Crankee Doodle; by Tom Angleberger; illus. by Cece Bell (Clarion).

Picture a Tree; written and illustrated by Barbara Reid (Whitman).

That is NOT a Good Idea!; written and illustrated by by Mo Willems (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins).

Bo at Ballard Creek; by Kirkpatrick Hill; illus. by LeUyen Pham (Holt).

The Adventures of a South Pole Pig: A Novel of Snow and Courage; by Chris Kurtz; illus. by Jennifer Black Reinhardt (Harcourt).

Joe and Sparky Go to School; by Jamie Michalak; illus. by Frank Remkiewicz (Candlewick).

A Corner of White [Colors of Madeleine]; by Jaclyn Moriarty (Levine/Scholastic).

Eleanor & Park; by Rainbow Rowell (St. Martin’s Griffin)

P.S. Be Eleven; by Rita Williams-Garcia (Amistad/HarperCollins)

On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein; by Jennifer Berne; illus. by Vladimir Radunsky (Chronicle)

Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard; written and illustrated by Annette LeBlanc Cate (Candlewick)

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Building Our House; by Jonathan Bean (Farrar)

Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building; by Christy Hale (Lee & Low)

Ask the Passengers; by A. S. King (Little, Brown)

Days of Blood & Starlight; by Laini Taylor (Little, Brown)

One Came Home; by Amy Timberlake (Knopf)

Nic Bishop Snakes; by Nic Bishop (Scholastic)

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This Not My Hat; by Jon Klassen (Candlewick)

Machines Go to Work in the City; by William Low (Holt)

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

Penny and Her Doll; by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

A Certain October; by Angela Johnson (Simon)

 The Brides of Rollrock Island; by Margo Lanagan (Knopf)

 Little White Duck: A Childhood in China; by Na Liu and Andrés Vera Martínez; illus. by Andrés Vera Martínez (Graphic Universe/Lerner)

Lulu and the Duck in the Park; by Hilary McKay; illus. by Priscilla Lamont (Whitman)

 What Came from the Stars; by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion)

 Liar & Spy; by Rebecca Stead (Lamb/Random)

Island: A Story of the Galápagos; by Jason Chin (Porter/Roaring Brook)

Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller; by Doreen Rappaport; illus. by Matt Tavares(Hyperion/Disney)

 The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity; by Elizabeth Rusch (Houghton)

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Jimmy the Greatest!; by Jairo Buitrago; illus. by Rafael Yockteng; trans. from the Spanish by Elisa Amado (Groundwood)

Bea at Ballet; written and illustrated by Rachel Isadora (Paulsen/Penguin)

A Home for Bird; written and illustrated by Philip C. Stead (Porter/Roaring Brook)

Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten!; written and illustrated by Hyewon Yum (Foster/Farrar)

Baby’s in Black; written and illustrated by Arne Bellstorf; trans. from the German by Michael Waaler (First Second/Roaring Brook)

Seraphina; by Rachel Hartman (Random)

The Shark King; by R. Kikuo Johnson (Toon/Candlewick)

Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses; by Ron Koertge; illus. by Andrea Dezsö (Candlewick)

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95; by Phillip Hoose (Farrar)

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Animal Masquerade; by Marianne Dubuc; trans. from the French by Yvette Ghione (Kids Can)

Demolition; by Sally Sutton; illus. by Brian Lovelock (Candlewick)

The Drowned Cities; by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)

Dying to Know You; by Aidan Chambers (Amulet/Abrams)

A Confusion of Princes; by Garth Nix (Harper/HarperCollins)

Code Name Verity; by Elizabeth Wein (Hyperion)

Forget-Me-Nots:Poems to Learn by Heart; selected by Mary Ann Hoberman; illus. by Michael Emberley (Tingley/Little, Brown)

The President’s Stuck in the Bathtub: Poems about the Presidents; by Susan Katz; illus. by Robert Neubecker (Clarion)

A Black Hole Is NOT a Hole; by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano; illus. by Michael Carroll (Charlesbridge)

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Z Is for Moose, by Kelly Bingham; illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky (Greenwillow)

The Obstinate Pen, by Frank W. Dormer (Holt)

The Hero of Little Street, by Gregory Rogers (Porter/Roaring Brook)

Green, by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Porter/Roaring Brook)

The Wicked and the Just, by J. Anderson Coats (Harcourt)

The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green (Dutton)

Penny and Her Song, by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; illus. by R. Gregory Christie (Carolrhoda LAB)

Titanic: Voices from the Disaster, by Deborah Hopkinson (Scholastic)

The Fairy Ring: Or, Elsie and Frances Fool the World, by Mary Losure (Candlewick)

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Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by Mônica Carnesi (Paulsen/Penguin)

And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano; illus. by Erin E. Stead (Porter/Roaring Brook)

Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner; illus. by Christopher Silas Neal (Chronicle)

Jefferson’s Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Dial)

Stay with Me by Paul Griffin (Dial)

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler; illus. by Maira Kalman (Little, Brown)

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny—Detectives Extraordinaire! by Polly Horvath; illus. by Sophie Blackall (Schwartz & Wade/Random)

Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King (Little, Brown)

 There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff (Putnam)

Crow by Barbara Wright (Random)

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The Money We’ll Save; by Brock Cole (Ferguson/Farrar)

Subway Story; by Julia Sarcone-Roach (Knopf)

Benjamin Bear in “Fuzzy Thinking”; by Philippe Coudray; trans. from the French by Leigh Stein; illus. by the author (Toon/Candlewick)

No Ordinary Day; by Deborah Ellis (Groundwood)

Life: An Exploded Diagram; by Mal Peet (Candlewick)

Bluefish; by Pat Schmatz (Candlewick)

The Scorpio Races; by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)

Daughter of Smoke & Bone; by Laini Taylor (Little, Brown)

America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell; by Don Brown (Flash Point/Roaring Brook)

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans; by Kadir Nelson (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins)

 Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade; by Melissa Sweet (Houghton)

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The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories
(Dutton)
by David LaRochelle; illus. by Paul Meisel (page 69)

A Ball for Daisy
(Schwartz & Wade/Random)
by Chris Raschka (page 77)

Dead End in Norvelt
(Farrar)
by Jack Gantos (page 85)

Secrets at Sea
(Dial)
by Richard Peck; illus. by Kelly Murphy (page 96)

The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic
(Candlewick)
by Allan Wolf (page 105)

Breaking Stalin’s Nose
(Holt)
by Eugene Yelchin (page 106)

A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young
(Candlewick)
by Halfdan Rasmussen; trans. from the Danish by Marilyn Nelson
and Pamela Espeland; illus. by Kevin Hawkes (page 108)

Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert
(Atheneum)
by Marc Aronson (page 109)

Orani: My Father’s Village
(Foster/Farrar)
by Claire A. Nivola (page 112)

Feynman
(First Second/Roaring Brook)
by Jim Ottaviani; illus. by Leland Myrick;
color by Hilary Sycamore (page 113)

Drawing from Memory
(Scholastic)
by Allen Say (page 115)

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
(Houghton)
by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Beth Krommes (page 116)

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The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories by David LaRochelle; illus. by Paul Meisel (Dutton)

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade)

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (Farrar)

Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck; illus. by Kelly Murphy (Dial)

The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf (Candlewick)

Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin (Holt)

A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young by Halfdan Rasmussen; trans. from the Danish by Marilyn Nelson and Pamela Espeland; illus. by Kevin Hawkes (Candlewick)

Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson (Atheneum)

Orani: My Father’s Village by Claire A. Nivola (Foster/Farrar)

Feynman by Jim Ottaviani; illus. by Leland Myrick; color by Hilary Sycamore (First Second)

Drawing from Memory by Allen Say (Scholastic)

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Beth Krommes (Houghton)

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