2011年度　Language Learners Literature Award（語学学習者文学賞）

このページでは、2011年度のLanguage Learners Literature Award（語学学習者文学賞）の受賞作とファイナリスト作品を掲載しています。多読本の選択の参考にどうぞ。2011年のカテゴリーは5部門あり、カテゴリーごとにファイナリスト作品が3作品選ばれ、そこから受賞作が1作選ばれています。
Young Learners

Aladdin
Adapted by Gill Munton and illustrated by Kristin Varner (Macmillan English Explorers, Macmillan Education), ISBN: 9780230719804

審査員評:この良く知られた夢中にさせる面白いストーリーを、この本では、とても簡単な英語で書き直されているが、それでも夢中にさせ楽しませる。素晴らしい。

Adolescent & Adult: Beginner

Just so stories
By Rudyard Kipling. Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore and illustrated by Daniele Fabbri (Black Cat ), ISBN: 9788853010131
YL 2.8 4,000語数

審査員評:
このストーリ集は、伝承文学のような魔法のように人を魅了する内容で、読むととても楽しくなる。シンプルでありながら、人を引きつけ、この本を何度も読むことで、繰り返す力を得られ、言葉や言葉の固まりを覚える助けになる。退屈でもなく押しつけがましくもない。そして豪華なイラストが描かれている。

Adolescent & Adult: Elementary

A Little Trouble in Dublin
By Richard MacAndrew (Cambridge Discovery Readers, Cambridge University Press), ISBN: 9788483235522
YL：1.6 / 語数：4,312　語彙数400
審査員評:
このワクワクさせる本はアイルランドのダブリンで修学旅行で、偽札事件に巻き込まれる双子の兄弟の話を描いている。かしこい双子が予想もしない形で謎を解決します。

Adolescent & Adult: Intermediate

The Everest Story
By Tim Vicary (Oxford Bookworms Library, Oxford University Press), ISBN: 9780194236
YL3.2 語数 10150

審査員評:
ここ最近、出会った本の中で最も面白いノンフィクションの一つ。若い読者には特に興味を持つだろう。エベレスト山は、永遠に興味が尽きず、この小説においては登場人物の一人のようだ。1921年に英国の最初の探検におけるジョージ・マロイの行方不明の謎について語られ、山の魅力的な情報と登山家たちを一世紀の間、ひきつけたマロイの挑戦が、絡み合うようにリンクする。そして素晴らしい写真も掲載されている。

Adolescent & Adult: Upper Intermediate & Advanced

Dragons’ Eggs
By J. M. Newsome (Cambridge English Readers, Cambridge University Press), ISBN: 9780521179041
YL 5.5-6.0

審査員評:
優れたストーリー展開、登場人物のすばらしい発展のさせかた。この本は、このレベルの読者だけでなく、若い読者にも十分にアピールできるものだ。この本に書かれた論点は、前向きで、長く続く影響を与えるだろう。予想もできない展開でこの本を途中で置くことは難しい。

Book list Finalist of the 2011 LLL awards

Finalist of the 2011
Young Learners
	Animals In Art By Richard Northcott (Oxford University Press), ISBN: 9780194644433 Student’s comment: This book is interesting. It talks of all the shapes of animals in art. I liked the illustration because they are very different and interesting. Each paragraph is next to a painting, drawing or photo of an artist. The artists are varied and with many nationalities and their work is typical.
	The Owl’s Song By Paola Traverso and illustrated by Daniele Fabbri (Black Cat), ISBN: 9788853010117 Student’s comment: The illustrations are beautiful, it has a good moral,the characters are cute, the story is funny, the fairies’ dance was super (children can dance it), interesting dialogues, funny exercises, great idea about the audio support.
Adolescent & Adult: Beginner
	The Game By Sue Murray and illustrated by Craig Phillips (ILTS & Hueber Verlag), ISBN: 9783196029765 Student’s comment: “The Game” is a great book. It has an original story with knights, wizards, princesses in a video game and Dylan, the player, goes into the game. It’s fantastic!
	Under the Bridge By Lynda Edwards and illustrated by Sonia Kretschmar (Pearson Longman), ISBN:9781408231975 Student’s comment: This story is great. Because before I started reading, I thought this would be a sad story from the cover picture. When I finished reading this story I felt happy, because main character recalled things she have forgotten.
Adolescent & Adult: Elementary
	The Black Night By Denise Kirby and illustrated by Ian Forss (ILTS & Hueber Verlag), ISBN: 9783196429763 Student’s comment: I really like this story because it is talking about art and I really like art. It shows that Archie is the brave man, he caught the thieves and helped Tash. This book was really good and interesting.
	The Time Capsule By Robert Campbell and illustrated by Arianna Operamolla (Helbling Languages), ISBN: 9783852722832 Student’s comment: Very exciting and creative, I read it twice. fun fun story! the boy in the past is now the boss of her father’s company is fantastic plot, I think. I strongly recommend this book.
Adolescent & Adult: Intermediate
	Leaving No Footprint: Stories from Asia Various authors, retold by Clare West, and illustrated by Kim Seng and Prashant Miranda. (Oxford Bookworms Library, Oxford University Press), ISBN: 978-0-19-479141-0 Student’s comment: It’s a very interesting book, because it explains different things about Asian people a long time ago that now for occidental people it is sometimes hard to understand.
	Not Above the Law By Richard MacAndrew, (Cambridge English Readers, Cambridge University Press), ISBN: 9780521140966 Teacher’s comment: A real page-turner of a detective story. My class found the opening scene particularly gripping and it set them on to reading the rest of the story at full tilt. They thoroughly enjoyed the story. They liked the setting and the interaction between the characters. And they thought the ending was quite moving. A really good detective story.
Adolescent & Adult: Upper Intermediate & Advanced
	A Lion Called Christian By Anthony Bourke and John Rendall, adapted by Jane Revell. (Scholastic), ISBN: 9781905775934 Student’s comment: This is such a heart-warming and touching story describing a deep affection between Christian and the two men. I felt strongly that it doesn’t matter whether a human or a wild animal in terms of love. Despite their close relationship, the scene wild animals’ instinct sometimes appears brought me to the reality.
	Two Worlds By Helen Everett-Camplin. (Cambridge Discovery Readers, Cambridge University Press), ISBN: 9788483235638 Student’s comment: The connections between the three stories are very surprising and I think the book isn’t too sad and it’s realistic and enables you to think about life and a lot of things.