Schepis: A Story for Bear, by Dennis Haseley; My Favorite Bear, by Andrea Gabriel; Drawing Lessons from a Bear, by David McPhail; Big Black Bear, by Herbert Wong Yee
Ellis: The Perfect Nest, by Catherine Friend; Francis, the Scaredy Cat, by Ed Boxall; Kitten’s First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes; Where Is That Cat? by Carol Greene;
K: Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden, by Edith Pattou; AND Enemy Pie, by Derek Munson
1st: The Sea Serpent and Me, by Dashka Slater
2nd: Weslandia, by Paul Fleischman
3rd: Buoy, by Bruce Balan
4th: Two Bad Ants, by Chris Van Allsburg
5th: Curry--Sitting Bull Remembers, by Ann Turner; AND Tadpole’s Promise, by Jeanne Willis