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January 14, 2008
National Children's Book Award Winners Announced
At a big press conference in Philadelphia, this year's children's national book award winners were announced. For your reading pleasure, here are the winners!
The Newbery Award, for excellence in literature, was awarded to Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz. This is a collection of monologues or poems set in a medieval village. A quick read with bright illustrations, it's suitable for third to seventh graders.
Honor titles were awarded to: Elijah of Buxton, The Wednesday Wars, and Feathers.
The Caldecott Award, for excellence in illustration, was awarded to The Invention of Hugo Cabret. A huge tome, this story mixes illustrations and words to excellent effect. It takes place in Paris and tells the story of a clock worker boy and a fascinating puzzle.
Honor awards were given to: Henry's Freedom Box, First the Egg, The Wall, and Knuffle Bunny Too.
The Printz Award, for excellence in young adult literature, was awarded to White Darkness. White Darkness takes a young girl on an Antarctic journey with her uncle who dreams of discovering the center of the earth.
Honor awards were given to: Dreamquake, One Whole and Perfect Day, Repossessed, and Your Own Sylvia.
Here are the results from other awards announced at the press conference.
The Sibert informational Award was given to The Wall. Honor Awards were given to The Lightship, and Nic BIshop's Spiders.
The Geisel Award for excellence in beginning readers was given to There Is a Bird on My Head. Honor titles were: First the Egg, Hello Bumblebee Bat, Jazz Baby, and Vulture View.
For fun, the Carnegie Medal for children's movies was given to Jump In Freestyle Edition.
Posted by Caitlin at January 14, 2008 09:38 AM