National Award Winners
Caldecott Awards 2011
An award for the most distinguished American picture book
Caldecott Medal Winner
- A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Picture Books/E/Stead) by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead
Caldecott Honor Books
- Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave (Juvenile Biographies/J/738/Dave) by Laban Carrick Hill
- Interrupting Chicken (Picture Books/E/Stein) by Ezra Stein
Past Caldecott Winners
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Newbery Awards 2011
An award for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children
Newbery Medal Winner
- Moon over Manifest (Juvenile Fiction/J/Vanderpool) by Clare Vanderpool
Newbery Honor Books
- Turtle in Paradise (Juvenile Fiction/J/Holm) by Jennifer L. Holm
- Heart of a Samurai (Juvenile Fiction/J/Preus) by Margi Preus
- Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night (Juvenile Nonfiction/J/811.54/Sid) by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen
Past Newbery Winners
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Robert F. Sibert Awards 2011
An award for the most distinguished informational book
Medal Winner
- Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Bird (Juvenile Nonfiction/J/639.9787/Mon) by Sy Montgomery, illustrated by Nic Bishop
Honor Books
- Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring (Juvenile Nonfiction/J/784.21/Gre) by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca
- Lafayette and the American Revolution (Juvenile Biography/J/355.092/LaFayette) by Russell Freedman
Past Sibert Winners
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Coretta Scott King Awards 2011
An award for the outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution by an African American author and illustrator
Author Medal Winner
- One Crazy Summer (Juvenile Fiction/J/Williams-Garcia) by Rita Williams-Garcia,
Illustrator Medal Winner
- Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave (Juvenile Biographies/J/738/Dave) by Laban Carrick Hill
Past Coretta Scott King Award Winners
About the Coretta Scott King Award
More Children’s Book Awards
Find more award winner lists (with handy catalog links) on the Good Reads Award List page.
