2012 Notable Children's Books - Younger Grades

I read Ball; Bring on the Birds; The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred; Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site; Little Shite Rabbit; Naamah and the Ark at Night; New Year's Reunion: a Chinese Story; Stars; Tales for Very Picky Eaters; and Where's Walrus?.  My favorite was Tales for Very Picky Eaters because of the patience, creativity, and humor of the father in dealing with a universal dilemma of youth - picky eating.  I also really like Stars for the creative notation of stars in places we don't usually expect to find them.  I think very young readers will enjoy Finding the Walrus.  Little White Rabbit was cute and clever and Cazuela was catchy and rhythmic.