2008
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| Authors | |||
| 1 | Argentina | María Teresa Andruetto | El árbol de lilas |
| 2 | Austria | Rachel van Kooij | Der Kajütenjunge des Apothekers |
| 3 | Belgium (Flemish) | Marita de Sterck | Kwaad bloed |
| 4 | Belgium (French) | Thomas Lavachery | Bjorn le Morphir |
| 5 | Bolivia | Isabel Mesa de Inchauste | Trapizonda: Un video juego para leer |
| 6 | Brazil | Fernando Vilela | Lampião & Lancelote |
| 7 | Canada (English) | Pamela Porter | The Crazy Man |
| 8 | Canada (French) | Elaine Turgeon | Ma vie ne sait pas nager |
| 9 | Chile | Andrea Maturana | Eva y su Tan |
| 10 | China | Liu Xianping | Wo de Shanye Pengyou--Liu Xianping Daziran Tanxian Qiyu |
| 11 | China (Kazak) | Akemubai Jiapaer | Xiao Luotuo |
| 12 | Colombia | Enrique Lara | Me gustan las vacas |
| 13 | Croatia | Sanja Pilić | Jesam li se zaljubila? |
| 14 | Cyprus | Mirianthi Panayiotou Papaonisphorou | Portokaleni |
| 15 | Czech Republic | Viola Fischerová | Co vyprávěla Dlouhá chvíle |
| 16 | Denmark | Lene Kaaberbøl | Skyggeporten |
| 17 | Ecuador | Liset Lantigua González | Y si viene la guerra |
| 18 | Egypt | Amal Farah | Ayna Ekhtafa Akher Al-Daynasorat? |
| 19 | Estonia | Andrus Kivirähk | Leiutajateküla Lotte |
| 20 | Finland (Finnish) | Mila Teräs | Sininen Huone |
| 21 | Finland (Sami) | Marja-Liisa Olthuis | Njobžâvääri pessijâšmarkkâneh |
| 22 | Finland (Swedish) | Johan Bargum | Den första snön |
| 23 | France | Timothée de Fombelle | Tobie Lolness |
| 24 | Germany | Anja Tuckermann | “Denk nicht, wir bleiben hier!” Die Lebensgeschichte des Sinto Hugo Höllenreiner |
| 25 | Greece | Eleni Dikeou | E Koilada Me Tis Petaloudes |
| 26 | Haiti | Joslin Twouyo | Betsi |
| 27 | Hungary | Judit Berg | Rumini |
| 28 | Iceland | Sigrún Eldjárn | Steinhjartad |
| 29 | India | Deepa Agarwal | Caravan to Tibet |
| 30 | Indonesia | Murti Bunanta | Putri kemang |
| 31 | Iran | Arman Arian | Parsian va Man |
| 32 | Ireland (English) | Siobhán Parkinson | Something Invisible |
| 33 | Ireland (Irish) | Éilis Ní Dhuibhne | Hurlamaboc |
| 34 | Israel | Yona Tepper | Small Stone of Love |
| 35 | Italy | Teresa Buongiorno | Il mio cuore e una piuma di struzzo |
| 36 | Japan | Hoko Takadono | Otomodasa ni narimasho |
| 37 | Korea, Republic of | Hosun Oh | 호랭이 꼬랭이 말놀이 (Horaengi Kkoraengi Malnoli) |
| 38 | Latvia | Inese Zandere | Māsa un Brālis |
| 39 | Lithuania | Vytaute Žilinskaitė | Kintas |
| 40 | Malaysia | Heidi Munan | Iban Stories |
| 41 | Mexico | María Baranda | Marte y las princesas voladoras |
| 42 | Moldova | Claudia Partole | Domnita-Pastorita |
| 43 | Netherlands (Dutch) | Dolf Verroen | Slaaf kindje slaaf |
| 44 | Netherlands (Frisian) | Machiel Braaksma | Oeral binne bisten |
| 45 | New Zealand | Bernard Beckett | Genesis |
| 46 | Norway | Ingelin Røssland | Handgranateple |
| 47 | Palestine | Khaled Mahmoud Juma | al-Khiraf La Ta’kul al-Ketat |
| 48 | Poland | Liliana Bardijewska | Dom osmiu tajemnic |
| 49 | Romania | Alina Miron | Casa Furnicutelor |
| 50 | Russia | Sergey Makhotin | Virus vorchanija |
| 51 | Rwanda | Yohani Damaseni Ndayambaje | Mbaye uwande? |
| 52 | Slovakia | Erik Jakub Groch | Píšťalkár |
| 53 | Slovenia | Miroslav Košuta | Kriško kraške |
| 54 | South Africa (Afrikaans) | Jaco Jacobs | Suurlemoen! ’n Storie oor rock, liefde en ‘n tuinkabouter |
| 55 | South Africa (English) | K Sello Duiker | The Hidden Star |
| 56 | South Africa (isiXhosa) | Mhlobo Jadezweni | Utshepo mde: Tall enough |
| 57 | Spain (Basque) | Patxi Zubizarreta | Urrezko Giltza |
| 58 | Spain (Galician) | An Alfaya | A Sombra Descalza |
| 59 | Spain (Spanish) | Manuel Janeiro Casal | Pepito, el habitador de los tejados |
| 60 | Sweden | Frida Nilsson | Hedvig och Max-Olov |
| 61 | Switzerland (French) | Germano Zullo | Quelques années de moins que la lune |
| 62 | Switzerland (German) | Bettina Wegenast | Wolf sein: eine Geschichte |
| 63 | Thailand | Somkhit Singsong | PoNayok SaiMai BanNhongHee |
| 64 | Turkey | Mustafa Asoglu | Hoscçakal Akdeniz |
| 65 | Uganda | Eva Mutongole Wamala | Jonathan goes to school |
| 66 | Ukraine | Olexandra Cravchenko | Amazonki Dnipra |
| 67 | UK | Philip Reeve | Here Lies Arthur |
| 68 | USA | Deborah Wiles | Each little bird that sings |
| 69 | Venezuela | Fanuel Hanán Díaz; Mónica Bergna | Cartas a Leandro |
| Illustrators | |||
| 70 | Argentina | Luis Scafati | Pequeño Quijote ilustrado |
| 71 | Austria | Renate Habinger | Muss man Miezen siezen? |
| 72 | Belgium | Gerda Dendooven | Het verhaal van slimme Krol en hoe hij aan de dood onsnapte |
| 73 | Brazil | Fernando Vilela | Lampião & Lancelote |
| 74 | Canada | Barbara Reid | Fox Walked Alone |
| 75 | Chile | Marta Carrasco | La otra orilla |
| 76 | Colombia | Clandia Rueda | Juguemos en el Bosque Mientras Que le Lobo No Está |
| 77 | Croatia | Vjekoslav Vojo Radoičić | Morski igrokazi |
| 78 | Cyprus | Theodora Puliotou | Portokaleni |
| 79 | Czech Republic | Petr Nikl | Lingvistické pohádky |
| 80 | Denmark | Bente Olesen Nyström | Hr. Alting |
| 81 | Ecuador | Eulalia Cornejo Coello | Cuando los gatos verdes cantan |
| 82 | Egypt | Reem Hiba | Al Kanz |
| 83 | Estonia | Jüri Mildeberg | Ruttu tuttu!: eesti isade unejutte |
| 84 | Finland | Sari Airola | Mia Tiu ja sata sanaa |
| 85 | France | Michel Galvin | L’étroit cavalier |
| 86 | Germany | Aljoscha Blau | Rote Wangen |
| 87 | Greece | Vasso Psaraki | To Sofo Vivlio Tis Soumoutou |
| 88 | Haiti | Chevelin Djasmy Pierre | Les jouets font la fête |
| 89 | Hungary | András Baranyai | Szerintem mindenki maradjon otthon vasárnap délután |
| 90 | Iceland | Halla Solveig Thorgeirsdottir | Hver etur isbirni |
| 91 | India | Taposhi Ghoshal | Panna the Lonely Duckling |
| 92 | Indonesia | Hardiyono | Masarasenani dan Matahari |
| 93 | Iran | Morteza Zahedi | Shab be khayr farmandeh |
| 94 | Ireland | Oliver Jeffers | The Incredible Book Eating Boy |
| 95 | Israel | Liora Grossman | Sipur Ta'im |
| 96 | Italy | Beatrice Alemagna | I corvi |
| 97 | Japan | Ryoji Arai | Taiyo orugan |
| 98 | Korea, Republic of | Liu Jae Soo | 돌이와 장수매 (Dolyiwa Jangsumae) |
| 99 | Latvia | Juris Petraškevičs | Māsa un Brālis |
| 100 | Malaysia | Kohwai & Young Team | Si Tanggang the Ungrateful Son |
| 101 | México | Manuel Marín | Primavera |
| 102 | Moldova | Violeta Zabulica-Diordiev | Ursulețul Winnie-Pooh |
| 103 | Netherlands | Fleur van der Weel | Superguppie kriiijgt kleintjes |
| 104 | New Zealand | Jacqui Colley | Clubs |
| 105 | Norway | Anne Britt Meese | Vikingkonger |
| 106 | Palestine | Same Musa Ahmad, et al. | al-Khiraf La Ta’kul al-Ketat |
| 107 | Peru | Lucy Nuñez Rebaza | La Waytacha |
| 108 | Poland | Piotr Fąfrowicz | Wielkie zmiany w dużym lesie |
| 109 | Romania | Walter Riess | Fabule |
| 110 | Russia | Koshkin Alexander | (Alice in Wonderland) |
| 111 | Rwanda | Yves Masengo | Bwiza bwa Mashira |
| 112 | Slovakia | Kamila Štanclová and Dušan Kállay | Rozprávky Hansa Christiana Andersena |
| 113 | Slovenia | Alenka Sottler | Pepelka |
| 114 | South Africa | Anneliese Voigt-Peters | Ouma Ruby’s Secret |
| 115 | Spain | August Tharrats Pascual | L’home del Sac |
| 116 | Sweden | Anna Bengtsson | Det kittlar när löven kommer |
| 117 | Switzerland | Anne Wilsdorf | La chèvre de Monsieur Seguin |
| 118 | Thailand | Krirk Yoonpund | Khun Lung Chob Plook Ton Mai |
| 119 | Turkey | Huban Korman | Kirik Şemsİye |
| 120 | Uganda | Jude T. Kasagga | The two greedy women |
| 121 | UK | Polly Dunbar | Here’s a Little Poem |
| 122 | USA | Christopher Myers | Jazz |
| 123 | Venezuela | Cynthia Bustillos | Abecedario Temerario |
| Translators | |||
| 124 | Argentina | Laura Canteros | Contratiempos |
| 125 | Austria | Sigrid Laube | Besuche bei Charles |
| 126 | Belgium (Flemish) | Maaike Lahaise | Raak |
| 127 | Brazil | Luiz Antonio Aguiar | Os corvos de Pearblossom |
| 128 | Canada (English) | Susan Ouriou | This Side of the Sky |
| 129 | Canada (French) | Claudine Vivier | Fausse identité |
| 130 | Chile | Linda Craddock, Ailsa Shaw and Jean Paul Beuchat | Papelucho |
| 131 | China | Du Ye | Tian Shi de Chi Bang |
| 132 | Colombia | Beatriz Peña Trujillo | El ojo de vidrio de mi abuelo |
| 133 | Croatia | Predrag Raos | Vatropjev |
| 134 | Czech Republic | Dagmar Hartlová | Podivuhodná cesta Nilse Holgerssona Švédskem |
| 135 | Denmark | Kina Bodenhoff | Ronja Røverdatter |
| 136 | Estonia | Piret Saluri | Härra Huu teeb aiatööd |
| 137 | Finland (Finnish) | Sari Karhulahti | Salainen Puutarha |
| 138 | Finland (Swedish) | Tapani Ritamäki | Norrskenssnö |
| 139 | France | Agneta Ségol | Vers la large |
| 140 | Germany | Alexandra Ernst | Wenn er kommt, dann laufen wir |
| 141 | Greece | Maria Angelidou | Oi Skantalies Tou Franz |
| 142 | Haiti | Edy Fils Aime | Ti Min |
| 143 | Iceland | Rúnar Helgi Vignisson | Silfurvængur |
| 144 | Iran | Niloofar Teymoorian | Matarsak-e-Ashegh |
| 145 | Israel | Idit Shorer Harel | HaGan HaNistar |
| 146 | Italy | Laura Cangemi | Obbligo o verità? |
| 147 | Japan | Shigeki Chiba | Ori no naka no himitsu |
| 148 | Korea, Republic of | Hatsal-kwa-Namukun | 멋진 여우 씨 (Meotjin Yeowoo Ssi) |
| 149 | Lithuania | Adomas Druktenis | Heida |
| 150 | Mexico | María Cristina Vargas de la Mora | Monstruos enfermos |
| 151 | Netherlands (Dutch) | Martha Heesen | De wonderbaarlijke reis van Edward Tulane |
| 152 | New Zealand | Kararaina Uatuku | Ngā Rongoā a Koro |
| 153 | Norway | Espen Stueland | Jeg trenger deg mer enn jeg elsker deg, og jeg elsker deg så himla høyt |
| 154 | Palestine | Shadia Helou | Al-Umlock wa al Kunkun |
| 155 | Poland | Barbara Grzegorzewska | Nowe przygody Mikołajka |
| 156 | Romania | Mariana Cojan Negulescu | Punguta cu doi bani/ Capra cu trei iezi”,la Petite bourse aux pieces d’or, La Chevre et ses trois biquets » |
| 157 | Russia | Maeots Olga | (My sister is an angel) |
| 158 | Rwanda | Anyesi Gyr-Ukunda | Ubucuti bw’imbeba n’inzovu |
| 159 | Slovakia | Jarmila Samcová | Malý strom |
| 160 | Slovenia | Polonca Kovač | Pravljice |
| 161 | South Africa (isiXhosa) | Russell H Kaschula | Emthonjeni |
| 162 | Spain (Basque) | Juan Mari Mendizabal | Bidaia Munduaren Amaierara |
| 163 | Spain (Catalan) | Pau Joan Hernàndez | El temps de les paraules en veu baixa |
| 164 | Spain (Spanish) | Susana María Fernández de Gabriel | 29 historias disparatadas |
| 165 | Sweden | Lotta Riad | Kiffe kiffe imorgon |
| 166 | Switzerland (German) | Christine Holliger | Alles Liebe, deine Sunshine: eine Erzählung in Briefen aus Jamaika |
| 167 | Thailand | Rassamee Krisanamis | MO |
| 168 | United Kingdom | Sarah Adams | Just like Tomorrow |
| 169 | USA | Jeffrey Shandler | Emil and Karl |