2008 ALSC Awards for Children’s Literature
(awarded on Monday, January 14, 2008)
John Newbery Medal
for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
Newbery Honor Books
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
Randolph Caldecott Medal
for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Caldecott Honor Books
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtin by Peter Sís
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems
2008 Michael L. Printz Award
for excellence in literature written for young adults:
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
Printz 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, Syliva: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill
Coretta Scott King Award
recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:
King Author Book winner:
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
King Author Honor Books
November Blues by Sharon M. Draper
Twelve Rounds to Glory: the Story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith Jr.
King Illustrator Book winner:
Let it Shine by Ashley Bryan
King Illustrator Honor Books
The Secret Olivia Told Me by N. Joy, illustrated by Nancy Devard
Jazz on a Saturday Night by Leo and Diane Dillon
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award:
Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It by Sundee T. Frazier
Pura Belpré Author Award:
honoring Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children's books:
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Sean Qualls
Belpré Author Honor Books
Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale, retold by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Michael Austin
Los Gatos Black on Halloween, written by Marisa Montes, illustrated by Yuyi Morales
Pura Belpré Illustrator Award:
Los Gatos Black on Halloween, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, written by Marisa Montes
Belpré Illustrator 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, written by Monica Brown
My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo, written and illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
for the most distinguished book for beginning readers:
There Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems
Geisel Honor Books
First the Egg 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
Margaret A. Edwards Award
for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults:
Orson Scott Card, honoring his outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens for his novels Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow.
Sibert Medal
for most distinguished informational book for children:
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtin by Peter Sís
Sibert Honor Books
Lightship by Brian Floca
Nic Bishop Spiders by Nic Bishop
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer
recognizing an individual of distinction in the field of children's literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site:
Walter Dean Myers
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
for the most outstanding children's book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States:
Brave Story, by Miyuki Miyabe, translated from the Japanese by Alexander O. Smith
Batchelder Honor Books
The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity, by Jutta Richter, illustrated by Rotraut Susanne Berner, and translated from the German by Anna Brailovsky
Nicholas and the Gang, written by René Goscinny, illustrated by Jacques Sempé, and translated from the French by Anthea Bell
