The Extraordinary Book

The Extraordinary Book
Awarded for Outstanding literature for children, teenagers and young adults
Presented by Peter Weiss Foundation (organizer of the Berlin International Literature Festival)
First awarded 2012
Website www.literaturfestival.com
The Berliner Festspiele Theatre - annual presention venue of the Extraordinay Books
Awarded as The Extraordinary Book 2012: Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann
Awarded as The Extraordinary Book 2012: The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís
Awarded as The Extraordinary Book 2013: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Awarded as The Extraordinary Book 2016: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

The Extraordinary Book, founded in 2012, is an annually awarded, non-monetary honouring of the Children´s and Young Adult Program of the International Literature Festival Berlin for outstanding literature for children, teenagers and young adults.[1]

Summary

The honoured books are chosen by a jury that consists of the guests of the Children´s and Young Adult Program of the Berlin International Literature Festival, who are mostly writers and illustrators, but also scientists. While the International Literature Festival Berlin is taking place, the Extraordinary Books are exhibited at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele[2] and at the Philipp-Schaeffer library.[3] Between 2012 and 2016, 117 jurors have, in total, honoured 129 books as Extraordinary Books.

Among others, David Almond, Frank Cottrell Boyce, John Boyne, Roddy Doyle, Franz Hohler, Navid Kermani, Jon Klassen, Scott McCloud, Patrick Ness, Boualem Sansal, Riad Sattouf and Janne Teller have been jurors over the past years.

In 2012, the award was called A Narrative for Europe.[4]

Honoured Books

2012

The following 27 books were honoured by 26 jurors as The Extraordinary Book 2012:

Juror Honoured Book
Azouz Begag Night Flight (1931) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Farideh Chalatbarie Me and My Friends (2006) by Farideh Chalatbarie
Chen Jianghong Struwwelpeter (1845) by Heinrich Hoffmann
Mariana Chiesa Mateos The Diary of a Young Girl (1947) by Anne Frank and Migrando (2010) by Mariana Chiesa Mateos
Iwona Chmielewska Ein Geburtstag (2007) by Doris Meisner-Johannknecht and Melanie Kemmler
Gabriela Cichowska Mirror (2010) by Jeannie Baker
Dibou Gone With the Wind (1936) by Margaret Mitchell
Enzo The Alchemist (1988) by Paulo Coelho
Kate De Goldi The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky
Golo Treasure Island (1881) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Finn-Ole Heinrich De baas van alles (2007) by Bart Moeyaert
Tendai Huchu Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury
Adam Jaromir Couleurs du jour (2010) by Květa Pacovská
Gerald Jatzek The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book (1951) by Iona Opie and Peter Opie
Jan de Leeuw Dance on My Grave (1982) by Aidan Chambers
Nils Mohl La vie commune - Essai d'anthropologie générale (1995) by Tzvetan Todorov
Salah Naoura Alabama Moon (2006) by Watt Key
Uri Orlev Bambi (1923) by Felix Salten
Maria Papayanni Odyssey by Homer
Maria Parr Ronia the Robber's Daughter (1981) by Astrid Lindgren
Peter Pohl Mio, My Son (1954) by Astrid Lindgren
Iva Procházková The Wall (2007) by Peter Sís
Janne Teller A History of Western Philosophy (1945) by Bertrand Russell
Rachel Ward The Golden Compass (1995) by Philip Pullman
Robert Paul Weston Momo (1973) by Michael Ende
Floortje Zwigtman Junk (1996) by Melvin Burgess

2013

The following 21 books were chosen as The Extraordinary Book 2013 by the jurors:

Juror Honoured Book
Milena Baisch Onkel Ede hat einen Schnurrbart (1971) by Bertolt Brecht and Ursula Kirchberg
John Boyne The Silver Sword (1956) by Ian Serraillier
Chen Jianghong Just Me (1965) by Marie Hall Ets
Manuele Fior A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) by James Joyce
Inés Garland The God of Small Things (1997) by Arundhati Roy
Yves Grevet Blanche trilogy: Blanche ou la triple contrainte de l'enfer (2005), Blanche et l'Oeil du grand khan (2006) and Blanche et le vampire de Paris (2007) by Hervé Jubert
Finn-Ole Heinrich Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) by John M. Coetzee
Franz Hohler The 35th of May, or Conrad's Ride to the South Seas (1931) by Erich Kästner
Joke van Leeuwen The Invisible Cities (1972) by Italo Calvino
Nicolas Mahler Candide (1759) by Voltaire
Geert Mak Over het water (1998) by H. M. van den Brink
Raquel J. Palacio Mondo piccolo - Don Camillo (1948) by Giovanni Guareschi
Andreas Schulze Holes (1998) by Louis Sachar
Ruta Sepetys The Arrival (2006) by Shaun Tan
Seyyed Ali Shodjaie The Little Prince (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Janne Teller A History of Western Philosophy (1945) by Bertrand Russell
Brecht Vandenbroucke Elvis Road (2007) by Studio Elvis
Robert Paul Weston Momo (1973) by Michael Ende
Józef Wilkoń W Nieparyżu i gdzie indziej (1967) by Anna Kamieńska

2014

The following 30 books were chosen as The Extraordinary Book 2014 by 22 jurors:

Juror Honoured Book
Martin Baltscheit Ariol - un petit âne comme vous et moi (2011) and Ariol - Le chevalier cheval (2011) by Emmanuel Guibert and Marc Boutavant
Ishmael Beah Treasure Island (1881) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Azouz Begag L'oeil du loup (1984) by Daniel Pennac and Jacques Ferrandez
Mirko Bonné Chichi no Koyomi (1995) by Jiro Taniguchi
Iwona Chmielewska Wie Frau B. so böse wurde... (2014) by Sonja Bougaeva
Gabriela Cichowska The Quiet Book (2010) by Deborah Underwood and Renata Liwska
Michael de Cock The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2006) by Kate DiCamillo and Bagram Ibatoulline
Lydia Dimitrow Such dir was aus, aber beeil dich! Kindsein in zehn Kapiteln (2010) by Nadia Budde
Ursula Dubosarsky Midnite (1967) by Randolph Stow
Finn-Ole Heinrich Die Wand (1968) by Marlen Haushofer
Marta Ignerska Wave (2008) by Suzy Lee
Kim Dong-Seong Aldo (1992) by John Burningham and School Bus (1984) by Donald Crews
Jon Klassen Abel's Island (1976) by William Steig
Filippos Mandilaras Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) by Shel Silverstein
Truus Matti Zwart als inkt is het verhaal van Sneeuwwitje en de zeven Dwergen (1997) by Wim Hofman
Patrick Ness I Want My Hat Back (2011) by Jon Klassen
Cyril Pedrosa Roughing It (1872) by Mark Twain and Beauté trilogy: Déris exaucés (2011), La reine indécise (2012) and Simples mortels (2013) by Kerascoët and Hubert
Fine Riebner His Dark Materials trilogy: Northern Lights (1995), The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000) by Philip Pullman
Alessandro Sanna Die große Frage (2004) by Wolf Erlbruch
Judith Vanistendael The Kittle White Horse (1946) by Elisabeth Goudge
William Sutcliffe Holes (1998) by Louis Sachar
Martina Wildner Faserland (1995) by Christian Kracht

2015

The following 21 books were chosen as The Extraordinary Book 2015 by 20 jurors.

Juror Honoured Book
David Almond Le Avventure Di Pinocchio (1883) by Carlo Collodi and Enrico Mazzanti
Tony Birch Horse stealing (2003) by Per Petterson
Peter Brown Disney Animation – The Illusion of Life (1981) by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas
Frank Cottrell Boyce Emil and the Detectives (1929) by Erich Kästner and Walter Trier
Loïc Dauvillier The Bunny Book (2005) by Patsy Scarry and Richard Scarry
Roddy Doyle Danny, the Champion of the World (1975) by Roald Dahl
Ingeborg Kringeland Hald Pam’s Paradise Ranch (1940) by Armine von Tempski
Ala Hlehel Haltabees Haltabees (2010) by Rania Zaghir and David Habchy
Jenny Jägerfeld The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (1999) by Stephen Chbosky and Prep (2005) by Curtis Sittenfeld
Navid Kermani Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser - Hörbuch (2006) by Ernst H. Gombrich and Christoph Waltz
Sjoerd Kuyper Peter (1965) by Anne Holm
Mawil The Island on Bird Street (1984) by Uri Orlev
Scott McCloud The Arrival (2006) by Shaun Tan
Oisín McGann The Complete Far Side (2003) by Gary Larson
Salah Naoura Back to Blue (2015) by Rusalka Reh
Jandy Nelson Weetzie Bat (1989) by Francesca Lia Block
Riad Sattouf Comic Showa-Shi (1988–1989) by Shigeru Mizuki
Edward van de Vendel De parkiet, de zeemeermin en de slak (2015) by Annemarie van Haeringen
Kaatje Vermeire Aan de andere kant van de deur (1992) by Tonke Dragt
Meg Wolitzer Nutshell Library (Alligators all around / Chicken Soup With Rice / One was Johnny / Pierre) (1962) by Maurice Sendak

2016

The following 30 books were chosen as The Extraordinary Book 2016 by 30 jurors:

Juror Hounoured Book
Zeina Abirached Exercises de Style (1947) by Raymond Queneau
Julia Benner Brown Girl Dreaming (2014) by Jacqueline Woodson
Mina Braun Krabat (1977) by Otfried Preußler
Carll Cneut Around the World in Eighty Days (1872) by Jules Verne
Maureen Maisha Eggers Mama's Nightingale - A Story of Immigration And Separation (2015) by Edwidge Danticat
Simon van der Geest Skellig (1998) by David Almond
Alex Gino Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) by Shel Silverstein
Guojing The Lost Thing (2000) by Shaun Tan
Nikolaus Heidelbach Vor meiner Tür auf einer Matte (2016) by Nadia Budde
Inga Israel The Arrival (2006) by Shaun Tan
Maitha Al Khayat Uncle Khalfan's Sheep (2013) by Maitha Al Khayat
Noura Al-Khoori Ajwan (2012) by Noura al Noman
Sebastian Lörscher Aber ohne mein Akkordeon bin ich nichts! (2013) by Johanna Benz
Mawil Q-R-T: Der neue Nachbar (2015) by Ferdinand Lutz
Anne Mihan The Art of Being Normal (2015) by Lisa Williamson
Kenneth Oppel Danny, the Champion of the World (1975) by Roald Dahl
Håkon Øvreås Moominpappa at Sea (1965) by Tove Jansson
Niels Penke The Graveyard Book (2008) by Neil Gaiman
Markus Pfalzgraf Ach, so ist das?! - Biografische Comicreportagen von LGBTI* (2014) by Martina Schradi
David van Reybrouck Tintin in Tibet (1960) by Hergé
Yusuf Rieger Siddhartha (1922) by Hermann Hesse
Özge Samanci One Hundred Demons (2002) by Lynda Barry
Gideon Samson Kees de jongen (1923) by Theo Thijssen
Boualem Sansal Don Quixote (1605) by Miguel de Cervantes
Allen Say The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922) by Hugh Lofting
Ruta Sepetys Fiume lento - Un viaggio lungo il po (2013) by Alessandro Sanna
Anika Ullmann Two Boys Kissing (2013) by David Levithan
Jakob Wegelius L'affaire tournesol (1922) von Hergé
Bette Westera Torenhoog on mijlen breed (1969) by Tonke Dragt
Benedikt Wolf The Center of the World (1998) by Andreas Steinhöfel

References

  1. http://www.buchmarkt.de/meldungen/veranstaltungen/berlin-cesar-aira-eroffnete-das-16-internationale-literaturfestival-berlin/
  2. http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de
  3. https://www.berlin.de/ba-mitte/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2016/pressemitteilung.513279.php
  4. http://www.literaturfestival.com/kjl/archiv/projekte/europa/buch
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