ALL THE WORLD by Liz Garton Scanlon and Marla Frazee, ill. Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane, September 2009, 40p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-8580-8 

BLUE LIPSTICK: CONCRETE POEMS by John Grandits, Clarion, May 2007, ISBN: 0-618-56860-3 (hardcover) 0-618-85132-1 (paperback)

BOOK! BOOK! BOOK! by Deborah Bruss, Illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke, Arthur A. Levine Books May 2001

BRING ME SOME APPLES AND I'LL MAKE YOU A PIE: A STORY ABOUT EDNA LEWIS by Robbin Gourley, Clarion, 48p., January 2009, ISBN: 978-0-618-15836-2

CAPTAIN FACT AND KNOWLEDGE by Knife and Packer, Hyperion/Volo

COSECHANDO ESPERANZA: LA HISTORIA DE CÉSAR CHÁVEZ por Kathleen Krull, ilustrado por Yuyi Morales, Harcourt/Libros Viajeros, ISBN 0-15-204755-7; 0-15-201437-3 

DAN'S ANGEL: A DETECTIVE'S GUIDE TO THE LANGUAGE OF PAINTINGS by Alexander Sturgis, illustrated by Lauren Child, Kane/Miller, September 2003, ISBN 1-929132-47-6

THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS by Barbara Kerley, Illustrated by Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press, September 2001 

DINOTHESAURUS: PREHISTORIC POEMS AND PAINTINGS by Douglas Florian, Atheneum, March 2009, 48p., ISBN: 978--1-4169-7978-4 

DUEL! BURR AND HAMILTON'S DEADLY WAR OF WORDS, by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Larry Day (ill.), Walker, June 2008, 40p., ISBN: 9780802795830  

EVERY HUMAN HAS RIGHTS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC DECLARATION FOR KIDS National Geographic, 2009, 48p., ISBN: 978-1-4263-0510-8 

G IS FOR GOATS by Patricia Polacco, PenguinPutnam/Philomel, May 2003, ISBN 0-399-24018-7

HONDA: THE BOY WHO DREAMED OF CARS by Mark Weston, illustrated by Katie Yamasaki, Lee & Low Books, September 2008, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-60060-246-7

I AND I: BOB MARLEY by Tony Medina and Jesse Joshua Watson, Lee & Low, April 2009, 48p., ISBN: 978-1-60060-257-3

IF AMERICA WERE A VILLAGE: A BOOK ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES by David J. Smith and Shelagh Armstrong, ill., Kids Can Press, August 2009, 32p., 978-1-55453-344-2

THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, September 2009, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-316-01356-7

LOUIE! by Will Hillenbrand, Philomel, March 2009, 40p., ISBN: 978-399-24707-1

LOUISA: THE LIFE OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT by Yena Zeldis McDonough and Bethanne Andersen, Holt, August 2009, 48p., ISBN: 9780805081923 

ME, ALL ALONE, AT THE END OF THE WORLD by M.T. Anderson, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, Candlewick, September 2005, ISBN: 0-7636-1586-2 

MICHAEL ROSEN'S SAD BOOK by Michael Rosen, Illustrated by Quentin Blake, Candlewick Press, March 2005, ISBN: 0-7636-2597-3 

MOSQUE by David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin, October 2003, ISBN 0-618-24034-9  

NO! by David McPhail, Roaring Brook, March 2009, 40p., ISBN: 978-1-59643-288-8

NOBODY PARTICULAR and THE TRUTH ABOUT SPARROWS: NOBODY PARTICULAR: ONE WOMAN'S FIGHT TO SAVE THE BAYS by Molly Bang, Holt, 2000, 45 pages, ISBN: 0-8050-5396-4  

THE NUMBER GARDEN by Sara Pinto, Bloomsbury, March 2009, 26p. lift the flap board book, ISBN: 978-1-99990-048-3 

OLD MOTHER BEAR by Victoria Miles, illustrated by Molly Bang, Chronicle, February 2007, ISBN: 0-8118-5033-1

OTIS by Loren Long, Philomel, September 2009, 40p., gouache and pencil, ISBN: 978-0-399-25248-8

PLANTING THE TREES OF KENYA: THE STORY OF WANGARI MAATHAI by Claire A. Nivola, FSG/Frances Foster Books, April 2008, 32p. ISBN: 0-374-39918-2 

POND CIRCLE by Betsy Franco and Stefano Vitale, ill., McElderry Books, June 2009, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-4021-0 

PREVIOUSLY by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Bruce Ingman, Candlewick, August 2007, ISBN: 978-0-7636-3542-8 (Recommended Picture Books for Older Readers) 

RIVER OF DREAMS: THE STORY OF THE HUDSON RIVER by Hudson Talbott, Putnam Juvenile, January 2009, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-399-24521-3

A RIVER OF WORDS: THE STORY OF WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, July 2008, 32p. ISBN: 978-0-8028-5302-8

RUSSELL THE SHEEP by Rob Scotton, HarperCollins, May 2005, ISBN: 0-06-059848-4; Lib.ISBN: 0-06-059849-2

SHOW WAY by Jacqueline Woodson, Putnam, September 2005, ISBN: 0-399-23749-6

SIT-IN: HOW FOUR FRIENDS STOOD UP BY SITTING DOWN by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney, ill., Little Brown, February 2010, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-316-07016-4

SUBWAY RIDE by Heather Lynn Miller and Sue Rama, ill., Charlesbridge, July 2009, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-58089-111-0

SUMMERTIME WALTZ by Nina Payne, illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska, Farrar, Straus, Giroux/Frances Foster Books, May 2005, ISBN: 0-374-37291-8

SUN DANCE WATER DANCE by Jonathan London, Illustrated by Greg Couch, Dutton, June 2001

TSUNAMI! by Kimiko Kajikawa and Ed Young, ill. Philomel, February 2009, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-399-25006-4

TWELVE ROUNDS TO GLORY: THE STORY OF MUHAMMAD ALI by Charles R. Smith Jr., illustrated by Bryan Collier, Candlewick,

WHY WAR IS NEVER A GOOD IDEA by Alice Walker, illustrated by Stefano Vitale, September 2007, ISBN: 978-0-06-075386-3

THE WOLVES ARE BACK by Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Wendell Minor, Dutton, April 2008, 32p. ISBN: 0-525-47947-3 

A WREATH FOR EMMETT TILL by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Philippe Lardy, Houghton Mifflin, March 2005, ISBN: 0-618-39752-3

ZEN TIES by Jon J. Muth, Scholastic Press, February 2008, 40p. ISBN: 0-439-63425-3