2008 Press Releases

Dora the Explorer™ joins ALSC and REFORMA in Celebrating Día

ALSC announces Exceptional Web Sites for Children

Midwinter 2008 - Literary and Related Awards

Schlitz, Selznick win Newbery, Caldecott Medals
Walter Dean Myers to deliver 2009 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
2008 Batchelder Award honors VIZ Media for “Brave Story”
Yuyi Morales, Margarita Engle win Pura Belpré Awards
Yuyi Morales y Margarita Engle ganan premios "Pura Belpré"
Producer Kevin Lafferty wins 2008 Carnegie Medal for “Jump In!”
Mo Willems wins Geisel Award for “There Is a Bird on Your Head!”
Jazz wins first-ever Odyssey Award
Peter Sís wins 2008 Sibert Medal

Midwinter 2008 - Notable Lists

ALSC announces 2008 Notable Children’s Books
ALSC names 2008 Notable Children’s Recordings
ALSC announces 2008 Notable Children’s Videos

Midwinter 2008 - Professional Awards

2008 ALSC Distinguished Service Award Winner
2008 ALSC Bechtel Fellowship Winner named
2008 ALSC Hayes Award Winner Announced
2008 Penguin Young Readers Group Award Winners named
2008 ALSC “Light the Way: Library Outreach to the Underserved” Grant Winner named
2008 ALSC/Tandem Library Books Literature Program Grant winner named
2008 ALSC/BWI Summer Reading Grant Winner named