K: Pumpkin Town, by Katie McKy
1st: Chicken Big, by Keith Graves
2nd: Mapping Penny's World, by Loreen Leedy
3rd: Going Home, by Eve Bunting (for Hispanic Heritage Month)
4th: Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus, by Peter Sis (Columbus Day is October 11, observed October 10)
5th: Sequoyah: The Cherokee Who Gave His People Writing, by James Rumford, and look at some African legends