The Weird-Ass Picture Book Awards

Posted on May 16, 2008

Here's an interesting award for unusual picture pictures. It's called the Weird-Ass Picture Books Awards. Here are the 2008 winners. You can read a brief description of each winning book here.

• Cover Art: New Socks by Bob Shea
• Illustration: Bow Wow Bugs a Bug by Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash
• Story: Five Little Gefiltes by Dave Horowitz
• Best Weird-Ass Picture Book: Cowboy and Octopus by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith

The WAPBAs were created in 2006 by kid-lit blogger MotherReader.

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