I am sitting here in the Ballroom of the Philly Convention Center waiting for ALA’s 2008 book and media awards ceremony to begin. Pardon typos along the way. I will clean this up later when I have some time to do more than type. We are set to begin shortly.
AMERICAN SHAOLIN
BAD MONKEYS
ESSEX COUNTY VOLUME 1
GENGHISTHE
GOD OF ANIMALS
A LONG WAY GONE
MISTER PIP
THE NAME OF THE WIND
THE NIGHT BIRDS
THE SPELLMAN FILES
SCHNEIDER FAMILY AWARD
KAMI AND THE YAKS young children
REACHING FOR SUN middle grade book
HURT GO HAPPY teen book
CORETTA SCOTT KING
CORETTA SCOTT KING STEPTOE: SUNDEE T FRAZIER for Brendan Buckey’s Universe and Everything in It
Two author honor:
NOVEMBER BLUES BY SHARON DRAPER
TWELVE ROUNDS TO GLORY BY CHARLES SMITH
AUTHOR WINNER: ELIJAH OF BUXTON BY CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS
ILLUSTRATOR HONOR
THE SECRET OLIVIA TOLD ME
JAZZ ON A SATURDAY NIGHT
ILLUSTRATOR: ASHLEY BRYAN FOR LET IT SHINE
EDWARDS: ORSON SCOTT CARD for Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow
DREAMQUAKE
ONE WHOLE AND PERFECT DAY
REPOSSESSED
YOUR OWN SYLVIA
PRINTZ WINNER: THE WHITE DARKNESS
BATCHELDER HONOR: THE CAT, NICHOLAS AND THE GANG
BATCHELDER AWARD: BRAVE STORY
SIBERT HONOR: NIC BISHOP SPIDERS, LIGHTSHIP
SIBERT WINNER: THE WALL
PURA BELPRE
ILLUSTRATOR HONOR: MY NAME IS GABITO, MY COLORS MY WORLD
ILLUSTRATOR WINNER: LOS GATOS BLACK ON HALLOWEEN
AUTHOR HONOR: FRIDA: VIVA LA VIDA, MARTINA THE BEAUTIFUL COCKROACH, LOS GATOS BLACK ON HALLOWEEN
AUTHOR WINNER: THE POET SLAVE OF CUBA
HONORS: BLOODY JACK (LISTEN AND LIVE), TREASURE ISLAND (LISTENING LIBRARY), HARRY POTTER 7 (LISTENING LIBRARY), DOOBY DOOBY MOO (SCHOLASTIC), SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT (HARPERCOLLINS)
WINNER: JAZZ (LIVE OAK)
ARBUTHNOT: WALTER DEAN MYERS
CARNEGIE MEDAL (VIDEO): JUMP IN FREESTYLE EDITION
GEISEL AWARD HONORS: FIRST THE EGG, HELLO BUMBLEE BAT, JAZZ BABY, VULTURE VIEW
GEISEL AWARD: THERE IS A BIRD ON YOUR HEAD
CALDECOTT HONOR ILLUSTRATOR: HENRY’S FREEDOM BOX, FIRST THE EGG, THE WALL,, KNUFFLE BUNNY TOO
CALDECOTT: INVENTION OG HUGO CABRET
NEWBERY HONOR: ELIJAH OF BUXTON, THE WEDNESDAY WARS, FEATHERS
NEWBERY: GOOD MASTERS, SWEET LADIES
For more information on the YALSA awards, go to www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists. YALSA’s 2008 selected lists will be posted on that page as well by Wednesday January 16th.
Posted by Teri Lesesne
Wow, this has given me lots of suggestions and good ideas for book ordering this year. As this is my first year as a school librarian, I am open to any other great suggestions. I put a plea for recommendations on my blog, so if anyone has other great book ideas please go to http://blakspring.com/blog/2008/01/17/any-suggestions/ and let me know. I would really appreciate it. Thanks.