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 Philip C. Stead

Caldecott Honor Books

• Dave the Potter: Artist, poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill
  
• Interruptin Chicken, written 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

• Happenstance Found, by P.W. Catanese
  
• Scat, by Carl Hiaasen
• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, by Jacqueline Kelly
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin
• When the Cherry Blossoms Fell, by Jennifer
• The 11 Birthdays, by Wendy Mass
• Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow, by James Rollins
• Three Cups of Tea, by Sarah L. Thomson

Intermediate Division

• Skeleton Creek, by Patrick Carman
• The Maze Runner, by James Dashner
• Princess of the Midnight Ball, by Jessica Day George
• The Reformed Vampire Support Group, by Catherine Jinks
• Peace, Love and Baby Ducks, by Lauren Myracle
• The Hunchback Assignments, by Arthur Slade
• Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld
• Thirteenth Child, by Patricia Wrede

Coretta Scott King Award, 2011

• One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia

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