- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, illus. by Quentin Blake
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo, illus. by Yoko Tanaka
- The Cabinet of Earths by Anne Nesbet
- Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms by Lissa Evans , illus. by Temujin Doran
- The Vengekeep Prophecies by Brian Farrey, illus. by Brett Helquist
- The Real Boy by Anne Ursu, illus. by Erin McGuire
- Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley