Novels
- Where the Red Fern Grows – by Wilson Rawls
- Bud, Not Buddy – by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Esperanza Rising – by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Out of the Dust – by Karen Hesse
- To Kill a Mockingbird – by Harper Lee
- A Year Down Yonder – by Richard Peck
Period Music
- Peter and the Wolf – by Sergei Prokofiev