Three Sibert Honor Books were "Surviving Hitler" (HarperCollins). "Vincent van Gogh:Portrait of an Artist" by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (Delacorte Press). "Brooklyn Bridge" written by Lynn Curlee.
The Pura Belpre Award is given yearly to honor Latino authors and illustrators whose work is the best portrayal and affirmation of the celebration of the Latino cultural experience in a children's book. This years winner is author Pam Munoz Ryan for "Esperanza Rising". Munoz is a former teacher from California and is of Mexican heritage.
Author Award Honor Books were presented to Francisco X. Alarcon for "Iguanas in the Snow". Author Francisco Jimenez won for his book "Breaking Through".
Every year the Association for Library Services for Children announces a list of Notable Children's Books. These selected books include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and picture books. The Notable Books must be of special interest, quality, creativity, and value to children from preschool to age fourteen. Some of the Notable Books are:
Young Readers
"Milo's Haat Trick" by Jon Agee
"My Car" by Byron Barton
"Crossing" by Philip Booth
"Waiting for Wings" by Lois E. Ehlert
"Olivia Saves the Circus" by Ian Falconer
"The Hickory Chair" by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
"Goin' Someplace Special" by Patricia McKissack
"Mice and Beans" by Pam Munoz Ryan
"The Stray Dog" by Marc Simont
"The Other Side" by Jacqueline Woodson
Middle Readers
"Remember Pearl Harbor: American annd Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories" by National Geographic
"Skeleton Man" by Joseph Bruchac
"Leonardo's Horse" by Jean Fritz
"Rocks in His Head" by Carol Otis Hurst
"The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins" by Barbara Kerley
"The Cod's Tale" by Mark Kulansky
"Love That Dog" by Sharon Creech
"Blister" by Susan Shreve
"A Book of Coupons" by Susie Morgenstern
"Love, Ruby Lavender" by Deborah Wiles
Older Readers
"The Gawgon and the Boy" by Lloyd Alexander
"Heaven's Eyes" by David Almond
"The Seeing Stone" by Kevin Crossley-Holland
"Seek" by Paul Fleischman
"Witness" by Karen Hesse
"The World at Her Fingertips" by Joan Dash
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