Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz. Twenty-two "unforgettable characters" from an English village in 1255 tell their stories, bringing this fascinating time to life. You can read these tales or perform them, with equal joy.

Newbery Honor Books:

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Wednesday Wars   by Gary D. Schmidt

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

Randolph Caldecott Medal Winner

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (see our review in the 8-12 age group, Review # 7. This is an amazingly wonderful book!)

Caldecott Honor Books:

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine Ill. by Kadir Nelson .

First The Egg Ill. and written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

The Wall: Growing Up Behind The Iron Curtain Ill. and written by Peter Sis

Knuffle Bunny, Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity Ill. and written by Mo Willems

Coretta Scott King Book Award

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

Also:

November Blues by Sharon Draper (author award)

Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith, Jr.

King Illustrator Book Award

Let It Shine by Ashley Bryan

Theodore Seuss Geisel Award (for a beginning reader book)

There Is A Bird on Your Head written and illustrated by Mo Willems

Robert F. Sibert Medal (most distinguished factual literature)

The Wall: Growing Up Behind The Iron Curtain by Peter Sis

Sibert Honor Books:

The Lightship written and illustrated by Brian Floca

Nic Bishop Spiders written and illustrated by Nic Bishop

Michael L. Printz Award (literature for Young Adults)

The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean

2008 Batchelder Award: (Best children's literature in translation)

Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe, trans. from Japanese by Alexander O. Smith


 

Honor Books:

The Cat Or How I Lost Eternity by Jutta Richter trans. from German by Anna Brailovsky (beautiful book!)

Nicholas and The Gang by Rene Goscinny Ill by Jean-Jacques Sempe (famous French team for over 50 years!) set in an all-boys' school