2008 Award-Winning Books
Today is 3/14/2010
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced this year's top books, videos and audiobooks for children and young adults - including the Caldecott, King, Newbery, and Printz awards
John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to children’s literature:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean
Newbery Honor Books:
- The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small
- The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
- Savvy by Ingrid Law
- After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Ames Votes Books:
- Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
- Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
The House in the Night illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson
Caldecott Honor Books:
- A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever written and illustrated by Marla Frazee
- How I Learned Geography written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
- A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant
Ames Votes Book:
- Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Printz Honor Books:
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
- Nation by Terry Pratchett
- Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Ames Votes Books:
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book for beginning readers:
Are You Ready to Play Outside? written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Geisel Honor Books:
- Chicken said, ‘Cluck!’ by Judyann Ackerman Grant, illustrated by Sue Truesdell
- One Boy written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- Stinky written and illustrated by Eleanor Davis
- Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator by Sarah C. Campbell, with photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell
Ames Votes Books:
- Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris by Jane O'Connor
- I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems
Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book for children:
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by author and illustrator Kadir Nelson
Sibert Honor Books:
- Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and Rediscovery of The Past written by James M. Deem
- What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! written by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
Ames Votes Books:
- We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by author and illustrator Kadir Nelson
Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written and narrated by Sherman Alexie and produced by Recorded Books, LLC.
Odyssey Honor Audiobooks:
- Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady written by L.A. Meyer, narrated by Katherine Kellgren and produced by Listen & Live Audio, Inc.
- Elijah of Buxton written by Christopher Paul Curtis, narrated by Mirron Willis and produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group
- I’m Dirty! written by Kate & Jim McMullan, narrated by Steve Buscemi and produced by Weston Woods Studios, Inc./Scholastic
- Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale written and narrated by Carmen Agra Deedy and produced by Peachtree Publishers
- Nation written by Terry Pratchett, narrated by Stephen Briggs and produced by HarperChildren’s Audio/HarperCollins Publishers
Ames Votes Books:
- The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean