2011 Newbery Medal Winner

• Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

Newbery Honor Books

• Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
• Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
• Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman
• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

2011 Caldecott Winner

• A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead

Caldecott Honor Books

• Dave the Potter:  Artist, Poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill
• Interrupting Chicken, written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein

Young Reader's Choice Nominees, 2011

March, 2012 - Voting on YRCA nominees will take place at Boise Public Library.

Junior Division

• Happenstance Found by P. Catanese
• Scat by C. Hiaasen
• Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by J. Kelly
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by G. Lin
• 11 Birthdays by W. Mass
• Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow by J. Rollins
• Three Cups of Tea by S. Thomson

Intermediate Division

• Skeleton Creek by P. Carman
• Maze Runner by J. Dashner
• Princess of the Midnight Ball by J. George
• Reformed Vampire Support Group by C. Jinks
• Peace, Love & Ducks by L. Myracle
• Hunchback Assignments by A. Slade
• Leviathan by S. Westerfeld
• Thriteenth Child by P. Wrede
  

Coretta Scott King Award, 2011

• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia, Author Award
• Dave the Potter:  Artist, Poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill, Illustrator Award