K: The Monster’s Monster, by Patrick McDonnell; or Room on the Broom, by Julia Donaldson
1st: Black Dog, by Levi Pinfold; or Porkenstein, by Kathryn Lasky
2nd: Frankenstein: A Monstrous Parody, by Ludworst Bemonster
3rd: How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara
4th: Aesop in California, by Doug Hanson; or for Hart, The Camping Trip that Changed America, by Barb Rosenstock, if not yet read to them
5th: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, by Mordecai Gerstein, as background for California Young Reader nominees (see video clip below)