2008 Mock Award Nominations

Caldecott
17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore by Jennifer Offil, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
Bad Dog Marley by John Grogan, illustrated by Richard Cowdrey
Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates by Kevin O'Malley
Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
Cowboy & Octopus by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith
Dogs and Cats by Steve Jenkins
Eyes of the Unicorn by Teresa Bateman, illustrated by Greg Spalenka
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman
A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
Help! A Story of Friendship by Holly Keller
Hurry! Hurry! by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Jeff Mack
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Jazz on a Saturday Night by Leo and Dianne Dillon
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Story of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems
The Magic Rabbit by Annette LeBlanc Cate
Over in the Jungle by Marianne Berkes, illustrated by Jeanette Canyon
Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins
Wolf's Coming by Joe Kulka

Newbery
Atherton by Patrick Carman
Blackbringer by Laini Taylor
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of A Tree by Lauren Tarshis
Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney
Fora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer
Leepike Ridge by N. D. Wilson
Mysterious Benedict Society by Trent Lee Stewart
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

Printz
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Arrival by Shaun Tan
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Boy Toy by Barry Lyga
Breaking Up by Aimee Friedman, illustrated by Christine Norrie
Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney
The Plain Janes by Cecil Castelluci and Jim Rigg
The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky
Skin Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic, Book One by Kathleen Duey
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Tamar by Mal Peet
Touching Snow by Sindy Felin
TWOC: Taken Without Owner's Consent by Graham Joyce
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean

Previous Award Winners and Honor Books

Newbery Mock Award Winners
2008 Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
2007 Runaway by Wendlin Van Draan
2006 Day of Tears by Julius Lester
2005 Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
2004 Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell
2003 This Land Was Made for You and Me by Elizabeth Partridge
2002 A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
2001 Adaline Falling Star r by Mary Pope Osborne
2000 Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun by Arvella Whitmore
1999 My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
1998 Tangerine by Edward Bloor
1997 The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

Printz Mock Award Winners
2008 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
2007 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2006 Looking for Alaska by John Green
2005 Godless by Pete Hautman
2004 Inside Out by Terry Trueman
2003 Feed by M. T. Anderson
2002 True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
2001 Beast by Donna Jo Napoli

Caldecott Mock Honor Books
2008 Dogs and Cats by Steve Jenkins
Jazz on a Saturday Night by Leo and Dianne Dillon
Wolf's Coming by Joe Kulka
2007 An Egg is Quiet by Diane Aston; illustrated by Sylvia Long
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen; illustrated Kevin Hawkes
Meow Ruff by Joyce Sidman; illustrated by Michelle Berg.
2006 Clara and Asha by Eric Rohmann
Ste-e-e-e-eamboat A-Comin! by Jill Esbaum, illustrated by Adam Rex
2005 America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates, illus. by Chris Gall
2004 Two Eggs, Please by Sarah Weeks & illustrated by Betsy Lewin
2003 When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan & illustrated by Brian Selznick
Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
2002 The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson & illustrated by E.B. Lewis
Crossing by Philip E. Booth & illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
2001 Cinderella by K.Y. Craft
Henny-Penny, retold and illustrated by Jane Wattenberg
2000 Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse and illustrated by Jon J. Muth
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Little Cliff and the Porch People by Clifton L. Taulbert and illustrated by E.B. Lewis
1999 The Old Woman and the Wave by Shelley Jackson
To Everything There is A Season by Leo and Diane Dillon
1998 Verdi by Janell Cannon
Barefoot: Escape from the Underground Railroad by Pamela Edwards
1997Goose by Molly Bang
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

Newbery Mock Honor Books
2008 Blackbringer by Laini Taylor
When I Crossed No-Bob by Margaret McMullan
2007 The Loud Silence of Francine Green by Karen Cushman
Yellow Star by Jennifer Razine Roy
2006 The Trouble Begins by Linda Himelblau
Misadventures of Maude March: Or Trouble Rides a Fast Horse by Audrey Couloumbis
2005 The Voice That Challenged a Nation by Russell Fredman
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
2004 Granny Torelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
2003 The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson
2002 Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan
2001 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Executioner's Daughter by Laura E. Williams
2000 Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
1999 Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher
Bat 6 by Virginia Wolff
1998 Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine
Lily's Crossing by Patricia R. Giff
Habibi by Naomi Nye
1997 Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
The Long Season of Rain by Helen Kim

Printz Mock Honor Books
2008 The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky
TWOC: Taken Without Owner's Consent by Graham Joyce
2007 King Dork by Frank Portman
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Over A Thousand Hils I Walk for You by Hannah Jansen & Elizabeth D Crawford
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Livethan
2006Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
Invisible by Pete Hautman
Poison by Chris Wooding
2005 Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
2004 A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Fault Line by Janet Tashjian
Zigzag by Ellen Wittlinger
2003 American: A Novel by E. R. Frank
Stoner & Spaz by Ronald Koertge
2002 Witness by Karen Hesse
Goose Chase by Patrice Kindl
2001 Pharoah's Daughter by Julius Lester
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
When Kambia Elain Flew in From Neptune by Lori Aurelia Williams

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