- It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
- Olivia by Ian Falconer
- Pete's a Pizza by William Steig
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- The Doll People by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, illus. by Brian Selznick
- A River of Words by Jen Bryant, illus. by Melissa Sweet
- Red Wagon by Renata Liwska