written by Robert D. San Souci, images by Don Daily
Come On, Rain!
written by Karen Hesse, images by Jon J. Muth
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
written by Derrick Barnes, images by Gordon C. James
Dancing In the Wings
written by Debbie Allen, images by Kadir Nelson
David Gets His Drum
written by David (Panama) Francis and Bob Reiser, images by Eric Velasquez

written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, images by Elizabeth Zunon
Drumbeat In Our Feet
written by Patricia A. Keeler and Julio T. Leitão, images by Patricia A. Keeler
Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite
written by Anna Harwell Celenza, images by Don Tate
Earth Mother
written by Ellen Jackson, images by Leo and Diane Dillon

written and illustrated by Barbara McClintock
Tea Cakes for Tosh
written by Kelly Starling Lyons, images by E.B. Lewis
Ten Nine Eight
written and illustrated by Molly Bang
The Bake Shop Ghost
written by Jacqueline K. Ogburn, images by Marjorie Priceman
The Gospel Cinderella

The Hula-Hoopin' Queen
written by Thelma Lynne Godin, images by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
The New Small Person
written and illustrated by Lauren Child
The Six Fools
written by Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Joyce Carol Oates, images by Ann Tanksley

written by Karen Ehrhardt, images by R.G. Roth
Thunder Rose
written by Jerdine Nolen, images by Kadir Nelson
Tickle, Tickle
written by Dakari Hru, images by Ken Wilson-Max
Two Old Potatoes and Me
written by John Coy, images by Carolyn Fisher
Violet's Music
written by Angela Johnson, images by Laura Huliska-Beith

written by Kate Feiffer, images by Jules Feiffer
Windows
written by Julia Dennos, images by E.B. Goodale
Yesterday I Had the Blues
written by Jeron Ashford Frame, images by R. Gregory Christie
You and Me and Home Sweet Home
written by George Ella Lyon, images by Stephanie Anderson
Hank's Big Day: The Story of a Bug
written by Evan Kuhlman, images by Chuck Groenink
Have You Seen Elephant?
written and illustrated by David Barrow
I Won a What?
written by Audrey Vernick, images by Robert Neubecker
A Young Dancer: The Life of an Ailey Student
written by Valerie Gladstone, images by José Ivey