2008 ALA Award Winners

2008 ALA Award Winners
Newbery Medal
Title: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village Author: Laura Amy SchlitzIllustrator: Robert Byrd Publisher: Candlewick Press
Caldecott Medal
Title: The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and PicturesIllustrator: Brian Selznick Publisher: Scholastic Press
Coretta Scott King Award
AuthorTitle: Elijah of Buxton Author: Christopher Paul CurtisPublisher: Scholastic
Coretta Scott King Award
IllustratorTitle: Let it Shine: Three Favorite SpiritualsIllustrator: Ashley BryanPublisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pura Belpré Award
AuthorTitle: The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano Author: Margarita EnglePublisher: Henry Holt
Pura Belpré Award
IllustratorTitle: Los Gatos Black on HalloweenIllustrator: Yuyi MoralesPublisher: H. Holt
John Steptoe Award
Title: Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in ItAuthor: Sundee T. Frazier Publisher: Delacorte Press
Theodore Seuss Geisel Award
Title: There is a Bird on Your Head! Author and Illustrator: Mo Willems Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Michael L. Printz Award
Title: The White Darkness: A Novel Author: Geraldine McCaughrean Publisher: HarperTempest
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Title: Brave Story Volume 2Author: Miyuki MiyabeTranslator: Alexander O. SmithPublisher: Tokyopop
Alex Awards
Title: American Shaolin Author: Matthew PollyPublisher: Gotham BooksTitle: Bad MonkeysAuthor: Matt RuffPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersTitle: Essex County. Vol. 1, Tales From the FarmAuthor: Jeff LemirePublisher: Top Shelf ProductionsTitle: Genghis: Birth of an EmpireAuthor: Conn IgguldenPublisher: Delacorte PressTitle: The God of Animals: A NovelAuthor: Aryn KylePublisher: ScribnerTitle: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Author: Ishmael Beah Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux Title: Mister PipAuthor: Lloyd Jones Publisher: Dial Press Title: The Name of the WindAuthor: Patrick Rothfuss Publisher: DAW BooksTitle: The Night Birds Author: Thomas Maltman Publisher: Soho Press Title: The Spellman Files Author: Lisa Lutz Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Margaret A. Edwards Award
Orson Scott Card
Robert F. Sibert Award
Title: The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron CurtainAuthor: Peter Sis Publisher: Frances Foster Books
Schneider Family Awards
Picture BookTitle: Kami and the Yaks Author: Andrea Stenn Strye Illustrator: Bert Dodson Publisher: Bay Otter PressMiddle SchoolTitle: Reaching for SunAuthor: Tracie Vaughn Zimmer Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books Teen BookTitle: Hurt Go Happy Author: Ginny Rorby Publisher: Starscape

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