2013-2014 NCCBA Nominees Picture Books
Just Ducks
Davies, Nicola: Candlewick. 2012
Oh, No!Fleming, Candace: Schwartz & Wade. 2012
Goldilocks and Just One Bear
Hodgkinson: Nosy Crow. 2012
Betty Bunny Love Chocolate Cake
Kaplan, Michael B.: Live Oak Media. 2011
The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories
LaRochelle, David: Dutton Juvenile. 2011
Me…JaneMcDonnell, Patrick: Little,Brown Book for Young Readers. 2011
Creepy Carrots
Reynolds, Aaron: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers. 2012
When Blue Met Egg
Ward, Lindsay: Dial. 2012
Baby Bear Sees Blue
Wolff, Ashley: Beach Lane Books. 2012
Each Kindness
Woodson, Jacqueline: Nancy Paulsen Books. 2012
2013-2014 NCCBA Nominees Junior Books
Prairie Evers
Airgood, Ellen: Nancy Paulsen Books. 2012
The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist, a Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window on Human Origins
Berger, Lee R.: National Geographic. 2012
Wild Life
DeFelice, Cynthia: Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 2011
ChompHiassen, Carl: Alfred A. Knopf. 2012
WonderPalacio, R.J.: Alfred A. Knopf. 2012
Dogs on Duty: Soldiers’ Best Friends on the Battlefield and Beyond
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw: Walker and Co. 2012
The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity
Rusch, Elizabeth: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. 2012
Lulu Walks the Dogs
Viorst, Judith: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2012
Three Times Lucky
Sheila Turnage: Dial Books. 2012
2013 Winners
- Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, written by Eric Litwin, and illustrated by James Dean, is the winner in the Picture Book Category with 29,598 votes of the 98,087 cast.
- Candymakers, by Wendy Mass, is the winner in the Junior Book Category with 1,496 votes of the 9,651 cast..
Baker, Keith. LMNO Peas. Beach Lane Books. 2010.
Bradford, Wade. Why Do I Have to Make My Bed? Tricycle Press. 2011.
Cleminson, Katie. Otto the BookBear. Hyperion Books. 2012.
Emmett, Jonathan. The Princess and the Pig. Bloomsbury. 2011.
Florian, Douglas. UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings. Beach Lane Books. 2012.
Hall, Michael. Perfect Square. Greenwillow Books. 2011.
Litwin, Eric. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes. Harper Collins. 2010.
Lyons, Kelly Starling. Ellen's Broom. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 2012.
Offill, Jenny. 11 Experiments That Failed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books. 2011.
Rocco, John. Blackout. Disney/Hyperion. 2011.
Wardlaw, Lee. Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku. Henry Holt. 2011.
Wilson,Karma. The Cow Loves Cookies. Margaret K. McElderry Books. 2011.
2012-2013 NCCBA Nominees Junior Books
Clayton, Emma. The Roar. New York: Chicken House, 2009.
Draper, Sharon M. Out of My Mind. Antheneum. 2010.
Erskine, Kathryn. Absolute Value of Mike. Philomel Books. 2011.
Gibbs, Stuart. Belly Up. Simon& Schuster Books for Young Readers. 2010.
Hines, Anna. Peaceful Pieces:Peaceful Poems and Quilts about Peace. Henry Holt. 2011.
Ibbotson, Eva. One Dog and His Boy. Scholastic. 2012.
Mass, Wendy. Candymakers. LittleBrown. 2010.
Park, Linda Sue. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story. Clarion Books. 2010.
Sweet, Melissa. Balloons Over Broadway. Houghton Mifflin. 2011.
Voigt, Cynthia. Young Fredle. Alfred A. Knopf. 2011.
Weeks, Sarah. Pie. ScholasticPress. 2011.
Williams-Garcia, Rita. One Crazy Summer. Amistad. 2010.
Wolitzer, Meg. Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman. Dutton Children's Books. 2011.
NC Children's Book Award Winners for 2011-2012:
| Picture Book Category | The Book That Eats People, written by John Perry Received 40,912 of the 118,499 votes cast! |
| Junior Book Category | The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, written by Tom Angleberger Received 2,305 of the 11,921 votes cast! |
2011-2012 NCCBA Nominees
Picture Books
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. NY: Little Brown. 2010.
MacLachlan, Patricia. I Didn’t Do It. NY: 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. NY: Disney/Hyperion Books. 2009.
Sattler, Jennifer Gordon. Sylvie. NY: Random House Children’s Books. 2009.
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. NY: Hyperion Books for Children. 2010.
2011-2012 NCCBA Nominees Junior Books
Angleberger, Tom. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. NY: Amulet Books. 2010.
Appelt, Kathy. Keeper. NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2010.
Bemis, John Claude. The Nine Pound Hammer. NY: Random House. 2009.
Gidwitz, Adam. A Tale Dark and Grimm. NY: Dutton Children’s Books. 2010.
Kehret, Peg. Runaway Twin. NY: Dutton Children’s Books. 2009.
Law, Ingrid. Scumble. NY: 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. NY: Delacort Press. 2010.
Wiles, Deborah. Countdown. NY: Scholastic. 2010.
