The Granddaughter Necklace
by Sharon Dennis Wyeth | 
The Sneetches and Other Stories
by Dr. Seuss | 
The Story about Ping
by Marjorie Flack |
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
by Dr. Seuss | 
Miss Suzy
by Miriam Young |
Stone Soup
by Ann McGovern | 
The Butter Battle Book
by Dr. Seuss |
Andrew Henry's Meadow
by Doris Burn |
The Incredible Book Eating Boy
by Oliver Jeffers |
Same, Same But Different
by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw |
Now One Foot, Now the Other
by Tomie dePaola |
Cry, Heart, But Never Break
by Glenn Ringtved | 
Stone Soup
by Jon J. Muth |
My Name is Yoon
by Helen Recorvits | 
I Love You Daddy
by Jillian Harker | 
Doctor De Soto
by William Steig |
Scuffy the Tugboat
by Gertrude Crampton | 
The Little Red Caboose
by Marian Potter |
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
by Eric A. Kimmel |
Mouse Soup
by Arnold Lobel |
A little girl longs to see beyond the scary sights on the sidewalk and the angry scribbling in the halls of her building. When her teacher writes the word beautiful on the blackboard, the girl decides to look for something beautiful in her neighborhood. Her neighbors tell her about their own beautiful things. Miss Delphine serves her a "beautiful" fried fish sandwich at her diner. At Mr. Lee's "beautiful" fruit store, he offers her an apple. Old Mr. Sims invites her to touch a smooth stone he always carries. Beautiful means "something that when you have it, your heart is happy," the girl thinks. Her search for "something beautiful" leaves her feeling much happier. She has experienced the beauty of friendship and the power of hope.