- The little house, story and pictures by Virginia Lee Burton
- The glorious flight, across the Channel with Louis BleĢriot, July 25, 1909, Alice and Martin Provensen
- Where the wild things are, story and pictures by Maurice Sendak
- Finding Winnie, the true story of the world's most famous bear, by Lindsay Mattick ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
- So you want to be president?, by Judith St. George ; illustrated by David Small
- The snowy day, by Ezra Jack Keats
- Rapunzel, retold and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
- The big snow, by Berta and Elmer Hader
- Arrow to the sun, a Pueblo Indian tale, adapted and illustrated by Gerald McDermott
- Wolf in the snow, Matthew Cordell
- Joseph had a little overcoat, Simms Taback
- Locomotive, Brian Floca
- The funny little woman, book by Arlene Mosel & Blair Lent
- Grandfather's journey, written and illustrated by Allen Say
- The three pigs, David Wiesner
- Many moons, by James Thurber ; illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
- Song and dance man, by Karen Ackerman ; illustrated by Stephen Gammell
- Hey, Al, story by Arthur Yorinks ; pictures by Richard Egielski
- Mirette on the high wire, Emily Arnold McCully
- The house in the night, written by Susan Marie Swanson and illustrated by Beth Krommes
- Tuesday, David Wiesner
- Hot dog, Doug Salati
- Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears, a West African tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
- A tree is nice, pictures by Marc Simont
- Sylvester and the magic pebble, William Steig
- The lion & the mouse, Jerry Pinkney
- Lon Po Po, a Red Riding Hood story from China, translated and illustrated by Ed Young
- Jumanji, by Chris Van Allsburg
- May I bring a friend?, illustrated by Beni Montresor
- Kitten's first full moon, Kevin Henkes
- Saint George and the dragon, a golden legend, adapted by Margaret Hodges from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene ; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
- Radiant child, the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, Javaka Steptoe
- The little island, by Margaret Wise Brown ; with illustrations by Leonard Weisgard
- Shadow, translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown from the French of Blaise Cendrars
- Owl moon, by Jane Yolen ; illustrated by John Schoenherr
- Chanticleer and the fox, adapted and illustrated by Barbara Cooney
- Hello Lighthouse, Sophie Blackall
- The invention of Hugo Cabret, a novel in words and pictures, by Brian Selznick
- Watercress, by Andrea Wang ; pictures by Jason Chin
- Where the wild things are, story and pictures by Maurice Sendak
- The Polar Express, written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg
- Golem, story and pictures by David Wisniewski
- Prayer for a child, by Rachel Field ; pictures by Elizabeth Orton Jones
- Make way for ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
- Fables, written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel
- Officer Buckle and Gloria, Peggy Rathmann
- A ball for Daisy, by Chris Raschka
- Snowflake Bentley, Jacqueline Briggs Martin ; illustrated by Mary Azarian
- Time of wonder, Robert McCloskey
- The hello, goodbye window, story by Norton Juster ; pictures by Chris Raschka