- Interrupting chicken, David Ezra Stein
- Monsters of men, Patrick Ness
- Arab Arab all year long!, Cathy Camper ; illustrated by Sawsan Chalabi
- Well done, mommy penguin, Chris Haughton
- Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo
- Tía Isa wants a car, Meg Medina ; illustrated by Claudio Muñoz
- See you at Harry's, Jo Knowles
- Fat Angie, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
- Build a house, Rhiannon Giddens ; illustrated by Monica Mikai
- Beyond magenta, transgender teens speak out, Susan Kuklin
- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening, Robert Frost ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch
- Mushroom lullaby, Kenneth Kraegel