Bubba and Beau Meet the Relatives by Kathi Appelt (Harcourt, 2004)

The Dog Who Cried Wolf by Keiko Kasza (Putnam, 2005)

Duck & Goose by Tad Hills (Random House, 2006)

He Came with the Couch by David Slonim (Chronicle, 2005)

Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains by Barbara Knutson (Carolrhoda, 2004)

Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by Alison McGhee (Harcourt, 2004)

Once Upon a Time, The End: Asleep in 60 Seconds by Geoffrey Kloske and  Barry Blitt (Atheneum, 2005)

Russell and the Lost Treasure by Rob Scotton (HarperCollins,2006)

Terrific by Jon Agee (Hyperion, 2005)

Three Pebbles and a Song by Eileen Spinelli (Dial, 2003)

The Big House by Carolyn Coman (Front Street, 2004)

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-ins by Carole Boston Weatherford (Dial, 2005)

John, Paul, George and Ben by Lane Smith (Hyperion, 2006)

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (Knopf, 2005)

Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park(Clarion, 2005)

Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look (Atheneum, 2004)

Scarecrow and His Servant by Philip Pullman (Knopf, 2005)

The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson (Dutton, 2004)

Three Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt, 2005)

Whales on Stilts by M. T. Anderson (Harcourt, 2005)