Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGood Night, Gorilla by Peggy RathmannTuesday by David WiesnerThe Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Best Books for a New Child's Library
422 books — 302 voters
Tuesday by David WiesnerGood Night, Gorilla by Peggy RathmannFlotsam by David WiesnerSector 7 by David WiesnerYou Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
Best Wordless Picture Books
141 books — 62 voters

Maus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Best Middle Grade & YA Graphic Novels
158 books — 78 voters
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack GantosWith a Name like Love by Tess Hilmo
Middle Grade Novels of 2011
132 books — 152 voters

Chomp by Carl HiaasenThe Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand
Middle Grade Novels of 2012
253 books — 632 voters