name. The film follows Niklas, a young and quiet man who falls short of his mother's expectations, and then finds himself attacked by a neglected young girl Annelie and left...
      
      ) by Mats Wahl (Author) and Angelika Kutsch (Translation), ISBN 3-446-20045-2
• Non-fiction book: Das visuelle Lexikon der Umwelt by Bernd Schuh, ISBN 3806745005
  • Nominees:
    • Als Deutschland am Äquator lag: Eine Reise in die Urgeschichte by Volker Arzt (Text) and Knud Jaspersen (Illustrations), ISBN 3-87134-418-4
    • Mensch & Co.:Aufregende Geschichten von Lebewesen, die auf uns wohnen by Jörg Blech (Text) and Antje von Stemm (Illustrations), ISBN 3-499-21162-9
    • Die Geschichte der Juden by Lutz van Dijk (Text) and Renate Schlicht (Illustrations), ISBN 3-593-36703-3
    • Wörterwerkstatt: Tipps für Jugendliche, die gern schreiben by Sylvia Englert (Text) and Stefanie Scharnberg (Illustrations), ISBN 3-7707-3133-6
    • Der Mann mit der Zwitschermaschine by Mario Giordano
      Mario Giordano
      -Biography:Giordano was born in Alessandria, Italy. He started his career as journalist writing for some local weekly and daily publications, when in 1996 he moved to il Giornale as editorialist....
      
      , ISBN 3-351-04019-9
• Special prize for Translation: Cornelia Krutz-Arnold

2001

• Picture book: Schreimutter by Jutta Bauer
  Jutta Bauer
  -Life:After studying at the Technical College of Design in Hamburg, she worked as a children’s book illustrator as well as cartoonist for the women’s magazine Brigitte....
  
  , ISBN 3407792646
  • Nominees:
    • Willi der Maler (Willy's Pictures) by Anthony Browne
      Anthony Browne (author)
      Anthony Edward Tudor Browne is a British author and illustrator of children's books, with nearly forty titles to his name. He was the previous Children's Laureate.-Life and work:...
      
       (Author) and Peter Baumann
      Peter Baumann (disambiguation)
      Peter Baumann may refer to:*Peter Baumann, German musician with Tangerine Dream*Peter Baumann *Peter Baumann , Swiss physician known for participating in assisted suicides...
      
       (Translation), ISBN 3-8303-1012-9
    • Otto Karotto by Chiara Carrer (Author), Dorothea Löcker and Alexander Potyka (Translation), ISBN 3-85452-842-6
    • Pozor by Anna Maar (Text) and Bernd Mölck-Tassel (Illustrations), ISBN 3-907588-16-9
    • Die Prinzessin kommt um vier: Eine Liebesgeschichte by Wolfdietrich Schnurre
      Wolfdietrich Schnurre
      Wolfdietrich Schnurre was a German writer.Schnurre was an important literary figure of post-war West Germany...
      
       (Text) and Rotraut Susanne Berner (Illustrations), ISBN 3-351-04000-8
    • Steinsuppe by Anaïs Vaugelade (Author) and Tobias Scheffel (Translation), ISBN 3-89565-115-X
• Children's book: Der Tag, als ich lernte die Spinnen zu zähmen by Jutta Richter
  Jutta Richter
  Jutta Richter is a German author of children's and youth literature.Richter spent her youth in the Ruhr and Sauerland and at the age of 15 she spent a year in Detroit...
  
  , ISBN 3446198962
  • Nominees:
    • Der Mann mit der Maske (Angel Square
      Angel Square
      Angel Square is a 1990 Canadian film set in 1945 and based on the novel of the same title by Brian Doyle. Many of his books are set in Ottawa, Canada.-Summary:...
      
      ) by Brian Doyle
      Brian Doyle (writer)
      Brian Doyle is a well known Canadian author, whose children's books have been adapted into both movies and plays...
      
       (Author) and Sylke Hachmeister (Translation), ISBN 3-7891-3303-5
    • Herr der Diebe (The Thief Lord
      The Thief Lord
      The Thief Lord is a children's novel written by Cornelia Funke. It was published in Germany in 2000 and translated into English by Oliver Latsch in 2002 for The Chicken House, a division of Scholastic publishing company...
      
      ) by Cornelia Funke
      Cornelia Funke
      Cornelia Funke is a multiple award-winning German author of children's fiction. She was born on 10 December 1958, in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia. Funke is best known for her Inkworld trilogy, with the English translation of the third book, Inkdeath, released on 6 October 2008. Many of her...
      
      , ISBN 3-7915-0457-6
    • Großer Ozean: Gedichte für alle by Hans-Joachim Gelberg (Editor), ISBN 3-407-79818-0
    • Reise gegen den Wind by Peter Härtling
      Peter Härtling
      Peter Härtling is a German writer and poet. He is a member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and he received the Großes Verdienstkreuz for his major contribution to German literature.-Biography:...
      
      , ISBN 3-407-79814-8
    • Kamos gesammelte Abenteuer by Daniel Pennac
      Daniel Pennac
      Daniel Pennac is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay Chagrin d'école.After studying in Nice he became a teacher...
      
       (Author) and Wolfgang Rentz (Translation), ISBN 3-407-79811-3
• Youth book: Die ohne Segen sind (The Lesser Blessed) by Richard van Camp, ISBN 3473352055
  • Nominees:
    • Ulla und alles by Kim Fupz Aakeson (Author) and Christel Hildebrandt (Translation), ISBN 3-7260-0540-4
    • Im Regen stehen by Zoran Drvenkar, ISBN 3-499-20993-4
    • Löcher: Die Geheimnisse von Green Lake (Holes
      Holes (novel)
      Holes is a Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar. It was adapted into a screenplay for the 2003 film by Walt Disney Pictures. In 2006, Sachar published Small Steps, a companion novel featuring one of the characters from Holes.-Plot:...
      
      ) by Louis Sachar
      Louis Sachar
      Louis Sachar is an American author of children's books who is best known for the Sideways Stories From Wayside School book series and the 1998 novel Holes, for which Sachar won a National Book Award and the Newbery Medal...
      
       (Author) and Birgitt Kollmann (Translation), ISBN 3-407-80867-4
    • Sonnennebel by Hermann Schulz, ISBN 3-551-58064-2
    • East End, West End und dazwischen Maniac Magee (Maniac Magee
      Maniac Magee
      Maniac Magee is a young adult fiction novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990. Exploring themes of racism and homelessness, it follows the story of an orphaned boy looking for a home in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Two Mills...
      
      ) by Jerry Spinelli
      Jerry Spinelli
      Jerry Spinelli is an author of children's novels on adolescence and early adulthood. He is best known for the novels Maniac Magee and Wringer....
      
       (Author) and Andreas Steinhöfel (Translation), ISBN 3-7915-1979-4
• Non-fiction book: Sonnenfresser. Wie Pflanzen leben by Susanne Paulsen, ISBN 3871343978
  • Nominees:
    • Erzählt es euren Kindern: Der Holocaust in Europa by Stéphane Bruchfeld, Paul A. Levine (Authors), Uwe Danker (Editor) and Robert Bohn (Translation), ISBN 3-570-12531-9
    • Abenteuer Zukunft: Projekte und Visionen für das dritte Jahrtausend by Eirik Newth
      Eirik Newth
      Eirik Newth is a Norwegian astrophysicist, writer of popular science for children, and media personality.He received the Brage Prize in 1996 for the children's book Jakten på sannheten....
      
       (Author) and Ina Kronenberger (Translation), ISBN 3-446-19831-8
    • "Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne": Die Lebensgeschichte des Hermann Hesse by Alois Prinz, ISBN 3-407-80874-7
    • Und was kommt dann?: Das Kinderbuch vom Tod by Pernilla Stalfelt (Author) and Birgitta Kicherer (Translation), ISBN 3-89565-110-9
    • Das unendliche Reich der Sterne: Die faszinierende Welt der Astronomie by Jürgen Teichmann (Text) and Christof Gießler (Illustrations), ISBN 3-401-02069-2
• Special prize for Writing: Peter Härtling
  Peter Härtling
  Peter Härtling is a German writer and poet. He is a member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and he received the Großes Verdienstkreuz for his major contribution to German literature.-Biography:...
  
  

2000

• Picture book: Eins zwei drei Tier (One Two Three Me) by Nadia Budde, ISBN 387294827X
  • Nominees:
    • Flieg, Ente, flieg! (Sitting Ducks
      Sitting Ducks
      Sitting Ducks is a lithograph created by Michael Bedard in the late 1970s. It depicts a literal interpretation of the idiom "sitting duck". Three ducks are relaxing in the sun on white chairs by the poolside, one looks up and notices two bullet holes in the wall.Bedard then went on to create an...
      
      ) by Michael Bedard (Author) and Mirjam Pressler (Translation), ISBN 3-473-33948-2
    • Nachts by Wolf Erlbruch
      Wolf Erlbruch
      Wolf Erlbruch is an award-winning illustrator and writer of children's books. He combines various techniques for the artwork in his books, including cutting and pasting, drawing, and painting...
      
      , ISBN 3-87294-834-2
    • Wach doch auf! by Jan Jutta (Author) and Andrea Kluitmann (Translation), ISBN 3-551-51488-7
    • Waas! (What!) by Kate Lum (Text), Adrian Johnson (Illustrations) and Thomas Minssen (Translation), ISBN 3-907588-09-6
    • Affenzoff by John A. Rowe, ISBN 3-85195-586-2
• Children's book: Hodder der Nachtschwärmer by Bjarne Reuter
  Bjarne Reuter
  Bjarne Reuter is a Danish writer and screenwriter, best known for his books for children and teenagers.Many of his works are set in the fifties and sixties, the time period of his childhood and adolescence. Many also deal with the Copenhagen area, where he was born...
  
  , ISBN 3791516701
  • Nominees:
    • Nicht Chicago. Nicht hier. by Kirsten Boie, ISBN 3-7891-3131-8
    • Der unsichtbare Vater by Amelie Fried (Text) and Jacky Gleich (Illustrations), ISBN 3-446-19737-0
    • Viegelchen will fliegen by Joke van Leeuwen (Author) and Hanni Ehlers (Translation), ISBN 3-446-19738-9
    • Jakob heimatlos by Benno Plundra, ISBN 3-358-02182-3
    • Anna und die Sache mit der Liebe by Kaat Vrancken (Text), Rotraut Susanne Berner (Illustrations) and Silke Schmidt (Translation), ISBN 3-596-85043-6
• Youth book: Blueprint
  Blueprint (novel)
  Blueprint : Blaupause is a German novel written by Charlotte Kerner and first published in 1999. The story involves a woman who clones herself in order to pass on her musical genius, only to find her clone-daughter turning against her when she learns the truth...
  
   by Charlotte Kerner, ISBN 3407808372
  • Nominees:
    • So ein alberner Satz wie: Ich liebe dich by Martin Casariego Córdoba (Author) and Katrin Fieber (Translation), ISBN 3-446-19745-1
    • Ti by Henri van Daele (Author), Jeanne Oidtmann-van Beek und Peter Oidtmann (Translation), ISBN 3-89106-364-4
    • Victor: Roman über den Wolfsjungen aus dem Aveyron (Victor: A Novel Based on the Life of the Savage of Averyon) by Mordicai Gerstein
      Mordicai Gerstein
      Mordicai Gerstein, born November 24, 1935 in Los Angeles, California is an American artist, writer, and film director, best known for illustrating and writing children's books....
      
       (Author) and Bettine Braun (Translation), ISBN 3-7725-1860-5
    • Tanz auf dünnem Eis by Pernilla Glaser (Author) and Birgitta Kicherer (Translation), ISBN 3-551-58042-1
    • Das Mädchen am Kanal by Thierry Lenain (Author) and Anne Braun (Translation), ISBN 3-596-85049-5
• Non-fiction book: Fräulein Pop und Mrs. Up und ihre große Reise durchs Papierland. Ein Pop-up-Buch zum Selberbasteln by Antje von Stemm, ISBN 3499209632
  • Nominees:
    • Young Oxford Urgeschichte by Jill Bailey, Tony Seddon (Authors) and Cäcilie Plieninger (Translation), ISBN 3-407-75300-4
    • Wer regt sich hier so auf? Eine kleine Völkerkunde für Kinder by Pascale Bougeault (Author), Markus Weber und Sabine Meyer-Bachem (Translation), ISBN 3-89565-095-1
    • Wie die Häuser in den Himmel wuchsen: Die Geschichte des Bauens by Susanna Partsch, ISBN 3-446-19749-4
    • Hauptsache Köpfchen! Was unser Gehirn alles kann by Pete Rowan (Text), John Temperton (Illustrations) and Monika Lange (Translation), ISBN 3-276-00200-0
    • Ich und ein Baby? by Christine Wolfrum, ISBN 3-423-78146-7
• Special Prize for Illustration: Nikolaus Heidelbach

1990–1999

1999

• Picture book: Der rote Wolf by F.K. Waechter, ISBN 3257008481
• Children's book: Eine Insel im Meer (A Faraway Island) by Annika Thor, ISBN 355135104X
• Youth book: Bruder (Brothers) by Ted van Lieshout, ISBN 3787696784
• Non-fiction book: Tibet. Das Geheimnis der roten Schachtel (Tibet through the Red Box) by Peter Sís
  Peter Sis
  Peter Sís is an award-winning children's book writer and illustrator. Sís attended the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and the Royal College of Art in London...
  
  , ISBN 3446194428
• Special prize for Translation: Birgitta Kicherer

1998

• Picture book: Hat Opa einen Anzug an? (Is Grandpa Wearing a Suit?) by Amelie Fried (Text), Jacky Gleich (Illustr.), ISBN 3446190767
• Children's book: Zwischen zwei Scheiben Gluck (Between Two Seasons of Happiness) by Irene Dische
  Irene Dische
  Irene Dische is an American author and journalist, responsible for several international bestsellers.-Biography:Daughter to Jewish refugees, scientist Zacharias Dische and doctor Maria Renate Dische. Dische was born and raised in the Washington Heights district of New York City...
  
  , ISBN 3423620706
• Youth book: Bloße Hände (Bare Hands) by Bart Moeyaert (Text), Rotraut Susanne Berner (Illustr.), ISBN 3407788045
• Non-fiction book: Haus der Kunst by Susanna Partsch, ISBN 3423620145
• Special Prize for Writing: Peter Hacks
  Peter Hacks
  Peter Hacks was a German playwright, author, and essayist.Hacks was born in Breslau , Lower Silesia. Displaced by World War II, Hacks settled in Munich in 1947, where he made acquaintance with Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht...
  
  

1997

• Picture book: Du groß, und ich klein by Grégoire Solotareff, ISBN 3407760086
• Children's book: Karel, Jarda und das wahre Leben by Sheila Och, ISBN 3401023543
• Youth Book: So Lonely by Per Nilsson, ISBN 3423781343
• Non-fiction book: Königskinder. Eine wahre Liebe (Paper Kisses: A True Love Story) by Reinhard Kaiser, ISBN 3596803160
• Special prize for Illustration: Binette Schroeder

1996

• Picture book: Feuerland ist viel zu heiß! by Anna Höglund, ISBN 3551515263
• Children's book: Als die Welt noch jung war (When the World Was New) by Jürg Schubiger (Text), Rotraut Susanne Berner (Illustr.), ISBN 3407783930
• Youth book: Winterbucht by Mats Wahl, ISBN 3407787901
• Non-fiction book: Rot, Blau und ein bißchen Gelb by Bjørn Sortland (Text), Lars Elling (Illustr.), ISBN 3451701405
• Special prize for Writing: Paul Maar
  Paul Maar
  Paul Maar is one of the most important modern German writers for children and young people. He is a novelist, playwright, translator and illustrator.-Life:...
  
  

1995

• Picture book: Detektiv John Chatterton (Detective John Chatterton) by Yvan Pommaux, ISBN 3407760299
• Children's book: Wenn das Glück kommt, muß man ihm einen Stuhl hinstellen by Mirjam Pressler, ISBN 3407782934
• Youth book: Du fehlst mir, du fehlst mir! (I miss you, I miss you!) by Peter Pohl
  Peter Pohl
  Peter Pohl, born is a Swedish author and former director and screenwriter of short films.He has received prizes for several of his books and films, as well as for his entire work....
  
   / Kinna Gieth, ISBN 3423620129
• Non-fiction book: Die Zeit ist kaputt by Klaus Kordon, ISBN 3407807295
• Special prize for Illustration: Klaus Ensikat

1994

• Picture book: Macker by David Hughes
  David Hughes (novelist)
  David Hughes was an English novelist. His best known work included The Pork Butcher and But for Bunter, published as The Joke of the Century in the United States....
  
  
• Children's book: Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna (Can You Whistle, Johanna?) by Ulf Stark (Text), Anna Höglund (Illustr.), ISBN 3551351147
• Youth book: Sofies Welt (Sophie's World
  Sophie's World
  Sophie's World is a novel by Jostein Gaarder, published in 1991. It was originally written in Norwegian, but has since been translated into English and many other languages. It sold more than 30 million copies and is one of the most successful Norwegian novels outside of Norway...
  
  ) by Jostein Gaarder
  Jostein Gaarder
  Jostein Gaarder /ˈju:staɪn ˈgɔːrdər/ is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often uses metafiction in his works, writing stories within...
  
  , ISBN 3423125551
• Non-fiction book: Anne Frank by Ruud vaan der Rol / Rian Verhoeven, ISBN 9038404972
• Special prize for Translation: Mirjam Pressler

1993

• Picture book: Das Bärenwunder (The Miracle of the Bears) by Wolf Erlbruch
  Wolf Erlbruch
  Wolf Erlbruch is an award-winning illustrator and writer of children's books. He combines various techniques for the artwork in his books, including cutting and pasting, drawing, and painting...
  
  , ISBN 3872948261
• Children's book: Der Hund, der unterwegs zum Stern war (A Bridge to the Stars) by Henning Mankell
  Henning Mankell
  Henning Mankell is a Swedish crime writer, children's author, leftist activist and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.-Life and career:...
  
  , ISBN 3789142034
• Youth book: Jack by A. M. Homes
  A. M. Homes
  Amy M. Homes is an American writer. She is best-known for her controversial novels and unusual stories, most notably The End of Alice , a novel about a convicted child molester and murderer...
  
  , ISBN 1862076898
• Non-fiction book: Safari ins Reich der Sterne by Helmut Hornung, ISBN 3789137014
• Special prize for Lyric Poetry: Josef Guggenmos

1992

• Picture book: Die Reise nach Ugri-La-Brek by Thomas Tidholm (Text), Anna-Clara Tidholm (Illustr.), ISBN 3407803834
• Children's book: Siebenstorch by Benno Pludra (Text), Johannes K.G. Niedlich (Illustr.), ISBN 3407785992
• Youth book: Kariuki und sein weißer Freund (Little White Man) by Meja Mwangi
  Meja Mwangi
  Meja Mwangi is one of Kenya's leading novelists. Mwangi has worked in the film industry, including screenwriting, assistant directing, casting and location management....
  
  , ISBN 3423780983
• Non-fiction book: Linsen, Lupen und magische Skope by Pelle Eckerman (Text), Sven Nordqvist
  Sven Nordqvist
  Sven Nordqvist is a Swedish writer and illustrator of children's books. He is best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about an old farmer, Pettson, and his talented cat, Findus.- Background :...
  
   (Illustr.), ISBN 3789134015

1991

• Picture book: eins, fünf, viele (One, Five, Many) by Kveta Pacovská, ISBN 347333569X
• Children's book: Taube Klara by Wolf Spillner, ISBN 378171943X
• Youth book: Wir Kuckuckskinder by Anatoli Pristawkin, ISBN 3353007652
• Non-fiction book: Die eiserne Lerche by Michail Krausnick, ISBN 3407787731
• Special prize for Writing: Ursula Wölfel

1990

• Picture book: Aufstand der Tiere oder die Neuen Stadtmusikanten by Jörg Steiner (Text), Jörg Müller (Illustr.), ISBN 3794131037
• Children's book: Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel by Uwe Timm
  Uwe Timm
  -Life and work:Uwe Timm was the youngest son in his family. His brother, 16 years his senior, was a soldier in the Waffen SS and died in Ukraine in 1943...
  
   (Text), Gunnar Matysiak (Illustr.), ISBN 3423702850
• Youth book: Jan, mein Freund (Johnny, My Friend
  Johnny, My Friend
  Johnny, My Friend, , is the first novel by the Swedish author Peter Pohl -Plot summary:Johnny, My Friend is narrated by 12-year-old Krille. Krille is a naive youth, having grown up in a safe, supporting family in 1950s Stockholm...
  
  ) by Peter Pohl
  Peter Pohl
  Peter Pohl, born is a Swedish author and former director and screenwriter of short films.He has received prizes for several of his books and films, as well as for his entire work....
  
  , ISBN 3473543187
• Non-fiction book: Wie kommt der Wald ins Buch? by Irmgard Lucht, ISBN 3770762959
• Non-fiction book: Meines Bruders Hüter (My Brother's Keeper: The Holocaust Through the Eyes of an Artist) by Israel Bernbaum, ISBN 3809024392

1980–1989

1989

• Picture book: Papa wohnt jetzt in der Heinrichstraße by Nele Maar (Text), Verena Ballhaus (Illustr.), ISBN 3927401013
• Children's book: Die Zeit der geheimen Wünsche by Iva Procházková (Text), Peter Knorr (Illustr.), ISBN 3407801947
• Youth book: Zeit für die Hora by Ingeborg Bayer, ISBN 3401025821
• Non-fiction book: Samuel Tillerman, der Läufer (The Runner) by Cynthia Voigt
  Cynthia Voigt
  Cynthia Voigt is an American author of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. Her first book in the Tillerman family series, Homecoming, was nominated for several international prizes and made into a 1996 film...
  
  , ISBN 3794130472

1988

• Picture book: Abschied von Rune (Goodbye Rune) by Marit Kaldhol
  Marit Kaldhol
  Marit Kaldhol is a Norwegian poet and children's writer.She was born in Ålesund. Her poetry collections include her 1983 debut Lattermilde laken and 2005's Den einaste kjolen . Her children's books include the internationally acclaimed Farvel, Rune...
  
   (Text), Wenche Øyen (Illustr.), ISBN 377076272X
• Children's book: Deesje macht das schon by Joke van Leeuwen, ISBN 3407781725
• Youth book: Die Wolke (The Cloud) by Gudrun Pausewang
  Gudrun Pausewang
  Gudrun Pausewang is a German writer for children and teens. She is also noted in science fiction for Young-Adult novels like The Last Children of Schewenborn....
  
  , ISBN 3473540544
• Non-fiction book: Linnéa im Garten des Malers by Christina Björk (Text), Lena Anderson (Illustr.), ISBN 3570078302
• Non-fiction book: Türme by Paul Maar
  Paul Maar
  Paul Maar is one of the most important modern German writers for children and young people. He is a novelist, playwright, translator and illustrator.-Life:...
  
  , ISBN 386751111X

1987

• Picture book: Du hast angefangen! Nein, du! (Two Monsters) by David McKee
  David McKee
  David McKee is a British author and illustrator, chiefly of children's books and animations. He has used the pseudonym Violet Easton. He is frequently referenced as David McKee.-Biography:...
  
  , ISBN 3794150082
• Children's book: Oma und ich by Achim Bröger, ISBN 3312007089
• Youth book: Briefe an die Königin der Nacht by Inger Edelfeldt
  Inger Edelfeldt
  Inger Edelfeldt is a Swedish author and translator, as well as the illustrator of many books. She made her debut in 1977 with the book Duktig pojke . She has written around 20 books since then, most of which are novels, short stories, poetry books, and books for children and young people...
  
  , ISBN 3423780037

1986

• Picture book: Ich komm dich holen! (I‘m coming to get you!) by Tony Ross
  Tony Ross
  Tony Ross is a British illustrator and author for children.He is most noted for his work with Francesca Simon on the Horrid Henry books, and has also illustrated the Harry The Poisonous Centipede and Dr. Xargle series of books...
  
  , ISBN 3522434137
• Children's book: Die wundersame Reise der kleinen Sofie (Little Sophie and Lanky Flop) by Els Pelgrom, ISBN 3423701544
• Youth book: Lady Punk by Dagmar Chidolue, ISBN 3407787111
• Non-fiction book: Für fremde Kaiser und kein Vaterland by Klas Ewert Everwyn, ISBN 3789112240

1985

• Picture book: Mein Papi, nur meiner!(The Visitors Who Came to Stay) by Anthony Browne
  Anthony Browne (author)
  Anthony Edward Tudor Browne is a British author and illustrator of children's books, with nearly forty titles to his name. He was the previous Children's Laureate.-Life and work:...
  
   / Annalena MacAfee
  Annalena McAfee
  Annalena McAfee is a British writer, journalist and was the editor of The Guardian's literary supplement, the Guardian Review until July 2006. She has written a number of children's books, some which have been translated into French, German and Dutch...
  
  , ISBN 3922723357
• Children's book: Sophiechen und der Riese (The BFG
  The BFG
  The BFG is a children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake, first published in 1982. The book was an expansion of a story told in Danny, the Champion of the World, an earlier Dahl book...
  
  ) by Roald Dahl
  Roald Dahl
  Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, fighter pilot and screenwriter.Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent, rising to the rank of Wing Commander...
  
  , ISBN 3499205823
• Youth book: Treffpunkt Weltzeituhr by Isolde Heyne, ISBN 3401016725

1984

• Picture book: Mäusemärchen - Riesengeschichte (Giant Story/Mouse Tale) by Annegert Fuchshuber, ISBN 3522418506
• Children's book: Sonntagskind (Sunday‘s Child) by Gudrun Mebs, ISBN 379412443X
• Youth book: In dreihundert Jahren vielleicht by Tilman Röhrig, ISBN 3401018507

1983

• Children's book: Der Weg durch die Wand by Robert Gernhardt
  Robert Gernhardt
  Robert Gernhardt was a German writer, painter, caricaturist and poet.-Life:Robert Gernhardt studied Painting and German in Stuttgart and Berlin. He was one of the regular contributors to the satirical magazine Pardon, where he did the section Welt im Spiegel together with F. K. Waechter and F. W...
  
  / Almut Gernhardt, ISBN 3458140492
• Youth book: Ganesh oder eine neue Welt (Ganesh) by Malcolm J. Bosse
  Malcolm Bosse
  Malcolm Joseph Bosse was an American author of both young adult and adult novels. His novels are often set in Asia, and have been praised for their cultural and historical information relating to the character's adventures. Bosse mostly wrote historical fiction novels after the publication of The...
  
  , ISBN 3423078502

1982

• Picture book: Selina, Pumpernickel und die Katze Flora (Selina, the Mouse and the Giant Cat) by Susi Bohdal, ISBN 3314001460
• Children's book: Erzähl mir von Oma by Guus Kuijer, ISBN 3473515604
• Youth book: Der gelbe Vogel by Myron Levoy, ISBN 3423078421
• Non-fiction book: Von feinen und von kleinen Leuten by Cornelia Julius, ISBN 3407840152

1981

• Picture book: Die Reise mit der Jolle by Margaret Rettich, ISBN 3473338508
• Children's book: Drunter und drüber by Jürgen Spohn, ISBN 3551353344
• Youth book: Der lange Weg des Lukas B. by Willi Fährmann, ISBN 3401038885
• Non-fiction book: Das kurze Leben der Sophie Scholl (The short life of Sophie Scholl) by Hermann Vinke, ISBN 3473580112

1980

• Picture book: Was ist dir lieber ... (Would you rather?) by John Burningham
  John Burningham
  -Biography:Burningham was born April 27, 1936 in Farnham, Surrey, England to Charles and Jessie Burningham. After primary school, he joined the Friends' Ambulance Unit in 1953. When he was 20, he attended the Central School of Art and graduated in 1959...
  
  , ISBN 3794150945
• Children's book: Emma oder die unruhige Zeit by Ursula Fuchs, ISBN 3789106984
• Youth book: Johanna by Renate Welsh, ISBN 349920293X

1970–1979

1979

• Picture book: Oh, wie schön ist Panama (The Trip to Panama) by Janosch
  Janosch
  Janosch is one of the best-known German artists and children's book authors. He was born in Hindenburg in Upper Silesia. He said in an interview that he is Silesian and that it is his nationality.After World War II the family fled to West Germany. In the area of Oldenburg Janosch worked in a...
  
  , ISBN 340776006X
• Children's book: Die Nachtvögel by Tormud Haugen
  Tormod Haugen
  Tormod Haugen was a Norwegian author of children's books and translator. -Biography:Tormod Haugen grew up in a small village in Trysil in Hedmark county, Norway. After school graduation at the Hamar Cathedral School in 1965, he attended the University of Oslo. He worked at the Munch Museum...
  
  , ISBN 3423074205

1978

• Picture book: Der große Rutsch by Ray and Catriona Smith, ISBN 3794115848
• Children's book: Servus Opa, sagte ich leise by Elfie Donnelly
  Elfie Donnelly
  Elfie Donnelly is a British-Austrian author, who has written numerous books and radio dramas for children. Her major works are Benjamin Blümchen and Bibi Blocksberg.-Biography:...
  
  , ISBN 3423700246
• Youth book: Der Bleisiegelfälscher by Dietlof Reiche, ISBN 3891062524
• Non-fiction book: Nest am Fenster (Window into a Nest) by Geraldine L. Flanagan, ISBN 3551209014

1977

• Picture book: Schorschi schrumpft (The Shrinking of Treehorn) by Edward Gorey
  Edward Gorey
  Edward St. John Gorey was an American writer and artist noted for his macabre illustrated books.-Early life:...
  
   / Florence P. Heide, ISBN 3257250304
• Children's book: Wo die Füchse Blockflöte spielen by Ludvík Aškenazy
  Ludvík Aškenazy
  Ludvík Aškenazy was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born into a Jewish family in Sachsenberg, part of Český Těšín.He studied Slavonic philology in Lviv, which then was a part of Poland....
  
  , ISBN 3473387231
• Youth book: Ich bin Fedde by An Rutgers
  Anna Rutgers van der Loeff
  Anna Rutgers van der Loeff was a Dutch writer of children's novels.Some of her works have been translated into other languages, including English....
  
  , ISBN 3789115851
• Non-fiction book: Eskimos by Wally Herbert
  Wally Herbert
  Sir Walter William "Wally" Herbert was a British polar explorer, writer and artist. In 1969 he became the first man to walk undisputed to the North Pole, on the 60th anniversary of Robert Peary's famous, but disputed, expedition...
  
  , ISBN 0531021246

1976

• Picture book: Heute wünsche ich mir ein Nilpferd by Wilhelm Schlote, ISBN 3458057544
• Children's book: Oma by Peter Härtling
  Peter Härtling
  Peter Härtling is a German writer and poet. He is a member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and he received the Großes Verdienstkreuz for his major contribution to German literature.-Biography:...
  
  , ISBN 0060222379
• Youth book: Die Wächter (The Guardians
  The Guardians (novel)
  The Guardians is a young adult science fiction novel written by John Christopher, originally published in 1970.Set in the year 2052, the novel depicts a future, authoritarian England divided into two distinct societies: the modern, overpopulated "Conurbs" and the aristocratic, rarefied "County";...
  
  ) by John Christopher, ISBN 3473580279
• Non-fiction book: Planet des Menschen by Theodor Dolezol, ISBN 3800031280

1975

• Picture book: Wir können noch viel zusammen machen by F.K. Waechter, ISBN 3257011105
• Youth book: Julie von den Wölfen (Julie of the Wolves
  Julie of the Wolves
  Julie of the Wolves is a children's novel by Jean Craighead George, published in 1972, about a young Yupik girl experiencing the changes forced upon her culture from outside. There are two sequels, Julie and Julie's Wolf Pack...
  
  ) by Jean Craighead George
  Jean Craighead George
  Jean Craighead George is an American author. She currently lives in Chappaqua, New York.Jean Craighead George has written over one hundred popular books for young adults, including the Newbery Medal and Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My Side...
  
  , ISBN 3794107020
• Non-fiction book: Sie bauten eine Kathedrale (Cathedral: The Story of its construction) by David Macaulay
  David Macaulay
  David Macaulay is an author and illustrator. Now a resident of Norwich, Vermont, United States, he is an alumnus and faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design.- Biography :...
  
  , ISBN 342379500X

1974

• Picture book: Alle Jahre wieder saust der Preßlufthammer nieder by Jörg Müller, ISBN 3794102185
• Children's book: Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl (When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
  When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
  When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is a children's novel, by Judith Kerr, first published in 1971. It is a semi-autobiographical story of a young Jewish girl who is forced to flee her home in Germany in 1933 with her family to escape the Nazis, whom her father, a writer, had campaigned against...
  
  ) by Judith Kerr
  Judith Kerr
  Judith Kerr is a German-born British writer and illustrator who has created both enduring picture books such as the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came To Tea and acclaimed novels for older children such as the autobiographical When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit which give a child's-eye view of the...
  
  , ISBN 3473386006
• Youth book: Momo by Michael Ende
  Michael Ende
  Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German author of fantasy and children's literature. He is best known for his epic fantasy work The Neverending Story; other famous works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver...
  
  , ISBN 0140077731
• Non-fiction book: Tausend Tricks der Tarnung (Animal camouflage) by Otto von Frisch, ISBN 3800225263

1973

• Picture book: Große dürfen alles (If I were a Grown-up) by László Réber/ Eva Janikovszky
  Éva Janikovszky
  Éva Janikovszky was a Hungarian writer.She wrote novels for both children and adults, but she is primarily known for her children's books, translated into 35 languages. Her first book was published in 1957...
  
  , ISBN 3896032100
• Children's book: Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig (The Cucumber King) by Christine Nöstlinger
  Christine Nöstlinger
  Christine Nöstlinger is an Austrian writer.By her own admission, Nöstlinger was a wild and angry child. After finishing high school, she wanted to become an artist, and studied graphic arts at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna...
  
  , ISBN 3499201534
• Youth book: Ein nützliches Mitglied der Gesellschaft (Run softly, go fast) by Barbara Wersba, ISBN 3473389374
• Non-fiction book: Ich habe sieben Leben by Frederik Hetmann, ISBN 3499201372

1972

• Children's book: Geh und spiel mit dem Riesen by Hans-Joachim Gelbert (Published), ISBN 3407780850
• Youth book: Krabat (The Satanic Mill
  The Satanic Mill
  -Plot:Set in the late 17th century, the story follows the life of Krabat, a 14-year old Wendish beggar boy living in the eastern part of Saxony. For three consecutive nights, he is called through a dream to a watermill near the village Schwarzkollm. Upon heeding the call and arriving at the mill,...
  
  ) by Otfried Preußler
  Otfried Preußler
  Otfried Preußler is a German children's books author. His best-known works are The Robber Hotzenplotz and The Satanic Mill ....
  
  , ISBN 3423250879
• Non-fiction book: Höhlen – Welt ohne Sonne (Mysterious World of Caves) by Ernst W. Bauer, ISBN 3215400138

1971

• Picture book: Der Apfel und der Schmetterling (The Apple and the Butterfly) by Iela and Enzo Mari, ISBN 3895652059
• Children's book: Der Löwe Leopold by Reiner Kunze
  Reiner Kunze
  Reiner Kunze is a German writer and GDR dissident. He studied media and journalism at the University of Leipzig. In 1968, he left the GDR state party SED following the communist Warsaw Pact countries invasion of Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring. He had to publish his work under...
  
  , ISBN 3596801613
• Youth book: Die Erde ist nah by Ludek Pedek, ISBN 3790300004
• Non-fiction book: Gesellschaft und Staat by Hanno Drechsler
  Hanno Drechsler
  Dr. Hanno Drechsler was the legendary Lord Mayor of the City of Marburg, Germany, between 1970 and 1992, and the instigator of its restoration after urban renewal; he was also an important Social Democratic politician and political scientist.- Education :Hanno Drechsler went to school in Saxony,...
  
   (Published), ISBN 3797100795

1970

• Picture book: Kunterbunter Schabernack by Wilfried Blecher, ISBN 3423071052
• Youth book: Der Bruder des schweigenden Wolfes by Klára Jarunková, ISBN 3789119172
• Non-fiction book: Der Mann, der überlebte (George Washington Carver: the man who overcame) by Lawrence Elliott, ISBN 3761551002

1960–1969

1969

• Picture book: Rundherum in meiner Stadt (Round and Round in my Town) by Ali Mitgutsch, ISBN 3473306800
• Children's book: Zlateh, die Geiß und andere Geschichten (Zlateh the Goat) by Isaac B. Singer, ISBN 3491240956
• Youth book: Es lebe die Republik (Long live the Republic; All about me, and Julie, and the end of the Great War) by Jan Procházka, ISBN 3612267051

1968

• Picture book: Die Wichtelmänner (The Elves and the Shoemaker
  The Elves and the Shoemaker
  The Elves and the Cobbler or The Shoemaker and the Elves is an often copied and re-made story about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed help from elves....
  
  ) by Katrin Brandt, ISBN 0370007824
• Children's book: Die Zwölf vom Dachboden (The Twelve and the Genii
  The Twelve and the Genii
  The Twelve and the Genii is a children's fantasy novel by Pauline Clarke, published in 1962. It was awarded the Carnegie Medal and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. Its title in the U.S. is The Return of the Twelves...
  
  ) by Pauline Clarke
  Pauline Clarke
  Pauline Clarke is an English writer who has written for young children under the name Helen Clare, for older children as Pauline Clarke, and more recently for adults under her married name, Pauline Hunter Blair...
  
  , ISBN 3789115576
• Youth book: Der Sohn des Toreros (The Shadow of the Bull) by Maia Rodman, ISBN 3401014722
• Non-fiction book: ... und unter uns die Erde by Erich H. Heimann, ISBN 3440035034

1967

• Picture book: Der goldene Vogel (The Golden Bird
  The Golden Bird
  "The Golden Bird" is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, number 57, about the pursuit of a golden bird by a king's three sons.A French version, collected by Paul Sébillot, is called The Golden Blackbird. Andrew Lang included that variant in The Green Fairy Book.It is Aarne-Thompson folktale type 550,...
  
  ) by Lilo Fromm/ Jakob Grimm, ISBN 3770760158
• Children's book: Achtung – Sturmwarnung Hurricane (Hurricane) by Andrew Salkey
  Andrew Salkey
  Andrew Salkey was a novelist, poet, freelance writer and journalist of Jamaican and Haitian origin. Salkey was born in Panama but was raised in Jamaica...
  
  , ISBN 3522111001
• Youth book: Im roten Hinterhaus by Peter Berger, ISBN 3401025023
• Non-fiction book: Das Rätsel Nordwestpassage by Kurt Lütgen, ISBN 3401021338

1966

• Picture book: Wo ist Wendelin? (Where is Peterkin) by Wilfried Blecher, ISBN 3407800029
• Children's book: David by Max Bolliger, ISBN 0333043561
• Youth book: Florian 14: Achter Alarm by Hans G. Prager, ISBN 3875471768

1965

• Picture book: Swimmy by Leo Lionni
  Leo Lionni
  Leo Lionni was an author and illustrator of children's books. Born in Holland, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where he worked as an art director for several advertising agencies, and then for Fortune magazine. He returned to Italy in 1962 and started...
  
  , ISBN 0590430491
• Children's book: Wickie und die starken Männer (Vicky the Viking) by Runer Jonsson, ISBN 3770728505
• Youth book: Amerika-Saga by Frederik Hetmann, ISBN 3789115649

1964

• Children's book: Delphinensommer (Golden Island) by Katherine Allfrey, ISBN 3791501216
• Youth book: ... und viele Grüße von Wancho by Miep Diekmann, ISBN 3401013904

1963

• Children's book: Kater Mikesch (Purrkin, the talking cat) by Josef Lada
  Josef Lada
  Josef Lada was a Czech painter and writer.He is best known as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek's World War One novel The Good Soldier Švejk...
  
  , ISBN 3794160010
• Youth book: Insel der blauen Delphine (Island of the Blue Dolphins
  Island of the Blue Dolphins
  Island of the Blue Dolphins is a 1960 American children's novel written by Scott O'Dell. The story of a young girl stranded for years on an island off the California coast, it is based on the true story of Juana Maria, a Nicoleño Indian left alone for 18 years on San Nicolas Island in the 19th...
  
  ) by Scott O'Dell
  Scott O'Dell
  Scott O'Dell was an American children's author who wrote 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books...
  
  , ISBN 3860727982

1962

• Children's book: Feuerschuh und Windsandale (Tim Fireshoe) by Ursula Wölfel, ISBN 3522170628
• Youth book: Sternkinder (Star children) by Clara Asscher-Pinkhof, ISBN 3789106968

1961

• Children's book: Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer (Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
  Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
  Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver is a German children's novel written by Michael Ende. Published in 1960, it became one of the most successful German children's books in the postwar era after having first been rejected by a dozen publishers...
  
  ) by Michael Ende
  Michael Ende
  Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German author of fantasy and children's literature. He is best known for his epic fantasy work The Neverending Story; other famous works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver...
  
  , ISBN 3522435613

1960

• Children's book: Mein Urgroßvater und ich (My Great Grandfather and I) by James Krüss
  James Krüss
  James Krüss was a German poet and writer.James Jacob Hinrich Krüss was born as the son of the electrician Ludwig Krüss and his wife Margaretha Krüss on Heligoland. In 1941, during World War II, the inhabitants of the island were evacuated to Arnstadt, Thuringia, later to Hertigswalde, near...
  
  , ISBN 3789115665
• Youth book: Schanghai 41 (To Beat a Tiger) by Elizabeth F. Lewis

1956–1959

1959

• Children's book: Matthias und das Eichhörnchen (Magnus and the squirrel) by Hans Peterson
  Hans Peterson
  Hans Peterson is a Swedish writer, mainly of children's literature. He was born in 1922 in Väring in Västergötland, Sweden and has received many prizes and recognition for his work.-Prizes and recognition:...
  
  , ISBN 3789107131
• Special prize: Latte Igel und der Wasserstein by Sebastian Lybeck, ISBN 3423070897

1958

• Picture book: Kasimirs Weltreise by Marlene Reidel, ISBN 3219102085
• Children's book: Jan und das Wildpferd (Jan and the Wild Horse) by Heinrich M. Denneborg, ISBN 378910700X
• Youth book: Roter Mond und Heiße Zeit (Red Moon and High Summer) by Herbert Kaufmann, ISBN 3401025015

1957

• Children's book: Das Rad auf der Schule (The Wheel on the School
  The Wheel on the School
  The Wheel on the School is a novel by Meindert DeJong that won the 1955 Newbery Medal for children's literature and the 1957 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis...
  
  ) by Meindert DeJong
  Meindert DeJong
  Meindert De Jong sometimes spelled as Meindert de Jong or Dejong was an award winning author of children's books. He was born in the village of Wierum, of the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands.-Life:...
  
  , ISBN 3789112232
• Youth book: Faß zu, Toyon (Toyon, a dog of the North and his people) by Nicholas Kalashnikoff, ISBN 0060122412
• Non-fiction book: Pioniere und ihre Enkel (Children on the Oregon Trail) by An Rutgers
  Anna Rutgers van der Loeff
  Anna Rutgers van der Loeff was a Dutch writer of children's novels.Some of her works have been translated into other languages, including English....
  
  , ISBN 3789115614

1956

• Children's book: Der glückliche Löwe (Happy Lion
  Happy Lion
  The Happy Lion is a 1954 children's picture book by Louise Fatio and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. In the book, the Happy Lion lives in a small zoo in France. When he escapes, he is surprised that people are now scared of him....
  
  ) by Roger Duvoisin
  Roger Duvoisin
  Roger Duvoisin was a Swiss-American author and illustrator. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, his first job was making textiles. He moved to New York City in 1927 where he wrote his first book.-Books and awards:...
  
  /Louise Fatio
  Louise Fatio
  Louise Fatio Duvoisin was the author of the Happy Lion series of children's picture books, which were illustrated by her husband, Roger Duvoisin.- Background :...
  
  , ISBN 3451705788
• Youth book: Kein Winter für Wölfe (Two Against the Arctic: Story of a Restless Life between Greenland and Alaska) by Kurt Lütgen, ISBN 3789112224
• Children's book: Mio, mein Mio (Mio, My Son) by Astrid Lindgren
  Astrid Lindgren
  Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren , 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide...
  
  , ISBN 3789141674

External links

• The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis website (in German)
• The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis website (English key facts)
• AKJ website (in German)