The North Carolina Children's Book Award is awarded every year to a picture book and a junior book that receives the most votes from North Carolina students. K-2 students here at Caleb's Creek read the picture book choices in the media center and vote for their favorite. 3-6 students are invited to read at least five of the junior book nominees on their own and then they can also vote for their favorite. You can see the former winners and current nominees at this site.
 
Here are the nominees for 2012-2013.
Picture BooksJunior Books
  • Baker, Keith: LMNO Peas
    Beach Lane Books. 2010

  • Bradford, Wade: Why Do I Have to Make My Bed?
    Tricycle Press. 2011

  • Cleminson, Katie: Otto the Book Bear
    Hyperion Books. 2012

  • Emmett, Jonathan: The Princess and the Pig
    Bloomsbury. 2011

  • Florian, Douglas: UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings
    Beach Lane Books. 2012

  • Hall, Michael: Perfect Square
    Greenwillow Books. 2011

  • Litwin, Eric: Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
    Harper Collins. 2010

  • Lyons, Kelly Starling: Ellen's Broom
    G.P. Putnam's Sons. 2012

  • Offill, Jenny: 11 Experiments That Failed
    New York : Schwartz & Wade Books. 2011

  • Rocco, John: Blackout
    Disney/Hyperion. 2011

  • Wardlaw, Lee: Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
    Henry Holt. 2011

  • Wilson, Karma: The Cow Loves Cookies
    Margaret K. McElderry Books. 2011
  • Clayton, Emma: The Roar
    New York: Chicken House, 2009

  • Draper, Sharon M.: Out of My Mind
    Antheneum. 2010

  • Erskine, Kathryn: Absolute Value of Mike
    Philomel Books. 2011

  • Gibbs, Stuart: Belly Up
    Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 2010

  • Hines, Anna: Peaceful Pieces: Peaceful Poems and Quilts about Peace
    Henry Holt. 2011

  • Ibbotson, Eva: One Dog and His Boy
    Scholastic. 2012

  • Mass, Wendy: Candymakers
    Little Brown. 2010

  • Park, Linda Sue: A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
    Clarion Books. 2010

  • Sweet, Melissa: Balloons Over Broadway
    Houghton Mifflin. 2011

  • Voigt, Cynthia: Young Fredle. Alfred A. Knopf
    2011

  • Weeks, Sarah: Pie. Scholastic Press
    2011

  • Williams-Garcia, Rita: One Crazy Summer
    Amistad 2010

  • Wolitzer, Meg: Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman
    Dutton Children's Books. 2011