2008 ALSC Award Winners Announced!

Pura Belpre Award (author):
Poet Slave of Cuba by by Margarita Engle and Sean Qualls

Pura Belpre Honor Books (author):
Frida, viva la vida by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Martina, the Beautiful Cockaroach by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Michael Austin
Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes, illustrated by Yuyi Morales

Pura Belpre Award (illustrator):
Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes, illustrated by Yuyi Morales

Pura Belpre Honor Books (illustrator):
My Name is Gabito by Monica Brown, illustrated by Raul Colon

My Colors, My World by Maya Christina Gonzalez

Randolph Caldecott Medal:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Caldecott Honor Books:

Henry's Freedom Box illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine

First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

The Wall by Peter Sis

Knuffle Bunny, Too by Mo Willems

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award:

There Is a Bird On Your Head by Mo Willems

Geisel Honor Books:

First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Hello Bumblebee Bat by by Darrin Lunde, illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne

Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Steven Jenkins

Coretta Scott King Award (illustrator):
Let It Shine by Ashley Brian

King Award Honor Books (illustrator):
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 Award (author):
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

King Award Honor Books (author):

November Blues by Shannon Draper

Twelve Rounds to Glory by Charles R. Smith

John Newbery Medal:
Good Masters, Sweet Ladies by Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Robert Byrd

Newbery Honor Books:
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers by Jaqueline Woodson

Michael L. Printz Award:

The White Darkness by Geraldine Mccaughrean


Printz Honor Books:

Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox

One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke

Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins

Your Own Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill

Robert F. Sibert Medal:
The Wall by Peter Sis

Sibert Honor Books:

Nic Bishop Spiders by Nic Bishop

Lightship by Brian Floca

For the complete listing of awards, visit http://www.ilovelibraries.org/