ALA Award winners announced

We'll be talking about the role of awards in the world of children's and adolscent literature in the upcoming weeks. The American Library Association has just announced the 2008 award winners of the:

• John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature
• Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children
• Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults
• Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults
• Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences
• Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book for beginning readers
• Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, the The Pura Belpré Award honoring Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children's books
• Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book for children
• Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video
• Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the most outstanding children's book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States.

Check out the lists. Has anyone read any of the award winners?