Winners: 2008

2008 Picture Book Winner

Arnie the Doughnut

by

Laurie Keller

Runner Up:

Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

2008 Junior Book Winner

A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray

by

Ann M. Martin

Runner Up: Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Colorado Children’s Book Award Nominations for 2008
Picture Books
Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller
Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
Dooby Dooby Moo by Dorene Cronin
Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Conner
Flower Man by Mark Ludy
Good Boy, Fergus by David Shannon
Mrs. McBloom, Clean Up Your Classroom by Kelly DiPucchio
Superhero ABC by Bob McLeod
When I was a Girl I Dreamed by Justin Matott
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road by Jon Agee

Colorado Children’s Book Award Nominees 2008
Junior Fiction
Dog’s Life, Autobiography of a Stray by Ann Martin
Granny Tortelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
Junie B. First Grader: aloha-ha-ha!
Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Poppy’s Return by Avi
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Small Steps by Louis Sacher
Wright 3 by Blue Balliett