Picture Books

• Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, ii. by Caroline Binch (1991). New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
• My Special Day at Third Street School by Eve Bunting, il. by Suzanne Bloom (2004). Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.
• Testing Miss Malarkey by Judy Finchler, il. by Kevin O’Malley (2000). New York: Walker Books.

Chapter Books

• Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher (1998). New York: Clarion Books.
• Sahara Special by Esme Rajii Codell (2003). New York: Scholastic.
• Schooled by Gordon Korman. (2007) New York: Hyperion.
• Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan (2002). New York: Harper Collins. ”
• The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg (1996). Atheneum. Winner of the 1997 Newbery Award.
• What Hearts by Bruce Brooks (1992). New York: Harper Trophy . Newbery Honor Book.

About Teachers

• A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech Illustrated by Harry Bliss, HarperCollins Books, 2001.
• Hooray for Diffendoofer Day by Dr. Seuss,Jack Prelutsky, Lane Smith and Alfred A. Knopf, 1998
• Testing Miss Malarky by Judy Finchler Illustrated by Kevin O’Malley, Walker and Company, 2000.
• Among Schoolchildren by Tracy Kidder Houghton Mifflin, 1989
• My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston Scholastic, 1992
• Educating Esmé by Esmé Raji Codell Algonquin Books, 1999
• The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy Dell Publishing, 1972
• Sahara Special by Esmé Raji Codell Scholastic, 2003

Newbery Award Winners

• L’Engle, Madeleine - A Wrinkle in Time
• Raskin, Ellen - The Westing Game
• Fleischman, Paul - Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
• Lowry, Lois - The Giver
• Hesse, Karen - Out of the Dust
• Gaiman, Neil - The Graveyard Book
• Stead, Rebecca - When You Reach Me

Caldecott Winner

• The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney