Theodor Seuss Geisel Award – 2008 Winner

Title: There is a Bird on Your Head!
Author and Illustrator: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children

Opposite best friends Gerald, who is careful and worrisome, and Piggie, who is clumsy and carefree, run into a problem when two birds land on Gerald's head.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for Authors and Illustrators

Established in 2004, this award will be given annually beginning in 2006, to recognize the author and illustrator of a beginning reader book who demonstrates great creativity and imagination in their literacy and artistic achievements to engage children in reading.

The award is named for the world-renowned children’s author, Theodor Geisel. "A person’s a person no matter how small," Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, would say. "Children want the same things we want: to laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted." Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. In the process, he helped them to read.

2008 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books

Title: First the Egg
Author and Illustrator: Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Title: Hello, Bumblebee Bat
Author: Darrin Lunde
Illustrator: Patricia J. Wynne
Publisher: Charlesbridge

Title: Jazz Baby
Author: Lisa Wheeler
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie
Publisher: Harcourt

Title: Vulture View
Author: April Pulley Sayre
Illustrator: Steve Jenkins
Publisher: Holt