Friday, January 18, 2008

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.)

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