The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults at its Midwinter Meeting in Dallas.

A list of all the 2012 award winners follows:

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:

Dead End in Norvelt, written by Jack Gantos, is the 2012 Newbery Medal winner.

Two Newbery Honor Books also were named:

Inside Out & Back Again, written by Thanhha Lai

Breaking Stalin’s Nose, written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:

A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka, is the 2012 Caldecott Medal winner.

Three Caldecott Honor Books also were named:

Blackout, illustrated and written by John Rocco

Grandpa Green, written and illustrated by Lane Smith

Me … Jane, written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell

Four Printz Honor Books also were named:

Why We Broke Up, written by Daniel Handler, art by Maira Kalman

The Returning, written by Christine Hinwood

Jasper Jones, written by Craig Silvey

The Scorpio Races, written by Maggie Stiefvater

Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson is the King Author Book winner.

Two King Author Honor Book recipients were selected:

The Great Migration: Journey to the North, written by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

Never Forgotten, written by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award:

Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom, written and illustrated by Shane W. Evans, is the King Illustrator Book winner. The book is a Neal Porter Book

One King Illustrator Honor Book recipient was selected:

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Close to Famous, written by Joan Bauer

Wonderstruck: A Novel in Words and Pictures, written by Brian Selznick

The teen (ages 14-18) award winner is

The Running Dream, written by Wendelin Van Draanen

• Big Girl Small, by Rachel DeWoskin
• In Zanesville, by Jo Ann Beard
• The Lover’s Dictionary, by David Levithan
• The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens, by Brooke Hauser
• The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern
• Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline
• Robopocalypse: A Novel, by Daniel H. Wilson
• Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward
• The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures, by Caroline Preston
• The Talk-Funny Girl, by Roland Merullo

Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children's book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States:

Soldier Bear is the 2012 Batchelder Award winner. Originally published in Dutch in 2008 as Soldaat Wojtek, written by Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Philip Hopman, translated by Laura Watkinson

One Batchelder Honor Book also was selected: The Lily Pond, written by Annika Thor, and translated by Linda Schenck.

Four Odyssey Honor audiobooks also were selected:

Ghetto Cowboy, written by G. Neri and narrated by JD Jackson

Okay for Now, written by Gary D. Schmidt and narrated by Lincoln Hoppe

The Scorpio Races, written by Maggie Stiefvater and narrated by Steve Westand Fiona Hardingham

Young Fredle, written by Cynthia Voigt and narrated by Wendy Carter

Two Belpré Illustrator Honor Books were selected:

The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred, illustrated by Rafael López, written by Samantha R. Vamos

Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match /Marisol McDonald no combina, illustrated by Sara Palacios, written by Monica Brown

Pura Belpré (Author) Award:

Under the Mesquite, written by Guadalupe Garcia McCall, is the Belpré Author Award winner.

Two Belpré Author Honor Books were named:

Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck, written by Margarita Engle

Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller, written by Xavier Garza

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children:

Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade, written by Melissa Sweet, is the Sibert Award winner.

Four Sibert Honor Books were named:

Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor, written by Larry Dane Brimner

Drawing from Memory, written and illustrated by Allen Say

The Elephant Scientist, written by Caitlin O’Connell and Donna M. Jackson, photographs byCaitlin O’Connell and Timothy Rodwelland

Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem, written and illustrated by Rosalyn Schanzerand

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, written by Bil Wright is the winner of the 2012 Stonewall Award.

Four Honor Books were selected:

a + e 4ever, drawn and written by Ilike Merey

Money Boy, written by Paul Yee

Pink, written by Lili Wilkinson

With or Without You, written by Brian Farrey

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:

Tales for Very Picky Eaters, written and illustrated by Josh Schneider, is the Geisel Award winner.

Three Geisel Honor Books were named:

I Broke My Trunk, written and illustrated by Mo Willems

I Want My Hat Back, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen

See Me Run, written and illustrated by Paul Meisel

William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:

Where Things Come Back, written by John Corey Whaley is the 2012 Morris Award winner.

Four other books were finalists for the award:

Girl of Fire and Thorns, written by Rae Carson,

Paper Covers Rock, written by Jenny Hubbard

Under the Mesquite, written by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Between Shades of Gray, written by Ruta Sepetys

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults, ages 12 – 18, each year:

The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, written by Steve Sheinkin, is the 2012 Excellence winner.

Four other books were finalists for the award:

Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science, written by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition, written by Karen Blumenthal,

Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way), written by Sue Macy

Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein, written by Susan Goldman Rubin, published by Charlesbridge