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 One Cool Friend
  written by Toni Busseo
  illustrated by David Small

  Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.

 Crafty Chloe
  written by Kelly DiPucchio  illustrated by Heather Ross

 Chloe is very good at sewing and crafts.  When her best friend's birthday approaches, she not only creates a fabulous gift, she also saves the day for a classmate who had been unkind to her.

 Being Frank
  written by Donna W. Earnhardt
  illustrated by Andrea Castellani

  Frank struggles to learn the art of being tactful when he observes that his friend has freckles that resemble the Big Dipper, his teacher has breath that smells like onions, and his principal's toupee looks like a weasel.

  Lost and Found
  written by Bill Harley
  illustrated by Adam Gustavson

 Justin has lost the hat his grandmother made for him, and if he is to find it in time for her visit he will have to go talk to Mr. Rumkowsky, the gruff old custodian in charge of the Lost and Found.

 Mousetronaut                   written by Mark Kelly   illustrated by C.F. Payne

  A small but plucky mouse named Mike is sure that he can help the Space Shuttle astronauts, and ends up saving the whole mission.

 Three Hens and a Peacock
  written by Lester L. Laminack  illustrated by Henry Cole
 

  When life on the Tucker Farm is disrupted by the arrival of a peacock, whose shrieking and strutting bring many welcome visitors, the hens complain that they are doing all of the work until the hound suggests a trade.

 Creepy Carrots!
  written by Aaron Reynolds
  illustrated by Peter Brown

 The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around.  Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.

 Sky Color
 written and illustrated by      Peter H. Reynolds

 Marisol loves to paint and can't wait to help make a mural for the school library.  But how can she make a sky without blue paint?

  Randy Riley's Really Big Hit 
 written and illustrated by      Chris Van Dusen  
   

 Randy Riley, a science genius who loves baseball but is not very good at it, needs to use both his interests to save his town from a giant fireball that is heading their way.

 Each Kindness 
  written by Jacqueline Woodson
  illustrated by E.B. Lewis

 When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.

Malcolm at Midnight
  written by W.H. Beck                                illustrated by Brian Lies

  Malcolm, a smaller than average rat, love life at MaKenna School and the secret society of classroom pets that keep children out of trouble, but when Aggy the iguana disappears Malcom must use all of his ratty persistence to prove his innocence and savev her.

A Diamond in the Desert 
  written by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

  After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, thirteen-year-old Tetsu and his family are sent to the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona where a fellow prisoner starts a baseball team, but when Tetsu's sister becomes ill and he feels responsible, he stops playing.

  Tuesdays at the Castle 
  written by Jessica Day George

  Eleven-year-old Princess Celie lives with her parents, the king and queen, and her brothers and sister at Castle Glower, which adds rooms or stairways or secret passageways most every Tuesday.  When the king and queen are ambushed while travelling, it is up to Celie--the castle's favorite--with her secert knowledge of its never-ending twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom.

  The Adventures of Beanboy 
  written by Lisa Harkrader

  Wheaton, Kansas, seventh-grader Tucker MacBean loves comic books, so when his favorite comic has a contest to create a sidekick, he is hopeful that he can win, thereby fixing his struggling family.

  Eight Keys
  written by Suzanne LaFleur

  When twelve-year-old Elise, orphaned since age three, becomes disheartened by middle school, with its bullies, changing relationships, and higher expectation, keys to long-locked rooms and messages from her late father help her cope.

  The Underdogs
  written by Mike Lupica

  Small but fast twelve-year-old Will Tyler, an avid football player in the down-and-out town of Forbes, Pennsylvania, takes matters into his own hands to try and finance the city's football team, giving the whole community hope in the process.

  Kindred Souls
  written by Patricia MacLachlan

  Ten-year-old Jake shares a special bond with his grandfather, BIlly, but when Billy asks Jake to build him a sod house, Jake is not sure he wants to do it.

  The False Prince
  written by Jennifer Nielsen

  In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war.

  Jake and Lily 
  written by Jerry Spinelli

  Jake and Lily are twins and have always felt the same--like two halves of one person--but the year they turn eleven and Jake begins hanging out with Bump Stubbins, everything changes.

  Three Times Lucky
  written by Shelia Turnage

  Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now eleven, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a cafe and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder.