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, by Philip C. Stead
  

Caldecott Honor Books 2011

• 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 Kellly
  
• The Maze Runner, by James Dashner
  
• Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow, by James Dashner
  
• Scat, by Carl Hiaasen
  
• Three Cups of Tea, Sarah L. Thomson
  
• Watching Jimmy, by Nacy Harty
• When the cherry Blossoms Fell, 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