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2008 Medal Winners and Honor Books
CALDECOTT (awarded for outstanding illustration)
Click on Caldedcott Award Winners List for a list of all previous winners, with brief descriptions and Rangeview Library District call numbers.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret written and illustrated by Brian Selznick
Honors
Henry's
Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
illustrated by
Kadir Nelson
and written by Ellen Levine
First the Egg written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Wall: Growing Up
Behind the Iron Curtain
written and illustrated by Peter Sís
Knuffle
Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
written and illustrated by Mo Willems
NEWBERY (awarded for outstanding writing)
Click on Newberry Medal Winners List for a list of all previous winners, with brief descriptions and Rangeview Library District call numbers.
Good Masters! Sweet
Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village
by Laura Amy Schlitz
Honors
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Honors
Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
November Blues by Sharon M. Draper
CORETTA SCOTT KING Illustrator (honoring an African-American illustrator)
Let It Shine written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
Honors
The Secret Olivia Told Me illustrated by Nancy Devard, written by N. Joy
Jazz On A Saturday Night by Leo and Diane Dillon
CORETTA SCOTT KING/JOHN STEPTOE New Talent Award ( affirms new talent and offers visibility to excellence in writing or illustration at the beginning of a career)
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It by Sundee T. Frazier
MILDRED L. BATCHELDER (most outstanding children’s book originally published in a foreign language and subsequently translated into English)
Brave Story written by Miyuki Miyabe, translated by Alexander Smith
Honors
The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity written by Jutta Richter, translated by Anna Brailovsky
Nicholas and the Gang written by Rene Goscinny, translated by Anthea Bell
MICHAEL L. PRINTZ ( awarded for excellence in young adult literature)
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
Honors
Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet by Elizabeth Knox
One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
Repossessed by A. M. Jenkins
Your
Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
by Stephanie Hemphill
ROBERT F. SIBERT (most distinguished informational book for children)
The Wall: Growing Up
Behind the Iron Curtain
written and illustrated by Peter Sís
Honors
Spiders by Nic Bishop
Lightship by Brian Floca
Winner (Author):
The
Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by
Margarita Engle
Honors (Author):
Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life!
by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy
Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes
Winner (Illustrator):
Los
Gatos Black on Halloween illustrated by Yuyi Morales
Honors (Illustrator):
My Name Is Gabito: The Life of
Gabriel García Márquez illustrated by Raúl
Colón
My
Colors, My World illustrated by Maya
Christina Gonzalez
ALEX AWARDS (honors 10 books, published in the preceding year, written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 -18)
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China, by Matthew Polly
Bad Monkeys, by Matt Ruff
Essex County Volume 1: Tales from the Farm, by Jeff Lemire
Genghis: Birth of an Empire, by Conn Iggulden
The God of Animals, by Aryn Kyle
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah
Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones
The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
The Night Birds, by Thomas Maltman
The Spellman Files, by Lisa Lutz
ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL (Honors outstanding children's video productions released during the past year)
Producer Kevin Lafferty, executive producer John Davis, and co-producers Amy Palmer Robertson and Danielle Sterling for the production of Jump In! Freestyle Edition
SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD (honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies artistic expression of a disability for audiences in three age categories)
Picture Books for Young Children:
Kami and the Yaks by Andrea Stenn Stryer, illustrated by Bert Dodson
Middle School Award:
Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Teen Award:
Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby
THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL AWARD (honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children's literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year)
There Is a Bird on Your Head written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Honors
First the Egg written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Hello, Bumblebee Bat written by Darrin Lunde, illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
Jazz Baby written by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Vulture View written by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Steve Jenkins
LAURA INGALLS WILDER ( an author or illustrator, whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children, awarded every two years: the 2007 winner is:)
James Marshal
Noteworthy titles include:
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Fox on Wheels
MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD (Honors an author's lifetime achievement for writing books that ave been popular over a period of time)
Orson Scott Card
Author’s noteworthy titles include:
Ender's
Game
Ender's
Shadow
Odyssey Award
New
award honoring excellence in audiobook production.
Winner:
Live Oak Media, Jazz
Honors:
Listen & Live Audio, Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the
Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship's
Boy
Scholastic/Weston Woods, Dooby Dooby Moo
Listening Library, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
HarperChildren's Audio, Skulduggery Pleasant
Listening
Library, Treasure Island
Last updated: 15 January 2008 09:39 AM Mountain Time
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