January 15, 2008
ALA Award Winners
Posted by Mary Woodard under Authors/Illustrators, Books and Reading, FYI | Tags: awards ALA |No Comments
Here are the award winners from the ALA Midwinter conference 2008:
2008 John Newbery Medal
(for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature)
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
2008 Newbery Honor Books
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
and
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
Randolph Caldecott Medal 2008
(for the most distinguished American picture book for children)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Caldecott Honor Books 2008
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís
and
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems
2008 Michael L. Printz Award
(for excellence in literature written for young adults)
The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean
2008 Coretta Scott King Award
(recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults)
Coretta Scott King Author Award
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Let It Shine by Ashley Bryan
Pura Belpré Award
(honoring Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books)
Pura Belpré Author Award
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Sean Qualls
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award
Los Gatos Black on Halloween, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, written by Marisa Montes
2008 Robert F. Sibert Medal
(for most distinguished informational book for children)
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís
For other award winners see the press release on ALA’s web site.
