Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children’s Literature

The 2008 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature have been announced. The winners are:
for Fiction and Poetry, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (Little, Brown);
for Picture Books, At Night by Jonathan Bean (FSG);
and for Nonfiction, The Wall by Peter Sís (FSG/Foster).

The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Scholastic/Levine) was awarded a special citation for excellence in graphic storytelling.

For a complete list of the winners, including the honor books in each category, click here