• The Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
• The Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
• Calvin Can't Fly: the Story of a Bookworm Birdie by Jennifer Berne, illustrated by Keith Bendis
• Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
• Fly Free by Roseanne Thong , illustrated by Eujin Kim Neilan
• Goal! by Mina Javaherbin, illustrated by A. G. Ford
• The Interrupting Chicken by David Stein
• Mirror, Mirror: a Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Josee Massee
• Pierre the Penguin by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Laura Regan
• A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
  
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The following titles were on the Committee's short list for consideration for 2012:

• Amazing Faces by Lee Bennett Hopkins
• Arbor Day Square by Kathryn Galbraith
• Art & Max by David Wiesner
• A Beach Tail by Karen Williams
• Biblioburro: A True Story from Columbia by Jeanette Winter
• A Big Night for Salamanders by Sarah Lamstein
• Bones by Steve Jenkins
• Bridget's Beret by by Tom Lichtenheld
• Can You Dig It? by Robert Weinstock
• Chalk by Bill Thomson
• Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton
• City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
• Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Hill
• Easy as Pie by Cari Best
• Fish House Door by Robert Baldwin
• Fox and Hen by Eric Battut
• The Great Monster Hunt by Norbert Landa
• Guyku: a Year of Haiku for Boys by Bob Raczka
• Hot Rod Hamster by Cynthia Lord
• In the Wild by David Elliot
• Jack's Path of Courage by Doreen Rappaport
• Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen
• Lots of Spots by Lois Ehlert
• Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian
• Miss Brooks Loves Books by Barbara Bottner
• Monsters Eat Whiny Children by Bruce Eric Kaplan
• Moon Bear by Brenda Guiberson
• Nabeel's New Pants: an Eid Tale by Fawzia Gilani-Williams
• A Not Scary Story About Big Scary Things by C K Williams
• Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama
• Pop! the Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy
• Princess Pigtoria and the Pea by Pamela Edwards
• Rain School by James Rumford
• Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow by Robert SanSouci
• Rubia and the Three Osos by Susan Middleton Elya
• Sit-in by Andrew Pinkney
• Summer Birds by Margarita Engle
• Tiger and Turtle by James Rumford
• The Tooth by Avi Slovdovnick
• Yucky Worms by Vivian French
• Zero by Kathryn Otoshi