The extraordinary book
| The extraordinary book | |
|---|---|
| description | Award of the children and youth program of the International Literature Festival Berlin |
| founding | 2012 |
| Award rhythm | annually in September |
| Jurors | 208 (2012-2019) |
| Award-winning books | 220 (2012-2019) |
| On-line | Website |
Haus der Berliner Festspiele - the annual exhibition venue for exceptional books
The extraordinary book is an undoped award presented annually since 2012 by the Berlin International Literature Festival . The award recognizes outstanding books for children, adolescents and young adults.
overview
The Extraordinary Books will be selected by a jury made up of guests from the festival 's children and youth program , made up of writers, illustrators and scientists. During the International Literature Festival Berlin , the Extraordinary Books will be exhibited in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and the Philipp Schaeffer Library in Berlin. The books are also available in an online recommendation list. In the period from 2012 to 2019, 208 jurors awarded a total of 220 works as exceptional books . The award was initiated by Christoph Rieger .
Jurors in recent years have included David Almond , Martin Baltscheit , Frank Cottrell Boyce , John Boyne , Chen Jianghong , Roddy Doyle , Manuele Fior , Franz Hohler , Navid Kermani , Jon Klassen , Scott McCloud , Patrick Ness , Jason Reynolds, Boualem Sansal , Riad Sattouf and Janne Teller .
As Exceptional books were among others Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury , Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino , Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes , the Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi , Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl , The Visit of the Old Lady by Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Desiderata by Max Ehrmann , Momo by Michael Ende , the diary of Anne Frank , Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse , Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann , the Odyssey by Homer , The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , Where the sidewalk ends by Shel Silverstein , The Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and Journey around the Earth in 80 Days by Jules Verne .
In 2012, the focus of the Extraordinary Books was on the topic of a story for Europe and was part of the project of the same name at the Berlin International Literature Festival.
Excellent books
2012
The following 27 books were awarded by 26 jurors as The Extraordinary Book 2012 :
2013
The following 21 books were awarded as The Extraordinary Book 2013 by 19 jurors :
2014
The following 30 books were awarded by 22 jurors as The Extraordinary Book 2014 :
| Juror | Award-winning book |
|---|---|
| Martin Baltscheit | Ariol - A little donkey like you and I and Ariol - stallion Heldenhuf by Emmanuel Guibert and Marc Boutavant |
| Ishmael Beah | Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Azouz Begag | Africa and the Blue Wolf by Daniel Pennac and Jacques Ferrandez |
| Mirko Bonné | The point of view of Jiro Taniguchi |
| Iwona Chmielewska | How Ms. B. got so angry ... by Sonja Bougaeva |
| Gabriela Cichowska | The Loud Book - The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska |
| Michael de Cock | The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo and Bagram Ibatoulline |
| Lydia Dimitrov | Pick something, but hurry up! Childhood in ten chapters by Nadia Budde |
| Ursula Dubosarsky | Captain Midnight by Randolph Stow |
| Finn-Ole Heinrich | The wall by Marlen Haushofer |
| Marta Ignerska | Wave by Suzy Lee |
| Kim Dong-Seong | Aldo from John Burningham and School Bus from Donald Crews |
| Jon classes | A mouse from a good house by William Steig |
| Filippos Mandilaras | Where the sidewalk ends by Shel Silverstein |
| Truus Matti | The story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Wim Hofman is black as ink |
| Patrick Ness | Where's my hat from Jon Klassen |
| Cyril Pedrosa | Through thick and thin by Mark Twain and the beauty trilogy by Kerascoët and Hubert |
| Fine Riebner | His Dark Materials Trilogy: The Golden Compass , The Magic Knife, and The Amber Telescope by Philip Pullman |
| Alessandro Sanna | The big question of Wolf Erlbruch |
| Judith Vanistendael | Elisabeth Goudge's little white horse |
| William Sutcliffe | Holes - The Secrets of Green Lake by Louis Sachar |
| Martina Wildner | Fiber land by Christian Kracht |
2015
The 21 books below were awarded by 20 jurors as The Extraordinary Book 2015 . For the first time, each juror also contributed a jury statement for the choice of the respective book.
| Juror | Award-winning book |
|---|---|
| David Almond | The adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and Enrico Mazzanti |
| Tony Birch | Stealing horses from Per Petterson |
| Peter Brown | Disney Animation - The Illusion of Life by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas |
| Frank Cottrell Boyce | Emil and the detectives from Erich Kästner and Walter Trier |
| Loïc Dauvillier | The Bunny Book by Patsy Scarry and Richard Scarry |
| Roddy Doyle | Danny or The Pheasant Hunt by Roald Dahl |
| Ingeborg Kringeland Hald | Pam's Paradise Ranch by Armine von Tempski |
| Ala Hlehel | Haltabees Haltabees by Rania Zaghir and David Habchy |
| Jenny Jägerfeld | Maybe tomorrow from Stephen Chbosky and a class of its own from Curtis Sittenfeld |
| Navid Kermani | A short world history for young readers - audio book by Ernst H. Gombrich and Christoph Waltz |
| Sjoerd Kuyper | Peter by Anne Holm |
| Mawil | The island in the Bird Route of Uri Orlev |
| Scott McCloud | A New Land by Shaun Tan |
| Oisin McGann | The Complete Far Side by Gary Larson |
| Salah Naoura | Back to Blue by Rusalka Reh |
| Jandy Nelson | Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block |
| Riad Sattouf | Comic Showa-Shi by Shigeru Mizuki |
| Edward van de Vendel | Monsieur Matisse and his flying scissors by Annemarie van Haeringen |
| Kaatje Vermeire | Seas of Time - On the other side of the door by Tonke Dragt |
| Meg Wolitzer | Nutshell Library (Alligators all around / Chicken Soup With Rice / One was Johnny / Pierre) by Maurice Sendak |
2016
The 30 books below were awarded by 30 jurors as The Extraordinary Book 2016 :
| Juror | Award-winning book |
|---|---|
| Zeina Abirached | Exercises de Style / Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau |
| Julia Benner | Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson |
| Mina Braun | Krabat by Otfried Preussler |
| Carll Cneut | Journey around the earth in 80 days by Jules Verne |
| Maureen Maisha Eggers | Mama's Nightingale - A Story of Immigration And Separation by Edwidge Danticat |
| Simon van der Geest | Time of the Moon by David Almond |
| Alex Gino | Where the sidewalk ends by Shel Silverstein |
| Guojing | The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan |
| Nikolaus Heidelbach | In front of my door on a mat by Nadia Budde |
| Inga Israel | A New Land by Shaun Tan |
| Maitha Al Khayat | Uncle Khalfan's Sheep by Maitha Al Khayat |
| Noura AL-Khoori | Ajwan by Noura Al Noman |
| Sebastian Loescher | But I'm nothing without my accordion! by Johanna Benz |
| Mawil | QRT: Ferdinand Lutz's new neighbor |
| Anne Mihan | Together we will shine by Lisa Williamson |
| Kenneth Oppel | Danny or The Pheasant Hunt by Roald Dahl |
| Håkon Øvreås | Moomin's Wondrous Island Adventures by Tove Jansson |
| Niels Penke | The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman |
| Markus Palatine | That's the way it goes?! - Biographical comic reports of LGBTI * by Martina Schradi |
| David van Reybrouck | Tim in Tibet from Hergé |
| Yusuf Rieger | Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse |
| Özge Samanci | One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry |
| Gideon Samson | Kees de jongen by Theo Thijssen |
| Boualem Sansal | Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes |
| Allen Say | Doctor Dolittle's Floating Island by Hugh Lofting |
| Ruta Sepetys | The River by Alessandro Sanna |
| Anika Ullmann | Two Boys Kissing - Every Second Counts by David Levithan |
| Jakob Wegelius | The case of the Bees by Hergé |
| Bette Westera | Towering high and miles from Tonke Dragt |
| Benedict Wolf | The middle of the world by Andreas Steinhöfel |
2017
The 32 books below were awarded by 32 jurors as The Extraordinary Book 2017 :
| Juror | Award-winning book |
|---|---|
| Azouz Begag | The perfume by Patrick Süskind |
| Julia Benner | Bad end for Philip Ardagh |
| Agnes Blümer | Stories for Children Under 3 Years - Story number 1 by Eugène Ionesco |
| Alina Bronsky | Uncle Fyodor, the dog and the cat by Eduard Uspenski |
| Christian Duda | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain |
| Katrin Endres | Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno |
| Sabine Erbstößer | The True Story of Rain and Storm by Ann M. Martin |
| Jón Gnarr | Tao Te King of Laotse |
| Juliane Grober | Ellis Himmel by Johannes Helm |
| Katharina Huboi | A gift day from Anna Gavalda |
| Tanja Angela Kunz | Midgard by Wolfgang Hohlbein and Heike Hohlbein |
| Nicol Ljubić | Emil and the detectives from Erich Kästner |
| Anna-Lena Markus | Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll |
| Sebastian Meschenmoser | Sophiechen and the giant by Roald Dahl |
| Levi Pinfold | The Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake |
| Sabine Planka | Work and structure by Wolfgang Herrndorf |
| Carola Pohlmann | Martha - The story of Atak's last passenger pigeon |
| Christian Robinson | Are you my mother? by PD Eastman |
| Jenny Robson | The Eternal Well of Ayn Rand |
| Meg Rosoff | Hurricane over Jamaica by Richard Hughes |
| Sebastian Schmideler | Dominic by William Steig |
| Raoul scrap | Evolution - A Brief History of Man and Nature by Josef H. Reichholf |
| Jan Paul Schutten | Miracle by Raquel J. Palacio |
| Dave Shelton | Asterix as a gladiator by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo |
| Catarina Sobral | Mafalda introduces herself from Quino |
| Angie Thomas | Thunder rumble, hear my screams from Mildred D. Taylor |
| Øyvind torseter | Sailor och Pekka from Jockum Nordström |
| Jon Walter | Liga's world by Margo Lanagan |
| Judith Vasilchenko | The monkey Oswald by Egon Mathiesen |
| Marina Weisband | The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Martina Wildner | The 13½ Lives of Captain Blaubär by Walter Moers |
| Anna Woltz | Anne on Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
2018
The following 33 books were awarded by 33 jurors as The Extraordinary Book 2018 :
| Juror | Award-winning book |
|---|---|
| Julia Benner | Hugo, the child in the best years of Christine Nöstlinger |
| Jennifer Clement | Desiderata from Max Ehrmann |
| Ying Chang Compestine | The emperor's new clothes by Hans Christian Andersen |
| Melba Escobar de Nogales | A world for Julius by Alfredo Bryce Echenique |
| Regina Dürig | Grete Janus Hertz's yellow house |
| Rosa Engelhardt | Down by the River by Richard Adams |
| Alice Glusgold | Finish This Book Anytime, Anywhere by Keri Smith |
| David Graeber | The cartoon history of the universe by Larry Gonick |
| Olivier Guez | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl |
| Frances Hardinge | Marianne dreams of Catherine Storr |
| Wiebke helmet | Cuckoo, octopus, cockroach: Bibi Dumon Tak's animal book with a difference |
| Franz Hohler | When the world was young by Jürg Schubiger |
| Emmanuelle Houdart | Albrecht Fafner almost alone from Nikolaus Heidelbach |
| Stefanie Höfler | Snow giant by Susan Kreller |
| Antonia Manuela Kalbermatten | The red Zora and her gang by Kurt Held |
| Johannes Mayer | The robber Hotzenplotz by Otfried Preußler |
| Jana Mikota | Brothers forever from Rindest Kromhout |
| Davide Morosinotto | Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes |
| Caitlin Dale Nicholson | Beach of the Spirits of Eden Robinson |
| Frida Nilsson | Ronja the robber daughter of Astrid Lindgren |
| Johan Palmberg | Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson |
| Sabine Planka | The Night of Wishes by Michael Ende |
| June's Rattay | The red sailors by Klaus Kordon |
| Jason Reynolds | Before the Storm by Jesmyn Ward |
| Peter Rinnerthaler | When I grow up, I will seal by Nikolaus Heidelbach |
| Katherine Rundell | Nine Lives for the Wizard by Diana Wynne Jones |
| Francesca Sanna | La casa sull'albero by Bianca Pitzorno |
| Maxime Schuhmann | The visit of the old lady by Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
| Marcin Szczygielski | The summer book by Tove Jansson |
| Sydney Smith | The River by Alessandro Sanna |
| Duncan Tonatiuh | A Day in the Snow by Ezra Jack Keats |
| Dianne Touchell | The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson |
| Beate Zekorn-von Bebenburg | When Hitler stole the pink rabbit from Judith Kerr |
| Nina Wehrle | Petunia in the city by Roger Duvoisin |
2019
The following 25 books were awarded by 25 jurors as The Extraordinary Book 2019 :
| Juror | Award-winning book |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Acevedo | Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina |
| Clementine Beauvais | La Tempête by Claude Ponti |
| Bernard Beckett | A New Land by Shaun Tan |
| Noelia Blanco | The great Agnès de Lestrade word factory |
| Great Dahle | Earth Sea cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Robert Habeck | Slam by Nick Hornby |
| Linde Hagerup | Hvordan lager man en baby? by Anna Fiske |
| Sissel Horndal Sebastian Meschenmoser |
Momo from Michael Ende |
| Barry Jonsberg | Happy as Larry from Scot Gardner |
| Erin Entrada Kelly | The monster at the end of this book with the lovely, old, shaggy Grobi by Jon Sone |
| Enne Koens | Ronja the robber daughter of Astrid Lindgren |
| Rose Lagercrantz | The colors of life from Susie Morgenstern |
| Thanhha Lai | The Outsiders by SE Hinton |
| Iain Lawrence | The last bank of Nevil Shute |
| Torun Lian | The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| Liu Xun | The alchemist of Paulo Coelho |
| Gry Moursund | The three robbers by Tomi Ungerer |
| Svein Nyhus | The children in the air and The children in the jungle by Leif Krantz |
| Karl Olsberg | The neverending story of Michael Ende |
| Mårten Sandén | Nine stories by Jerome D. Salinger |
| Raoul scrap | Ultimately, the universe doesn't care about us by David Levithan |
| Tobias Steinfeld | Jacob's dream from Frank Ruprecht |
| Alex Wheatle | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain |
| Rafael Yockteng | Mallko y Papá by Gusti |
statistics
Since 2012, 220 books have been awarded prizes by 208 jurors.
| year | Jurors | Excellent books |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 26th | 27 |
| 2013 | 19th | 21st |
| 2014 | 22nd | 30th |
| 2015 | 20th | 21st |
| 2016 | 30th | 30th |
| 2017 | 32 | 32 |
| 2018 | 34 | 34 |
| 2019 | 25th | 25th |
| total | 208 | 220 |
13 books have already won several awards as exceptional books .
| Book and author | Award |
|---|---|
| The Alchemist (1988) by Paulo Coelho | 2012, 2019 |
| Danny or The Pheasant Hunt (1977) by Roald Dahl | 2015, 2016 |
| Momo (1973) by Michael Ende | 2012, 2013, 2019 |
| Emil and the detectives (1929) by Erich Kästner | 2015, 2017 |
| Ronja the robber's daughter (1981) by Astrid Lindgren | 2012, 2018, 2019 |
| The Golden Compass (1998) by Philip Pullman | 2012, 2014 |
| Philosophy of the Occident (1950) by Bertrand Russell | 2012, 2013 |
| Holes - The Secrets of Green Lake (2000) by Louis Sachar | 2013, 2014 |
| The River (2014) by Alessandro Sanna | 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) by Shel Silverstein | 2014, 2016 |
| Treasure Island (1897) by Robert Louis Stevenson | 2012, 2014 |
| A New Land (2008) by Shaun Tan | 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019 |
| Brown Girl Dreaming (2014) by Jacqueline Woodson | 2016, 2018 |
Web links
- Website The extraordinary book
- Archive The extraordinary book
- Festival programs for the International Literature Festival Berlin with the award-winning books: 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016