The American Library Association has announced the winners in several categories for children’s literature. They are:
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz won the 2008 John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick received the Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis and Let it Shine by Ashley Bryan both won the Coretta Scott King Book Awards recognizing an African-American author and illustrator.
And There is a Bird on your Head, written and illustrated by Mo Willems, won the Theodor Seuss Geisel award for most distinguished book for beginning readers.
The Governor General’s Literary Awards Winners:
The winner for adult fiction is:
Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
The winner for adult non-fiction is:
I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land : A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad by Karolyn Smardz Frost
The winner for Children’s Literature – Text – is:
Gemini Summer by Iain Lawrence
And the winner of Children’s Literature – Illustration – is:
The Boy from the Sun by Duncan Weller
The winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for 2008 :
DeNiro’s Game by Canadian Rawi Hage
The Trillium Book Award winner for 2008:
Helpless by Barbara Gowdy
