2008 ALA YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARDS

These awards are for books/authors for teens.

Alex Awards:
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

The Michael L. Printz Award:

The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean

Honor Books:
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

Margaret A. Edwards Award
Orson Scott Card

2008 ALA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED, Pt. 3

Some of the other less known awards announced at the ALA Midwinter Meeting last weekend included:
THE SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD:
Book for young children: Kami and the Yaks by Andrea Stenn Stryer (E STR)
Book for middle School children: Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer (J FIC ZIM)
Book for teens: Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby (YA FIC ROR)

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL AWARD:
There Is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems (NEW E WILLEMS, M.) [in processing]

Honor Books:
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (NEW E SEEGER, L.)
Hello, Bumblebee Bat by Darrin Lunde (NEW J 599.4 LUN)
Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler (NEW E Wheeler, L.) [in processing]
Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre (NEW J 598.92 SAY)

THE PURA BELPRE AWARD:
Narrative:
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle (YA 811.54 ENG) [also in Adult]

Narrative Honor Books:
Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy (NEW J 398.2 DEE)
Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes (E Holiday MON)

Illustration:
Los Gatos Black on Halloween illustrated by Yuyi Morales (E Holiday MON)

Illustration Honor Books:
My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez/Me llamo Gabito: la vida de Gabriel García Márquez illustrated by Raúl Colón
My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo by Maya Christina Gonzalez (NEW J 468 GON)

THE MILDRED L. BATCHELDER AWARD:
Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe

Honor Books:
The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity by Jutta Richter
Nicholas and the Gang by René Goscinny

2008 ALA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED, Pt. 2

The winners of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards were also announced at the ALA Midwinter Meeting last weekend.

AUTHOR:
Christopher Paul Curtis for Elijah of Buxton (New YA FIC CURTIS, C.)

The Honor Books are:
November Blues by Sharon M. Draper (New YA FIC DRAPER, S. )
Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith Jr (J NONFIC On Order)

ILLUSTRATOR:
Ashley Bryan for Let it Shine

The Honor Books are:
The Secret Olivia Told Me illustrated by Nancy Devard
Jazz On A Saturday Night by Leo and Diane Dillon (J 781.65 DIL)

JOHN STEPTOE NEW TALENT AWARD:
Sundee T. Frazier for Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It (New J FIC FRAZIER, S.)

2008 ALA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED, Pt. 1

Numerous Book Awards were announced last weekend at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia.

2008 John Newbery Medal

Laura Amy Schlitz for Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (J 940.1 SCH)

Honor Books:
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (New YA FIC CURTIS, C.)
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (YA FIC SCH)
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (J FIC WOO)

2008 Randolph Caldecott Medal

Brian Selznick for The Invention of Hugo Cabret (J & YA BOB SELZNICK, B.)

Honor Books:
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine (E LEV)
First the Egg written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (New E SEEGER, L.)
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain written and illustrated by Peter Sís (New J 943.704 SIS)
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity written and illustrated Mo Willems (New E WILLEMS, M.)