I hesitate to call it a "best-of" list, because who am I to say? These are merely the books that rocked my world in 2011. A quick and dirty list, because otherwise it will never get done. I'll come back and add authors and pictures.
10 + 1 for luck in each category.
PICTURE BOOKS
Over and Under the Snow
King Hugo's Huge Ego
Tallulah's Tutu
Heart and Soul *Caldecott Pick*
Press Here
The Boy Who Cried Ninja
Art & Max
Stuck
Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake
The Man in the Moon
You're Finally Here!
MIDDLE-GRADE NOVELS
Okay For Now *Newbery Pick*
Breadcrumbs
A Monster Calls
Bigger Than a Bread Box
The Wizard of Dark Street
The Emerald Atlas
With a Name Like Love
Floors
A Dog's Way Home
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
Small Persons With Wings
YA NOVELS
The Scorpio Races *Printz Pick*
Everybody Sees the Ants
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Where She Went
The Beginning of After
Between Shades of Gray
Divergent
Hourglass
Guantanamo Boy
Ashfall
Entwined
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