| 2009 | |
| Our White House: Looking Out, Looking In | |
| Adkins, Jan | 2008 |
| Up Close: Frank Lloyd Wright | |
| Adler, David | 2009 |
| Fun with Roman Numerals | |
| Adler, David A | 2006 |
| Joe Louis: America's Fighter | |
| Adler, David A | 2011 |
| Time Zones | |
| Adler, David A. | 2011 |
| Fractions, Decimals, and Percents | |
| Adler, David A. | 2011 |
| Frederick Douglass: A Noble LIfe | |
| Albee, Sarah | 2011 |
| Poop Happened!: A History of the World from the Bottom Up | |
| Armstrong, Jennifer | 2007 |
| The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History | |
| Aronson, Marc | 2006 |
| Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence | |
| Aronson, Marc & Clarios, Marina Budhos | 2011 |
| Sugar Changed the World | |
| Aston, Dianna | 2007 |
| An Egg is Quiet | |
| Aylesworth, Jim | 2010 |
| Our Abe Lincoln: An Old Tune with New Lyrics | |
| Barnard, Bryn | 2006 |
| Outbreak: Plagues That Changed History | |
| Barner, Bob | 2010 |
| Dinosaurs Roar, Butterflies Soar | |
| Bartoletti, Susan Campbell | 2006 |
| Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow | |
| Bartoletti, Susan Campbell | 2011 |
| They Called Themselves the K.K.K. | |
| Bausum, Ann | 2010 |
| Denied, Detained, Deported | |
| Bausum, Ann | 2007 |
| Freedom Riders | |
| Belanger, Jeff | 2009 |
| Who's Haunting the White House? | |
| Bidner, Jenni | 2007 |
| Is My Dog a Wolf?: How Your Pet Compares to Its Wild Cousin | |
| Bishop, Nic | 2008 |
| Spiders | |
| Blair, Margaret Whitman | 2011 |
| Liberty or Death | |
| Bolden, Tonya | 2011 |
| FDR's Alphabet Soup: New Deal America, 1932-1939 | |
| Brimner, Larry Dane | 2011 |
| Birmingham Sunday | |
| Bryan, Ashley | 2010 |
| Words to My Life's Song | |
| Chin-Lee, Cynthia | 2006 |
| Amelia to Zora | |
| Cleary, Brian P. | 2011 |
| Run and HIke, Play and Bike: What is Physical Activity? | |
| Collard, Sneed B | 2006 |
| Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands | |
| Cooper, Ilene | 2008 |
| Up Close: Oprah Winfrey | |
| Cooper, Wade | 2009 |
| On the Road | |
| Cowley, Joy | 2006 |
| Chameleon, Chameleon | |
| Davies, Nicola | 2008 |
| What's Eating You?: Parasites the Inside Story | |
| Delano, Marfe Ferguson | 2009 |
| Helen's Eyes: A Photobiography of Annie Sullivan | |
| Denenberg, Barry | 2009 |
| Lincoln Shot!: A President's LIfe Remembered | |
| DePalma, Mary Newell | 2006 |
| A Grand Old Tree | |
| Doeden, Matt | 2009 |
| Eat Right!: How You Can Make Good Food Choices...... | |
| Dyer, Elizabeth | 2010 |
| Mission to the Moon | |
| Fleischman, Sid | 2007 |
| Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini | |
| Fleischman, Sid | 2009 |
| The Trouble Begins at 8 | |
| Fleming, Candace | 2010 |
| The Great and Only Barnum | |
| Fleming, Candace | 2009 |
| The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary | |
| Fleming, Candace | 2006 |
| Our Eleanor | |
| Fradin, Judith Bloom | 2007 |
| Jane Addams: Champion of Democracy | |
| Fradin, Judith Bloom and Fradin, Dennis Brindell | 2007 |
| 5,000 Miles to Freedom | |
| Frank, Mitch | 2006 |
| Understanding the Holy Land | |
| Freedman, Russell | 2009 |
| Washington at Valley Forge | |
| Freedman, Russell | 2007 |
| The Adventures of Marco Polo | |
| Freedman, Russell | 2007 |
| Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott | |
| Freedman, Russell | 2006 |
| Children of the Great Depression | |
| Freedman, Russell | 2011 |
| Lafayette and the American Revolution | |
| Freedman, Russell | 2011 |
| War to End All Wars, The: World War I | |
| Galford, Ellen | 2006 |
| Hatshepsut: The Princess Who Became King | |
| Gibbons, Gail | 2010 |
| Tornadoes! | |
| Gibbons, Gail | 2010 |
| Hurricanes! | |
| Giblin, James Cross | 2006 |
| Good Brother, Bad Brother | |
| Giovanni, Nikki | 2008 |
| On My Journey Now: Looking at African-American History | |
| Giovanni, Nikki | 2006 |
| Rosa | |
| Goldstone, Bruce | 2007 |
| Great Estimations | |
| Goodman, Susan E. | 2007 |
| Gee Whiz!: It's All About Pee | |
| Gourley, Catherine | 2008 |
| War, Women, and the News | |
| Hatkoff, Isabella | 2007 |
| Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship | |
| Hays, Anna | 2006 |
| Ready, Set, Preschool | |
| Hill, Laban Carrick | 2011 |
| Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave | |
| Hollihan, Kerrie Logan | 2010 |
| Isaac Newton and Physics for Kids: His LIfe and Ideas | |
| Hoose, Phillip M. | 2010 |
| Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice | |
| Hopkins, Lee Bennett | 2009 |
| Hamsters, Shells, and Spelling Bees: School Poems | |
| Hopkinson, Deborah | 2007 |
| Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America | |
| Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane | 2009 |
| Cinco de Mayo | |
| Hudson, Cheryl Willis | 2007 |
| Construction Zone | |
| Hurd, Owen | 2008 |
| Chicago History for Kids | |
| Iorio, Nicole | 2006 |
| Science Scoops: Spiders! | |
| Jenkins, Steve | 2007 |
| Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals | |
| Jenkins, Steve | 2006 |
| Prehistoric Actual Size | |
| Jenkins, Steve | 2007 |
| Move! | |
| Jenkins, Steve | 2006 |
| I See a Kookaburra: Discovering Animal Habitats Around the W... | |
| Julivert, Angels | 2007 |
| Birds | |
| Kent, Peter | 2011 |
| Peter Kent's City Across Time | |
| Kerley, Barbara | 2008 |
| A Little Peace | |
| Kerley, Barbara | 2009 |
| What to Do About Alice? | |
| Kimmel, Eric | 2009 |
| The Fisherman and the Turtle | |
| Kudlinski, Kathleen | 2009 |
| Boy, Were We Wrong About the Solar System! | |
| Kuklin, Susan | 2007 |
| Families | |
| Kurlansky, Mark | 2007 |
| The Story of Salt | |
| Lange, Karen | 2010 |
| Nevermore: A Photobiography of Edgar Allan Poe | |
| Lankford, Mary | 2009 |
| Mazes Around the World | |
| Leedy, Loreen | 2009 |
| Missing Math: A Number Mystery | |
| Lessem, Don | 2011 |
| Ultimate Dinopedia, The | |
| Lester, Julius | 2006 |
| Let's Talk About Race | |
| Levithan, David | 2007 |
| The Full Spectrum | |
| Macaulay, David | 2009 |
| The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body | |
| Marrin, Albert | 2007 |
| Oh, Rats!: The Story of Rats and People | |
| Matthews, John | 2009 |
| Trick of the Tale: A Collection of Trickster Tales | |
| McCarthy, Pat | 2010 |
| Heading West: Life with the Pioneers: 21 Activities | |
| McGill, Alice | 2009 |
| Way Up and Over Everything | |
| Medina, Tony | 2010 |
| I and I: Bob Marley | |
| Miller, Brandon Marie | 2010 |
| Benjamin Franklin, American Genius: His Life and Ideas | |
| Miller, Edward | 2011 |
| Fireboy to the Rescue! A Fire Safety Book | |
| Murphy, Pat | 2007 |
| Exploratopia | |
| Nelson, Kadir | 2009 |
| We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball | |
| Nelson, Scott Reynolds | 2009 |
| Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henr... | |
| Neri, G. | 2011 |
| Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty | |
| Newquist, H.P. | 2006 |
| The Great Brain Book: an Inside Look at the Inside of Your H... | |
| O'Meara, Donna | 2006 |
| Into the Volcano | |
| Oppenheim, Joanne | 2007 |
| Dear Miss Breed | |
| Page, Robin | 2009 |
| Sisters & brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal Worl... | |
| Partridge, Elizabeth | 2010 |
| Marching for Freedom | |
| Perdomo, Willie | 2011 |
| Clemente! | |
| Petrillo, Valerie | 2010 |
| A Kid's Guide to Latino History: More Than 70 Activities | |
| Pinkney, Andrea Davis | 2011 |
| Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down | |
| Pollan, Michael | 2010 |
| Omnivore's Dilemna: The Secrets Behind What You Eat | |
| Prelutsky, Jack | 2009 |
| My Dog May Be a Genius | |
| Prince, April Jones | 2007 |
| What Do Wheels Do All Day? | |
| Rappaport, Doreen | 2007 |
| Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round | |
| Rappaport, Doreen | 2009 |
| Abe's Honest Words | |
| Reynolds, Jan | 2007 |
| Celebrate!: Connections Among Cultures | |
| Robb, Don | 2008 |
| Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet | |
| Robbins, Ken | 2011 |
| For Good Measure | |
| Roberts, David and Leslie Jeremy | 2007 |
| Pick Me Up: Stuff You Need to Know | |
| Robinson, Mary | 2010 |
| Every Human Has Rights: A Photographic Declaration for Kids | |
| Rotner, Shelley | 2009 |
| Senses In the City | |
| Rudy, Lisa Jo | 2006 |
| Science Scoops: Planets! | |
| Saltz, Gail | 2006 |
| Amazing You!: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts | |
| Sandler, Martin W. | 2010 |
| The Dust Bowl Through the Lens | |
| Schlosser, Eric | 2007 |
| Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast F... | |
| Scieszka, Jon | 2009 |
| Knucklehead | |
| Scott, Elaine | 2009 |
| All About Sleep from A to Zzzz | |
| Shange, Ntozake | 2010 |
| Coretta Scott | |
| Singer, Marilyn | 2009 |
| First Food Fight This Fall and Other School Poems | |
| Singer, Marilyn | 2008 |
| Venom | |
| Siy, Alexandra | 2008 |
| Sneeze | |
| Smith, Charles R. Jr. | 2011 |
| Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson | |
| St. George, Judith | 2006 |
| So You Want to Be and Explorer? | |
| Stone, Tanya Lee | 2010 |
| Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream | |
| Suen, Anastasia | 2008 |
| Wired | |
| Sullivan, George | 2006 |
| Built to Last | |
| Sylver, Adrienne | 2011 |
| Hot Diggity Dog: The History of the Hot Dog | |
| Tavares, Matt | 2011 |
| Henry Aaron's Dream | |
| Thimmesh, Catherine | 2007 |
| Team Moon | |
| Thomas, Garen | 2009 |
| Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama | |
| Thong, Roseanne | 2009 |
| Wish: Wishing Traditions Around the World | |
| Walker, Paul Robert | 2010 |
| Remember Little Rock: The Time, the People, the Stories | |
| Walker, Sally M. | 2010 |
| Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Mary... | |
| Weatherford, Carole Boston | 2009 |
| Before John was a Jazz Giant | |
| Whitehead, Kathy | 2009 |
| Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter | |
| Wikles, Sybella | 2011 |
| Out of Iraq: Refugees' Stories in Words, Paintings and Music | |
| Winter, Jeanette | 2006 |
| The Librarian of Basra: a True Story from Iraq | |
| Winter, Jonah | 2007 |
| Dizzy | |
| Yolen, Jane | 2009 |
| Sea Queens: Women Pirates of the World | |