Given in three categories (poetry and fiction, picture book, and nonfiction), the Boston-Globe-Horn Book Awards were announced today with a special citation added in as well.
The 2008 winners are:
Nonfiction
The Wall by Peter Sís (Foster/Farrar)
Fiction and Poetry
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Ellen Forney (Little)
Picture Book
At Night by Jonathan Bean (Farrar)
Special Citation The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Levine/Scholastic)
The two honor books in each category:
Nonfiction:
Frogs by Nic Bishop (Scholastic)
What to Do About Alice? by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham (Scholastic)
Fiction and Poetry:
Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell (Atheneum)
Savvy by Ingrid Law (Walden/Dial)
Picture Book:
Fred Stays with Me! by Nancy Coffelt, illustrated by Tricia Tusa (Little)
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee (Harcourt)
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I am so glad to see Shaun Tan get all this recognition. I read The Arrival last year and LOVED it!
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