2012 Newbery Medal Winner
- Moon Ovetr 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
2012 Caldecott Winner
- A Sick Day For Amos, illustrated
by
Philip C. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead
Caldecott Honor Books
- Dave The Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave,
by Laban Carrick Hill
- Interrupting Chicken, by David Ezra Stein
Young Reader's Choice Nominees, 2012
March, 2012 - Voting on YRCA nominees will take place at Boise Public Library.
Junior Division
- The 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by
jacqueline Kelly
- Happenstance Found by P. W> Catanese
- Jake Ransom and The Skull King's Shadow by James Rollins
- Scat by Carl Hiaasen
- Three Cups of Tea by Sarah L
Thomson
- Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry
- When the Cherry Blossoms Fell by Jennifer Maruno
- Where The Mountain Meets The Moon by Grace Lin
Intermediate Division
- Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade
- Leviathan by Scott Westerfield
- The Maze Runner by James Dashner
- Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks by
Lauren Myracle
- Princess Of The Midnight Ball by
Jessica George
- The Reformed Vampire Support Group by
Catherine Jinks
- Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
- The Thirteenth Child by Patricia Wrede
Coretta Scott King Award, 2012
- One Crazy Summer, written by Rita
Williams-Garcia

