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2008 Coretta Scott King Awards, honoring black authors and
illustrators:
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(John Steptoe new talent author):
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Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It, Sundee T. Frazier (Delacorte Press) |
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2008 Pura Belpré Awards, honoring Latino writers and
illustrators (awarded biennially):
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(author):
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The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano, Margarita Engle (Holt); |
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(illustrator):
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Los Gatos Black on Halloween, illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Marisa Montes) |
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2008 Michael L. Printz Award, for excellence in literature for
young adults: |
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The White Darkness, Geraldine McCaughrean (HarperTempest/HarperCollins) |
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2008 Robert F. Sibert Award, for informational book: |
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The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sís (Farrar/Frances Foster) |
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2008 Andrew Carnegie Medal, for best children's video: |
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Jump In! Freestyle Edition, producer Kevin Laffertym, executive producer John Davis, and co-producers, Amy Palmer Robertson and Danielle Sterling |
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2008 Mildred L. Batchelder Award, for best book originally
published in a foreign language in a foreign country: |
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Brave Story, written by Miyuki Miyabe in Japanese and
translated by Alexander O. Smith (VIZ Media) |
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2008 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award:
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Walter Dean Myers |
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