| Titles | Order |
| Books That Invite Talk, Wonder, and Play by Amy A. McClure | Recursively added, 1996 |
| 17 Kings and 42 Elephants by Margaret Mahy | 1996 |
| Above and Below Stairs by John S. Goodall | 1996 |
| Action Alphabet by Shelley Rotner | 1996 |
| Airmail to the Moon by Tom Birdseye | 1996 |
| All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir (Picture Puffins) by Bill Staines | 1996 |
| Alligator Arrived with Apples by Crescent Dragonwagon | 1996 |
| Alphabet Annie Announces an All American Album by Susan Purviance | 1996 |
| Always Gramma by Vaunda Michaeux Nelson | 1996 |
| I Am Phoenix: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman | 1996 |
| And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone by Alvin Schwartz | 1996 |
| Animalia by Graeme Base | 1996 |
| Anno's Aesop by Mitsumasa Anno | 1996 |
| Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave by Virginia Hamilton | 1996 |
| Antics! by Cathi Hepworth | 1996 |
| Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds by Cynthia Rylant | 1996 |
| The Baby Zoo by Bruce McMillan | 1996 |
| Balloons: and Other Poems by Deborah Chandra | 1996 |
| Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley | 1996 |
| The Best Town in the World by Byrd Baylor | 1996 |
| Best Witches: Poems for Halloween by Jane Yolen | 1996 |
| Between Cattails by Terry Tempest Williams | 1996 |
| The Big Fat Worm by Nancy Van Laan | 1996 |
| Bird Watch by Jane Yolen | 1996 |
| Blue Skin of the Sea by Graham Salisbury | 1996 |
| The Book of Pigericks by Arnold Lobel | 1996 |
| The Borning Room by Paul Fleischman | 1996 |
| Brats by X. J. Kennedy | 1996 |
| Brave Irene by William Steig | 1996 |
| The break dance kids: Poems of sport, motion, and locomotion by Lillian Morrison | 1996 |
| Bunny Rabbit Rebus by David A. Adler | 1996 |
| The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown by Betsy Byars | 1996 |
| Busy Monday Morning by Janina Domanska | 1996 |
| C. S. Lewis' Letters to Children by C. S. Lewis | 1996 |
| Cactus Hotel (An Owlet Book) by Brenda Z. Guiberson | 1996 |
| The Cat Who Loved to Sing by Nonny Hogrogian | 1996 |
| The Cat's Purr by Ashley Bryan | 1996 |
| The Celery Stalks at Midnight by James Howe | 1996 |
| Celine by Brock Cole | 1996 |
| The Changing Maze by Zilpha Keatley Snyder | 1996 |
| Chester and Uncle Willoughby by Patricia Kier Edwards | 1996 |
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Jr. Martin | 1996 |
| Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season by Cynthia Rylant | 1996 |
| Christmas on the Prairie by Joan Anderson | 1996 |
| Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes | 1996 |
| The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho | 1996 |
| Clem: The Story of a Raven by Jennifer Owings Dewey | 1996 |
| Coming and Going Men: Four Tales by Paul Fleischman | 1996 |
| Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner | 1996 |
| Dancers in the Garden by Joanne Ryder | 1996 |
| Darkness and the Butterfly by Ann Grifalconi | 1996 |
| Day of Ahmed's Secret by Florence Parry Heide | 1996 |
| Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary | 1996 |
| The Devil's Other Storybook by Natalie Babbitt | 1996 |
| Doctor Coyote: A Native American Aesop's Fable by John Bierhorst | 1996 |
| The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins | 1996 |
| Dove Isabeau by Jane Yolen | 1996 |
| The Dove's Letter by Keith Baker | 1996 |
| Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders by Bill Brittain | 1996 |
| Dreams by Peter Spier | 1996 |
| E.B. White: Some Writer! All About the Author of Charlotte's Web by Beverly Gherman | 1996 |
| Earth Songs by Myra Cohn Livingston | 1996 |
| Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert | 1996 |
| Elbert's Bad Word by Audrey Wood | 1996 |
| The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery by Graeme Base | 1996 |
| Emily by Michael Bedard | 1996 |
| The Everlasting Hills by Irene Hunt | 1996 |
| Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant | 1996 |
| The Exiles by Hilary McKay | 1996 |
| Eyes of the Dragon by Margaret Leaf | 1996 |
| Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell | 1996 |
| Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert | 1996 |
| Fighting Words by Eve Merriam | 1996 |
| A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant | 1996 |
| Fire! Fire! by Gail Gibbons | 1996 |
| Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children by Duncan Williamson | 1996 |
| The Flame of Peace: A Tale of the Aztecs by Deborah Nourse Lattimore | 1996 |
| Flossie and the Fox by Patricia C. Mckissack | 1996 |
| Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter | 1996 |
| Foolish Rabbit’s Big Mistake by Rafe Martin | 1996 |
| The Forgetful Wishing Well: Poems for Young People by X. J. Kennedy | 1996 |
| Frank and Ernest by Alexandra Day | 1996 |
| Frank and Ernest Play Ball by Alexandra Day | 1996 |
| Fresh Paint: New Poems by Eve Merriam | 1996 |
| Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams | 1996 |
| Georgia O'Keeffe: The "Wideness and Wonder" of Her World by Beverly Gherman | 1996 |
| The Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin Jr. | 1996 |
| Goodbye Geese by Nancy White Carlstrom | 1996 |
| Grandfather Tang's Story: A Tale Told With Tangrams by Ann Tompert | 1996 |
| Green Lion Of Zion Street, The by Julia Fields | 1996 |
| Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam | 1996 |
| Hatchet by Gary Paulsen | 1996 |
| Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox | 1996 |
| Heartland by Diane Siebert | 1996 |
| Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood | 1996 |
| Her seven brothers by Paul Goble | 1996 |
| Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A. Kimmel | 1996 |
| A Hidden Magic by Vivian Vande Velde | 1996 |
| The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake by Nancy Willard | 1996 |
| Home Place by Crescent Dragonwagon | 1996 |
| Hopscotch Around the World by Mary D. Lankford | 1996 |
| Horses of Dreamland by Lois Duncan | 1996 |
| How a Book Is Made (Reading Rainbow Book) by Aliki | 1996 |
| I'll Meet You at the Cucumbers by Lilian Moore | 1996 |
| I'm in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor | 1996 |
| If You Were a Writer by Joan Lowery Nixon | 1996 |
| Iktomi and the Buffalo Skull by Paul Goble | 1996 |
| Immigrant Girl: Becky of Eldridge Street by Brett Harvey | 1996 |
| In for Winter, Out for Spring by Arnold Adoff | 1996 |
| In the Night Still Dark by Richard Lewis | 1996 |
| In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord | 1996 |
| Inside Turtle's Shell and Other Poems of the Field by Joanne Ryder | 1996 |
| The Inside-Outside Book of New York City by Roxie Munro | 1996 |
| Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald | 1996 |
| The Island by Gary Paulsen | 1996 |
| The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters by Janet Ahlberg | 1996 |
| Journey by Patricia MacLachlan | 1996 |
| Juniper by Monica Furlong | 1996 |
| The King's Day: Louis XIV of France by Aliki | 1996 |
| Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Jr. Martin | 1996 |
| A Learical Lexicon by M. C. Livingston | 1996 |
| The Leaving and Other Stories by Budge Wilson | 1996 |
| Libby on Wednesday by Zilpha Keatley Snyder | 1996 |
| Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin | 1996 |
| The Listening Silence by Phyllis Root | 1996 |
| Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear by Ken Kesey | 1996 |
| Long Ago in Oregon by Claudia Lewis | 1996 |
| The Look Again, and Again, and Again, and Again Book by Beau Gardner | 1996 |
| Lyddie by Katherine Paterson | 1996 |
| The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole | 1996 |
| The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl by Virginia Hamilton | 1996 |
| Mailbox Quailbox by Margaret Ronay Legum | 1996 |
| The Man Who Was Poe by Avi | 1996 |
| The Mill Girls: Lucy Larcon, Harriet Hanson Robinson, Sarah G. Bagley by Bernice Selden | 1996 |
| A Million Fish...More or Less by Patricia McKissack | 1996 |
| Missing May by Cynthia Rylant | 1996 |
| Monika Beisner's Book of Riddles by Monika Beisner | 1996 |
| The Monkey's Haircut and Other Stories Told by the Maya by John Bierhorst | 1996 |
| Morgan the Magnificent by Ian Wallace | 1996 |
| Moss Gown by William H. Hooks | 1996 |
| The Most Beautiful Place in the World by Ann Cameron | 1996 |
| Mrs. Dunphy's Dog by Catharine O'Neill | 1996 |
| Murfles and Winkapeeps by Susan Kelz Sperling | 1996 |
| My Grandmother's Stories: A Collection of Jewish Folk Tales by Adèle Geras | 1996 |
| My Grandpa and the Sea (Carolrhoda Picture Books) by Katherine Orr | 1996 |
| My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston | 1996 |
| My Place in Space by Robin Hirst | 1996 |
| My Prairie Year: Based on the Diary of Elenore Plaisted by Brett Harvey | 1996 |
| The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg | 1996 |
| Nature by Design by Bruce Brooks | 1996 |
| Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant | 1996 |
| Night Noises by Mem Fox | 1996 |
| Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield | 1996 |
| Night Outside by Patricia Wrightson | 1996 |
| Noisy (Nursery Collection) by Shirley Hughes | 1996 |
| Nothing but the Truth by Avi | 1996 |
| Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth | 1996 |
| On the Day You Were Born by Debra Frasier | 1996 |
| One Day in the Alpine Tundra by Jean Craighead George | 1996 |
| One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox | 1996 |
| Only the Cat Saw by Ashley Wolff | 1996 |
| The Orphan Boy by Tololwa M. Mollel | 1996 |
| Otters Under Water by Jim Arnosky | 1996 |
| Out and About by Shirley Hughes | 1996 |
| Patchwork Tales (Patchwork Tales CL Nrf) by Susan L. Roth | 1996 |
| Piggins by Jane Yolen | 1996 |
| Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch by Nancy Willard | 1996 |
| The Place My Words Are Looking For by Paul B. Janeczko | 1996 |
| Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Jr. Martin | 1996 |
| Pompeii: Exploring a Roman ghost town by Nancy Goor | 1996 |
| Possum Come A-Knockin' by Nancy Van Laan | 1996 |
| The Private Worlds of Julia Redfern by Eleanor Cameron | 1996 |
| Quiet by Peter Parnall | 1996 |
| Rainy Day Magic by Marie-Louise Gay | 1996 |
| Reading by Jan Ormerod | 1996 |
| Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert | 1996 |
| The Remembering Box by Eth Clifford | 1996 |
| Return to Bitter Creek by Doris Buchanan Smith | 1996 |
| Ring of Earth: A Child's Book of Seasons : This Ring of Earth, This World, This Sphere, Enclosed Within the Circled Year by Jane Yolen | 1996 |
| Rose Blanche by Christophe Gallaz | 1996 |
| The Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel | 1996 |
| Rosemary’s Witch by Ann Turner | 1996 |
| Sarah's questions by Harriet Ziefert | 1996 |
| Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan | 1996 |
| Saturnalia by Paul Fleischman | 1996 |
| Sea Witches by Joanne Robertson | 1996 |
| Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder | 1996 |
| Signs by Nancy Goor | 1996 |
| Sing, Pierrot, Sing: A Picture Book in Mime by Tomie DePaola | 1996 |
| Sky Songs by Myra Cohn Livingston | 1996 |
| Small Poems Again by Valerie Worth | 1996 |
| A Snake is Totally Tail by Judi Barrett | 1996 |
| So Many Cats! by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers | 1996 |
| Solomon Grundy by Susan Hoguet | 1996 |
| A song in stone : city poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins | 1996 |
| Spring of the Butterflies and Other Folktales of China's Minority Peoples (and other Chinese folk tales) by He Liyi | 1996 |
| Stonewords: A Ghost Story by Pam Conrad | 1996 |
| Stories from the Big Chair by Wallace-brodeur | 1996 |
| Stories to Solve by George Shannon | 1996 |
| The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter (An Avon Camelot Book) by Cynthia DeFelice | 1996 |
| The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg | 1996 |
| Street Talk by Ann Turner | 1996 |
| Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera B. Williams | 1996 |
| Sugaring Time by Kathryn Lasky | 1996 |
| Sweetgrass by Jan Hudson | 1996 |
| SYMBOL ART by Leonard Everett Fisher | 1996 |
| Tales Mummies Tell by Patricia Lauber | 1996 |
| Tales of a Gambling Grandma by Dayal Kaur Khalsa | 1996 |
| Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold | 1996 |
| Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti by Frances Temple | 1996 |
| There Was a Place and Other Poems by Myra Cohn Livingston | 1996 |
| Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Joseph Bruchac | 1996 |
| This Old Man: The Counting Song by Robin Michal Koontz | 1996 |
| This Year's Garden by Cynthia Rylant | 1996 |
| Three Blind Mice by John W. Ivimey | 1996 |
| To Life by Ruth Minsky Sender | 1996 |
| Tog the Ribber or Granny's Tale by Paul Coltman | 1996 |
| Too Hot to Hoot: Funny Palindrome Riddles by Marvin Terban | 1996 |
| The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: An Aesop Fable by Janet Stevens | 1996 |
| Townsend's warbler by Paul Fleischman | 1996 |
| The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi | 1996 |
| Turtle in July by Marilyn Singer | 1996 |
| I Unpacked My Grandmother's Trunk: A Picture Book Game by Susan Hoguet | 1996 |
| Unriddling: All Sorts of Riddles to Puzzle Your Guessery by Alvin Schwartz | 1996 |
| Valentine and Orson by Nancy Ekholm Burkert | 1996 |
| Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews | 1996 |
| Voyages by Doris Buchanan Smith | 1996 |
| Waiting to Waltz: A Childhood by Cynthia Rylant | 1996 |
| The Wall by Eve Bunting | 1996 |
| We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen | 1996 |
| The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting | 1996 |
| Welcome and other poems by Geoffrey Summerfield | 1996 |
| Whale Song (Sandcastle Books) by Tony Johnston | 1996 |
| What the Mailman Brought by Carolyn Craven | 1996 |
| Who Is Tapping at My Window? (Picture Puffins) by A. G. Deming | 1996 |
| Who Shrank My Grandmother's House?: Poems of Discovery by Barbara Juster Esbensen | 1996 |
| Wild Voices by Drew Nelson | 1996 |
| Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna by Nancy White Carlstrom | 1996 |
| The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain | 1996 |
| Woodsong by Gary Paulsen | 1996 |
| Writing for Kids by Carol Lea Benjamin | 1996 |
| Writing Your Own Plays: Creating, Adapting, Improvising by Carol Korty | 1996 |
| You Mean I Have to Stand Up and Say Something? by Joan Detz | 1996 |
| The Young Writer's Handbook by Susan Tchudi | 1996 |
| Yuck! by James Stevenson | 1996 |
| The Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts by Chris Van Allsburg | 1996 |
