2011 Newbery Medal Winner

• Moon Over Manifest, by Clare Vanderpool

Newbery Honor Books

• Turtle in Paradise, by Jennifer L. Holm
• Heart of a Samurais, by Margi Preu
  
• 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. Steed, written by Phillip 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, 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
• When the Cherry Blossoms Fell, by Jennifer Maruno
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin

Intermediate Division

• The Hunchback Assignments, by Arthur Slade
• Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld
• 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
• Thirteenth Child, by Patricia Wrede
  

Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2011

• One Crazy Summer, by Rita William-Garcia

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, 2011

• Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, Illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill

Coretta Scott King Honor Books

• Lockdown, by Walter Dean Myers
• Nineth Ward, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, by G. Neri