Award Winning Books for 2008
Caldecott Medal (most distinguished American picture book
for children)
Caldecott Medal Winner:
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 Egg, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, written and illustrated
by Peter Sis
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, written and illustrated
by Mo Willems
Newbery Medal (most distinguished contribution to American
literature for children)
Newbery Medal Winner:
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
Schneider Family Book Award (for a book that embodies an
artistic expressions of the disability experience for child and adolescent
audiences)
Young Children's Winner:
Kami and the Yaks, written by Andrea Stenn Stryver, illustrated by Bert
Dodson
Middle Grade Winner:
Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Teen Winner:
Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby
Mildred L. Batchelder Award (most outstanding books
originally published in a foreign language)
Winner:
VIZ Media for Brave Story, written by Miyuki Miyabe and translated from
Japanese by Alexander O. Smith
Honor Books:
Milkweed Editions for The Cat: Or, How I lost Eternity, written by
Jutta Richter, with illustrations by Rotraut Susanne Berner, and translated
from the German by Anna Brailovsky
Phaidon Press for Nicholas and the Gang, written by Rene Goscinny,
illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempe, and translated from the French by Anthea
Bell
Pura Belpre Award (outstanding children's literature and
illustration that celebrates the Latino/a cultural experience
Winner for Narrative:
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano, written
by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Sean Qualls
Honor Books for Narrative:
Frida: Viva la vida! Long Live Life! written and illustrated 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
Winner for Illustration:
Los Gatos Black on Halloween, written by Marisa Montes, illustrated by
Yuyi Morales
Honor Books for Illustration:
My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez / Me Llamo Gabito: La
Vida de Gabriel Garcia Marquez, illustrated by Raul Colon, written by
Monica Brown
My Colors, My World / Mis Colores, Mi Mundo, written and illustrated by
Maya Christina Conzalez
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (most distinguished American book
for beginning readers)
Medal Winner:
There is a Bird on Your Head by Mo
Willens
Honor Books:
First Egg, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Hello, Bumblebee Bat, written by Darrin Lunde, illustrated by Patricia
J. Wynne
Jazz Baby, written by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Gregory Christie
Vulture View, written by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Steve
Jenkins
