NOMINEES 2011-2012
Announced February 1, 2011

Ballots must be postmarked by April 1, 2012

PRIMARY (Grades K-3)
On Meadowview Street by Henry Colr Let's Do Nothing written and illustrated by Tony Fucile The Odd Egg written and illustrated by Emily Gravett Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated written by Florence Heide I Need My Monster written by Amanda Noll
On Meadowview Street written and illustrated by Henry Cole. Greenwillow Books, 2007.
Let's Do Nothing written and illustrated by Tony Fucile. Candlewick Press, 2009.

The Odd Egg written and illustrated by Emily Gravett. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.

Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated written by Florence Heide. Illustrated by Lane Smith. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009.

I Need My Monster written by Amanda Noll.  Illustrated by Howard McWilliam. Flashlight Press, 2009.

 

INTERMEDIATE (Grades 3-6)

Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning by Danette Haworth Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O'Conner
Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning by Danette Haworth.  Walker & Co., 2008.
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2008.
The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O'Connor. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009.

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL/JR. HIGH (Grades 6-9)

Revolution is Not a Dinner Party: A Novel by Ying Chang Compestine Waiting for Normal by Leslie Conner Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party: A Novel by Ying Chang Compestine. Henry Holt, 2007.
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor. Katherine Tegen Books, 2008.
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass. Little, Brown & Co., 2008.

 

YOUNG ADULT (Grades 9-12)

Graceling by Kristin Cashore Beastly by Alex Flinn If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Graceling by Kristin Cashore.  Harcourt, 2008.
Beastly by Alex Flinn. Harper Teen, 2007.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman. Penguin Group, USA, 2009.

 

PICTURE BOOK FOR OLDER READERS (Grades 4 and up)

Goal! written by Mina Javaherbin Henry's Freedom Box written by Ellen Levine Wabi Sabi written by Mark Reibstein
Goal! written by Mina Javaherbin. Illustrated by A.G. Ford. Candlewick Press, 2010.
Henry's Freedom Box written by Ellen Levine. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Scholastic Press, 2007.

Wabi Sabi written by Mark Reibstein. Illustrated by Ed Young. Little, Brown & Co., 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

PAST WINNERS AND NOMINEES

Past Winners By Year
Primary Booklist  (includes Winners and Nominees)
Intermediate Booklist  (includes Winners and Nominees)
Middle School/Junior High Booklist  (includes Winners and Nominees)
Young Adult Booklist  (includes Winners and Nominees)
Picture Books for Older Readers Booklist  (includes Winners and Nominees)

 

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