Newbery Honor Books:
The Underneath, written by Kathi Appelt and illustrated by David Small

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom, written by Margarita Engle

Savvy, by Ingrid Law

After Tupac & D Foster, written by Jacqueline Woodson

Caldecott Honor Books:
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, written and illustrated by Marla Frazee

How I Learned Geography, written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, written by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet

King Author Book Winner: We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson

King Illustrator Book Winner: The Blacker the Berry, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Joyce Carol Thomas

King Author Honor Books:
The Blacker the Berry, written by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Keeping the Night Watch, written by Hope Anita Smith and illustrated by E.B. Lewis

Becoming Billie Holiday, written by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Illustrator Honor Books:
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Before John Was a Jazz Giant, by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Sean Qualls

The Moon Over Star, by Dianna Hutts Aston and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney