Because of Winn-Dixie, by DiCamillo
I Want to Be, by Thylias Moss
More Than Anything Else,  (story of Young Booker T Washington)  by Marie Bradby
Oh, the places you'll go by Dr.Seuss.
Riches, by Hautzig. It's fairly short and is about a couple who have riches because of what they give not what they get.
Start something, by Earl Woods
Thank you, Mr. Falker, by Polacco
When I was Five, by Arthur Howard
Yay, you! Moving out, moving up, moving on, by Sandra Boynton