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