Elementary 

• "I am a Story" by Dan Yaccarino 

• "A Perfectly Messed Up Story" by Patrick McDonnell

• "How This Book Was Made" by Mac Barnett

• How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander 

• "How to Read a Story" by Kate Messner 

• "The Panda Problem" by Deborah Underwood

Middle Grade 

• Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson

• "The Land of the Cranes" by Aida Salazar