2008 National Book Awards
Newbery Medal winner: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz.
Newbery Honor books: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis; The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt; and Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson.
Caldecott Medal winner: The Invention of Hugo Cabret written and illustrated by Brian Selznick
Caldecott Honor books: Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine; First the Egg written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger; The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain written and illustrated by Peter Sís; and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity written and illustrated by Mo Willems.
Coretta Scott King Award: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Coretta Scott King Award Honor books: November Blues by Sharon M. Draper; and Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali written by Charles R. Smith, Jr., and illustrated by Brian Collier.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award: Let it Shine written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award honor books: The Secret Olivia Told Me written by N. Joy and illustrated by Nancy Devard; and Jazz On a Saturday Night, by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award: There Is a Bird On Your Head! written and illustrated by Mo Willems.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor books: First the Egg written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger; Hello, Bumblebee Bat written by Darrin Lunde and illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne; Jazz Baby written by Lisa Wheeler and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie; and Vulture View written by April Pulley Sayer and illustrated by Steve Jenkins.