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Childrens Book Awards The Boston Globe-Horn Award
The books with childrens book awards have been chosen for quality. Award winning childrens books like the Boston Globe Horn Award make great gifts for young readers.
The Boston Globe-Horn Award has been presented since 1967 and honors excellence in children and young adult literature. The book awards are presented for nonfiction, poetry, and picture books. Here are some of the award winning books that received the honor in the last couple years.
Picture Book Award Winning Book
The Picture Book Winner for 2008 was At Night by Jonathan Bean. The story is about a little girl who can't sleep, so she follows a breeze (coming into her room) up to the roof of her city building. She ends up going to sleep peacefully under the stars (with her mother next to her). The illustrations in this book are noteworthy, and it's most often cited as being a great bedtime story. Very gentle and quiet. (preschool)
Picture Book Honor Books
Fred Stays With Me! by Nancy Coffelt, illustrated by Tricia Tusa – the story of a young girl whose parents are in the middle of a divorce. Shuffled back and forth between the parents' homes, the little girl insists that her dog, Fred, will stay with her—despite his sometimes bad behavior. (ages 4-8)
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee - James and Eamon go to a week of Nature Camp and stay at Eamon's grandparents' house at the beach. Camp isn't too exciting for them--the best week ever consists of an air mattress in the downstairs bedroom, fun food, and the company of a best friend. (ages 4-8)
Childrens Book Awards - Fiction and Poetry
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Ellen Forney – the story of a poor Indian living in the Spokane, Washington area. Many reviewers like the book, but some object to profanity in it. (young adult)
Fiction and Poetry Honor Books
Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell – Twelve year old Jamie and her brother TJ have grown up as army kids. When TJ joins the army and sends photos home to be developed, Jamie starts to learn of the horrors of war. (ages 9-12)
Savvy by Ingrid Law - For generations, the Beaumont family has harbored a magical secret. They each possess a "savvy" -a special supernatural power that strikes when they turn thirteen. Grandpa Bomba moves mountains, her older brothers create hurricanes and spark electricity . . . and now it's the eve of Mibs's big day.
As if waiting weren't hard enough, the family gets scary news two days before Mibs's birthday: Poppa has been in a terrible accident. Mibs develops the singular mission to get to the hospital and prove that her new power can save her dad. So she sneaks onto a salesman's bus . . . only to find the bus heading in the opposite direction. Suddenly Mibs finds herself on an unforgettable odyssey...
Nonfiction Award Winning Book
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book) by Peter Sis - This is a story about Czechoslovakia under the Communist regime, growing up in a land without freedom, and the way of life during that terrible period as seen through the eyes of children. (ages 9-12)
These are the 2008 Boston Globe-Horn award winners. Childrens book awards just give us a way to find better quality childrens books.
As always, you need to read the reviews and decide for yourself, whether or not a book is appropriate for your child.
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by Jonathan Bean. The story is about a little girl who can't sleep, so she follows a breeze (coming into her room) up to the roof of her city building. She ends up going to sleep peacefully under the stars (with her mother next to her). The illustrations in this book are noteworthy, and it's most often cited as being a great bedtime story. Very gentle and quiet. (preschool)
by Nancy Coffelt, illustrated by Tricia Tusa – the story of a young girl whose parents are in the middle of a divorce. Shuffled back and forth between the parents' homes, the little girl insists that her dog, Fred, will stay with her—despite his sometimes bad behavior. (ages 4-8)
by Marla Frazee - James and Eamon go to a week of Nature Camp and stay at Eamon's grandparents' house at the beach. Camp isn't too exciting for them--the best week ever consists of an air mattress in the downstairs bedroom, fun food, and the company of a best friend. (ages 4-8)
by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Ellen Forney – the story of a poor Indian living in the Spokane, Washington area. Many reviewers like the book, but some object to profanity in it. (young adult)
by Frances O'Roark Dowell – Twelve year old Jamie and her brother TJ have grown up as army kids. When TJ joins the army and sends photos home to be developed, Jamie starts to learn of the horrors of war. (ages 9-12)
by Ingrid Law - For generations, the Beaumont family has harbored a magical secret. They each possess a "savvy" -a special supernatural power that strikes when they turn thirteen. Grandpa Bomba moves mountains, her older brothers create hurricanes and spark electricity . . . and now it's the eve of Mibs's big day.
by Peter Sis - This is a story about Czechoslovakia under the Communist regime, growing up in a land without freedom, and the way of life during that terrible period as seen through the eyes of children. (ages 9-12)
