You VOTED for your favorite books of 2012, and now here are the winners! On May 13th, The Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader announced the winners to kick off Children's Book Week.

The Children's Choice Book Awards is the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by kids and teens. Young readers across the country voted in record numbers for their favorite books, author, and illustrator at bookstores, school libraries, and at bookweekonline.com, casting more than 1,000,000 votes.

Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year:
NIGHTTIME NINJA by Barbara DaCosta, illustrated by Ed Young

Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year:
BAD KITTY FOR PRESIDENT by Nick Bruel

Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year:
DORK DIARIES 4: TALES FROM A NOT-SO-GRACEFUL ICE PRINCESS by Rachel Renée Russell

Author of the Year:
Jeff Kinney for DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 7: THE THIRD WHEEL

Illustrator of the Year:
Robin Preiss Glasser for FANCY NANCY AND THE MERMAID BALLET