Monday, January 14, 2008

ALA Book Awards Announced

This morning, the American Library Association announced the winners of its awards for children's and young adult literature. If there is a hyperlink on the title of a book in the following list, the CMC has the book, and the hyperlink will take you to the library's catalog. We will have the other books available as soon as possible. The winners are:

Caldecott Award
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
Caldecott Honor Books
Henry's Freedom Box - Ellen Levine and Kadir Nelson
First the Egg - Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain - Peter Sis
Knuffle Bunny, Too - Mo Willems

Newbery Award
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village - Laura Amy Schlitz
Newbery Honor Books
Elijah of Buxton - Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars - Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers - Jacqueline Woodson

Coretta Scott Author Award
Elijah of Buxton - Christopher Paul Curtis
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books
November Blues - Sharon Draper
Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali - Charles R. Smith

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Let It Shine - Ashley Bryan
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books
The Secret Olivia Told Me - Nancy Devard
Jazz on a Saturday Night - Leo and Diane Dillon

Michael L. Printz Award
The White Darkness - Geraldine McCaughrean
Michael L. Printz Honor Books
Dreamquake - Elizabeth Knox
One Whole and Perfect Day - Judith Clarke
Repossessed - A.M. Jenkins
Your Own, Sylvia - Stephanie Hemphill

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
There Is a Bird on Your Head! - Mo Willems
Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books
First the Egg - Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Hello, Bumblebee Bat - Darrin Lunde
Jazz Baby - Lisa Wheeler
Vulture View - April Pulley Sayre

For the full list of the awards, see the ALA's website.

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