Children's Book Awards 2011

I'm very excited to see so many books and authors I recognize. Let me know if there are any particular favorites of yours below, and I'll see if I can get a copy and review them.

Illustrator of the Year


David Wiesner for Art & Max

Author of the Year


Rick Riordan for The Lost Hero

2011 Winners and Nominees:

K-Grade 2:
• Little Pink Pup by Johanna Kerby--Winner!
• Shark vs. Train by Tom Lichtenheld
• How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills
• Hot Rod Hamster by Cynthia Lord
• Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott

Grades 3-4:
• Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown by Jarrett J. Krosoczka--Winner!
• Finally by Wendy Mass
• Bad Kitty vs Uncle Murray by Nick Bruel
• Encyclopedia Mythologica: Gods & Heroes by Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda
• Babymouse #12: Burns Rubber by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm

Grades 5-6
• The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan--Winner!
• Zebrafish by Peter H. Reynolds and FableVision
• Big Nate: In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce
• It's a Book by Lane Smith
• Smile by Raina Telgemeier


Teen Choice:
• Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan--Winner!
• Burned (House of Night, Book 7) by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
• Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
• Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
• Fang (Maximum Ride) by James Patterson

2011 Kiddo Award Winners

James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead.com announced the first annual Kiddo Awards: books picked as the very best books of the year for getting kids absolutely addicted to reading.

In the first stage of the award selection, the ReadKiddoRead board, children's book reviewers, librarians, authors, and others picked a short-list of forty books which they felt met the criterion. Then, the public was given a chance to winnow that selection down to four, one for each age group. Their mandate:

What makes a book a Kiddo winner? These are the books that kids find unputdownable. These are kids' favorites, and keep them reading. The books that are guaranteed to make your kiddos readers for life.

Below are the winners. In a separate page, I'll list all winners and the runners-up (because once these kiddos have read the winner, they'll need more to read).