Early Grades
• Barton, Byron. I Want to Be an Astronaut
• Brenner, Barbara. Wagon Wheels
• Bunting, Eve. Sunshine Home
• Fox, Mem. Koala Lou
• Jensen, Virginia. Sara and the Door
• Lester, Helen. Tacky the Penguin
• McKissack, Patricia. Flossie and the Fox
• Stieg, William. Dr. De Soto
• Uchida, Yoshiko. Sumi's Prize
Middle/ Upper Grades
• Brink, Carol R. Caddie Woodlawn
• Cleary, Beverly. Ramona and Her Father
• Dalgliesh, Alice. Bears on Hemlock Mountain
• Hamilton, Virginia. Planet of Junior Brown
• Merrill, Jean. The Toothpaste Millionaire
• Myers, Walter Dean. The Young Landlords
• Myers, Walter Dean. Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner
• Robertson, Keith. Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service
Perseverance
Early Grades
• The Tortoise and the Hare: Fable
• Aliki. A Weed Is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver
• Bang, Molly. Wiley and the Hairy Man
• Blades, Ann. Mary of Mile 18
• Boutis, Victoria. Katy Did It
• Bunting, Eve. Wednesday's Surprise
• Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
• Graham, Thomas. Mr. Bear's Chair
• Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum
• Hoffman, Mary. Amazing Grace
• Isadora, Rachel. At the Crossroads.
• Keats, Ezra Jack. John Henry: An American Legend
• Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could
• Steig, William. Brave Irons
Middle/ Upper Grades
• Cleary, Beverly. Ramona and Her Father.
• Cleaver, Vera and Bill Cleaver. Where the Lilies Bloom.
• Fleischman, Sid. Jim Ugly.
• George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves.
• O'Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins.
• Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge.
• Van de Wetering, Janwillem. Hugh Pine.
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House in the Big Woods.
