North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees

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2011 Winners:

Picture Book
Rhyming Dust Bunnies. by Jan Thomas. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2009.
Junior Book
The Lemonade War. by Jacqueline Davies. Sandpiper. 2009.

2012 Picture Book Nominees

Link to a list of books and annotations.

Barton, Chris. Shark vs. Train. NY: Little, Brown. 2010.
Brennan-Nelson, Denise. Willow. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press. 2008.
Donaldson, Julia. What the Ladybug Heard. NY: Henry Holt & Company. 2009
Hill, Laban Carrick. Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave. New York: Little, Brown. 2010.
MacLachlan, Patricia. I Didn’t Do It. New York : Katherine Tegen Books. 2010.
Perry, John. The Book that Eats People. Berkeley: Tricycle Press. 2009
Ramsey, Calvin. Ruth and the Green Book. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books. 2010.
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. Spoon. New York: Disney/Hyperion Books. 2009.
Sattler, Jennifer Gordon. Sylvie. New York: Random House Children's Books
Sauer, Tammi. Mr. Duck Means Business. NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 2011.
Stein, David Ezra. Interrupting Chicken. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. 2010.
Willems, Mo. City Dog, Country Frog. New York: Hyperion Books for Children. 2010.

2012 Junior Book Nominees

Link to a list of books and annotations.

Angleberger, Tom. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. NY: Amulet Books. 2010.
Appelt, Kathi. Keeper. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2010.
Bemis, John Claude. The Nine Pound Hammer. NY: Random House. 2009.
Gidwitz, Adam. A Tale Dark and Grimm. New York : Dutton Children's Books. 2010.
Kehret, Peg. Runaway Twin. NY: Dutton Children’s Books.2009
Law, Ingrid. Scumble. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers. 2010.
Lord, Cynthia. Touch Blue. NY: Scholastic Press. 2010.
Scieszka, Jon. Spaceheadz. NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 2010.
Singer, Marilyn. Mirror mirror : a book of reversible verse. NY: Dutton Children’s Books. 2010
Van Cleve, Kathleen. Drizzle. NY: Dial Books for Young Readers. 2010.
Vanderpool, Clare. Moon Over Manifest. New York : Delacorte Press. 2010.
Wiles, Deborah. Countdown. New York : Scholastic. 2010.

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