- Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
- In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
- The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz, illus. by Angela Barrett
- Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton, illus. by James McMullan
- Busy Birdies by John Schindel, illus. by Steven Holt
- The Water Hole by Graeme Base
- Poem in Your Pocket for Young Poets by Bruno Navasky, editor
- Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle, illus. by Matt Phelan
- Stars by Mary Lyn Ray, illus. by Marla Frazee
- And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano, illus. by Erin E. Stead