The Parent's Choice Awards is the America's oldest non-profit program recognizing quality children's media, including books, toys, music, and more. It was begun in 1978 and it's panel consists of educators, scientists, artists, librarians, parents, and kids.

2008 Gold Award Winners

Doing & Learning

Fun With Heiroglyphs, Catharine Roehrig

Fiction

My One Hundred Adventures, Polly Horvath

Historical Fiction

Lady Liberty: A Biography, Doreen Rappaport

Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson

Anila's Journey, Mary Finn

Non Fiction

America: The Making of a Nation, Charlie Samuels

Earth Matters, David Rothschild

The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body, David McCaulay

Picture Books

I Feel a Foot!, Maranke Rinck and Martijn van der Linden 

Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken, Harry Bliss and Kate DiCamillo

Parent's Choice Book Awards Website