2008 Literary Award Winners for Children & Young Adults
Caldecott Award
(Awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book
for children)
Caldecott Medal Winner
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Scholastic.
Caldecott Honor Books
Levine, Ellen. Henry's Freedom Box. Illus. Kadir Nelson. Scholastic.
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. First the Egg. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter.
Sis, Peter. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Farrar/Frances Foster.
Willems, Mo. Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity. Hyperion.
Newbery Award
(Awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to
American literature for children)
Newbery Medal Winner
Schlitz, Laura Amy. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. Candlewick
Newbery Honor Books
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton. Scholastic.
Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday Wars. Clarion.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Feathers. Putnam.
Comstock Book Award
(Awarded to author/illustrator of the best picture book to
read aloud to children ages 8-12)
Comtsock Medal Winner
Morris, Carla. The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians. Illus. Brad Sneed. Peachtree
Comstock Honor Books
Asch, Frank. Mrs. Marlowe's Mice. Illus. Devin Asch.
Kids Can Press.
Levin, Ellen.
Henry's Freedom Box.
Illus.Kadir Nelson. Scholastic.
Wanda Gág Book Award
(Awarded to author/illustrator of the best picture book to read aloud to children ages birth to age 8)
Wanda Gág Medal Winner
Kulka, Joe. Wolf's Coming!. Carolrhoda Books.
Wanda Gág Honor Books
Laminack, Lester. L. Snow Day!. Illus. Adam Gustavson. Peachtree
Willems, Mo.
Knuffle Bunny Too:
A Case of Mistaken Identity. Hyperion Books for Children
Coretta Scott King
Awards
(Honors African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for
children and young adults)
Author Award Winner
Curtis, Christopher. Elijah of Buxton. Scholastic.
Draper, Sharon M. November Blues. Atheneum Books for Young Adults.
Smith, Charles R. Jr. Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali. Candlewick.
Illustrator Award Winner
Bryan, Ashley. Let it Shine. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Illustrator Honor Books
Dillon, Leo and Diane. Jazz on a Saturday Night. Scholastic Blue Sky Press.
Joy, N. The Secret Olivia Told Me. Illus. Nancy Devard. Just Us Books.
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award
(Awarded to a black author and/or a black illustrator for an outstanding book written at the beginning of the writer or artist’s career)
Author Award Winner
Frazier, Sundee T. Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It. Delacorte.
Pura Belpré Award
(Honors Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books)
Author Award Winner
Engle, Margarita. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. Illus. Sean Qualls. Holt.
Author Honor Books
Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. Frida: ¡Viva la Vida! Long Live Life! Marshall Cavendish.
Deedy, Carmen Agra. Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale. Illus. Michael Austin. Peachtree.
Montes, Marisa. Los Gatos Black on Halloween. Illus. Yuyi Morales. Holt.
Illustrator Award
Montes, Marisa. Los Gatos Black on Halloween. Illus. Yuyi Morales. Holt.
Illustrator Honor Books
Brown, Monica. My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez/Me llamo gabito: La vida de Gabriel García Márquez. Illus. Raúl Colón. Luna Rising.
Gonzalez, Maya Christina. My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo. Children’s Book Press.
Mildred L. Batchelder
Award
(Awarded to an American publisher for an outstanding children’s book
translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United
States)
Batchelder Winner
Miyabe, Miyuki. Brave Story. Trans. from Japanese by Alexander O. Smith. VIZ Media.
Batchelder Honor Book
Goscinny, René. Nicholas and the Gang. Trans. from French. Illus Jean-Jacques Sempé. Phaidon Press.
Richter, Jutta. The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity. Trans. from German by Anna Brailovsky. Illus.Rotraut Susanne Berner. Milkweed Editions.
(Honors an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences in three age categories)
Ages 0-10
Stryer, Andrea Stenn. Kami and the Yaks. Illus. Bert Dodson. Bay Otter Press.
Ages 11-13
Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn. Reaching for Sun. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books.
Ages 13-18
Rorby, Ginny. Hurt Go Happy. Tom Doherty Associates.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Beginning Reader Award
(Honors an author/illustrator for the most distinguished beginning reader book)
Geisel Award Books
Willems, Mo. There Is a Bird on Your Head. Hyperion.
Geisel Honor Books
Lunde, Darrin. Hello, Bumblebee Bat. Illus Patricia J. Wynne. Charlesbridge.
Sayre, April Pulley. Vulture View. Illus. Steve Jenkins. Holt.
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. First the Egg. Roaring Brooke/Neal Porter.
Wheeler, Lisa. Jazz Baby. Illus. R. Gregory Christie. Harcourt.
Robert F. Sibert
Informational Book Award
(Awarded to the author of the most distinguished informational book for
children)
Sibert Winner
Sís, Peter. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Farrar/Frances Foster.
Sibert Honor Books
Bishop, Nic. Nic Bishop Spiders. Scholastic.
Floca, Brian. Lightship. Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson.
Michael L. Printz
Award
(Awarded for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult
literature)
Printz Award Winner
McCaughrean,
Geraldine. The White Darkness. HarperTempest.
Printz Honor Books
Clark, Judith. One Whole and Perfect Day. Front Street.
Hemphill, Stephanie. Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath. Alfred Knopf.
Jenkins, A.M. Repossessed. HarperTeen.
Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet. Frances Foster.
Andrew Carnegie Medal
(For excellence in children’s video)
Jump In! Freestyle Edition. Prod. Kevin Lafferty, John Davis, Amy Palmer Robertson and Danielle Sterling. Walt Disney Video.
Odyssey Award
(For excellence in audiobook production for children or teens)
Odyssey Award Winner
Jazz. Live Oak Media.
Odyssey Honor Titles
Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary ‘Jacky’ Faber, Ship’s Boy. Listen & Live Audio.
Dooby Dooby Moo. Scholastic/Weston Woods.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Listening Library.
Skulduggery Pleasant. HarperChildren’s Audio.
Treasure Island. Listening Library.
Margaret A. Edwards
Award
(Honors lifetime contribution in writing for young adults)
Orson Scott Card
May Hill Arbuthnot
Lecture Award
(Each year, an individual of distinction in the field of children's
literature is chosen to write and deliver a lecture that will make a significant
contribution to the world of children's literature)
Walter Dean Myers
Compiled by Carol H. Sibley, Curriculum Librarian, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, Minnesota, from the American Library Association press release, 1/17/08.
Updated 5/14/08