Under the AwningAward-Winning Books
Here you will find award-winning books from years past. Winners from both the adult and children's categories are listed by most recent year.
2008 Children's Book AwardsThe John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association to the author of the outstanding American book for children.
Newbery Winner -
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
Newbery Honors -
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year.
Caldecott Winner -
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Caldecott Honors -
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems
The Michael L. Printz Award is an annual award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
Printz Award Winner -
White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the American Library Association. Named for Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., this award recognizes outstanding African American authors and illustrators. The book must be about the African American experience, and be written for a youth audience (high school or below).
Coretta Scott King Award Winner -
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner -
Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals illustrated by Ashley Bryan
2007 National Book Awards
2007 National Book Award Winners and Finalists
Fiction
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski
Varieties of Disturbance: Stories by Lydia Davis
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Like You'd Understand, Anyway by Jim Shepard
Nonfiction
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner
Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton
Ralph Ellison: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad
Poetry
Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005 by Robert Hass
Magnetic North: Poems by Linda Gregerson
The House on Boulevard St.: New and Selected Poems by David Kirby
Old Heart: Poems by Stanley Plumly
Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976-2006 by Ellen Bryant Voigt
Young People's Literature
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Skin Hunger: Book 1, A Resurrection of Magic by Kathleen Duey
Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
For additional information regarding the National Book Award and National Book Foundation, please click here.
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year.
McLean & Eakin has compiled a list the winners since 1938 for your use and enjoyment. Please click here for additional information about the Caldecott Medal, including all honor books.
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Newbery Medal
The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association to the author of the outstanding American book for children.
McLean & Eakin has compiled a list the winners since 1922 for your use and enjoyment. Please click here for additional information about the Newbery Medal, including all honor books.