US Outstanding Books List Recognises Australian Writers
USBBY, the United States section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), has announced its ‘2012 list of the 36 most outstanding international books for children and teens’. USBBY sought titles that would help American students ‘see the world from other points of view, and provide a fresh perspective or address a topic otherwise missing from U.S. children’s literature, while often presenting a distinct cultural flavor’.
Four Australian books are included on the 2012 list: Deborah Abela’s The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen (under the US publication title The Ghosts of Gibblesea Pier), Gabrielle Wang’s The Garden of Empress Cassia, Sonya Hartnett’s The Midnight Zoo and Shaun Tan’s Lost and Found.
The full USBBY list for 2012 is available on the United States Board on Books for Young People website.