2008 Newbery, Caldecott, Printz
January 14, 2008
This morning the two biggest American prizes for children's books went to Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, by Laura Amy Schlitz (which won the Newbery) and The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick (the Caldecott).
Geraldine McCaughrean's White Darkness, a young-adult novel much lauded in the UK, where it was first published, took the Printz award.
My choice for the Caldecott (not that I had a vote), Brian Floca's Lightship, won a Sibert honor for nonfiction. Recognized first in that category was The Wall, by Peter Sís.
The American Library Association lists all 2008 winners and honorees at its web site.
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