2008 Winners of the John Newbery Medal,
Randolph Caldecott Medal, and Other Awards

John Newbery Medal:

Schlitz, Laura Amy. 2007. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. Candlewick.
(Read CBPR's review.)

John Newbery Honor Books:

Curtis, Christopher Paul. 2007. Elijah of Buxton. Scholastic.

Schmidt, Gary. 2007. The Wednesday Wars. Clarion.

Woodson, Jacqueline. 2007. Feathers. Putnam.

Randolph Caldecott Medal:

Selznick, Brian. 2007. The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Scholastic.

Randolph Caldecott Honor Books:

Nelson, Kadir. 2007. Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad. (Text: Ellen Levine.) Scholastic.

Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. 2007. First the Egg. Roaring Brook/Neal Porter.

Sis, Peter. 2007. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Farrar/Frances Foster.

Willems, Mo. 2007. Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity. Hyperion.

Coretta Scott King Author Award:

Curtis, Christopher Paul. 2007. Elijah of Buxton. Scholastic.

King Author Honor Books:

Draper, Sharon M. 2007. November Blues. Atheneum.

Smith, Charles R. Jr. 2007. Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali. Candlewick.

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award:

Bryan, Ashley. 2007. Let it Shine. Atheneum.

King Illustrator Honor Books:

Devard, Nancy. 2007. The Secret Olivia Told Me. (Text: N. Joy.) Just Us Books.

Dillon, Leo and Diane. 2007. Jazz On a Saturday Night. Scholastic/Blue Sky.

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award:

Frazier, Sundee T. 2007. Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It. Delacorte.

Michael L. Printz Award:

McCaughrean, Geraldine. 2007. The White Darkness. HarperTempest.

Printz Honor Books:

Know, Elizabeth. 2007. Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet. Farrar/Foster.

Clarke, Judith. 2007. One Whole Perfect Day. Front Street.

Jenkins, A.M. 2007. Repossessed. HarperTeen.

Hemphill, Stephanie. 2007. Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath. Alfred A. Knopf.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award:

Sis, Peter. 2007. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Farrar/Frances Foster.

Sibert Honor:

Floca, Brian. 2007. Lightship. Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson.

Bishop, Nic. 2007. Nic Bishop Spiders. Scholastic/Scholastic Nonfiction.

Schneider Family Book Awards:

Young Children:
Stryer, Andrea Stenn. 2007. Kami and the Yaks. Bay Otter Press.

Middle School:
Zimmer, Tracy Vaughn. 2007. Reaching For Sun. Bloomsbury USA.

Teens:
Rorby, Ginny. 2007. Hurt Go Happy. Starscape/Tom Doherty.

Mildred L. Batchelder Award:

Miyabe, Miyuki. 2007. Brave Story. Translated by Alexander O. Smith. VIZ Media.

Batchelder Honor Books:

Richter, Jutta. 2007. The Cat: Or How I Lost Eternity. Milkweed Editions.

Goscinny, René . 2007. Nicholas and the Gang. Phaidon Press.

Pura Belpré Author Award

Engle, Margarita. 2006. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. Holt.

Pura Belpré Author Honors

Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. 2007. Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life! Marshall Cavendish.

Deedy, Carmen Agra. 2007. Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale. Peachtree.

Montes, Marisa. 2006. Los Gatos Black on Halloween. Holt.

Pura Belpré Illustrator Award

Morales, Yuyi. 2006. Los Gatos Black on Halloween. (Text: Marisa Montes.) Holt.

Pura Belpré Illustrator Honors

Colón, Raúl. 2007. My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez/Me llamo gabito: La vida de Gabriel García Márquez. (Text: Monica Brown.) Luna Rising.

Gonzalez, Maya Christina. 2007. My Colors, My World/Mi colores, mi mundo. Children's Book Press.

For more book awards, please read the
American Library Association literary awards press release.