- Venetian lullaby, Judith L. Roth ; illustrated by Kendra Binney
- The Gray, Chris Baron
- Bob, Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead ; with illustrations by Nicholas Gannon
- Dessert island, Ben Zhu
- A thousand questions, Saadia Faruqi
- Bear against time, Jean-Luc Fromental ; Joëlle Jolivet
- Most valuable players, Phil Bildner ; pictures by Tim Probert
- This way, Charlie, by Caron Levis ; illustrated by Charles Santoso
- Venom & vow, Anna-Marie and Elliott McLemore
- Salsa magic, Letisha Marrero
- Splat says thank you!, Rob Scotton
- Cece loves science, push and pull, by Kimberly Derting and Shelli R. Johannes ; pictures based on the art of Vashti Harrison
- Iveliz explains it all, Andrea Beatriz Arango ; Alyssa Bermudez
- Albert's ABCs, a sibling story, Henry Cole
- Oops!, Julie Massy & [illustrated by] Pascale Bonenfant ; translated by Charles Simard
- You, me, and our heartstrings, Melissa See
- Pa, me, and our sidewalk pantry, written by Toni Buzzeo ; illustrated by Zara González Hoang
- Pumpkin day at the zoo, Susan Meissner ; illustrated by Pablo Pino
- Vial of tears, Cristin Bishara
- A hundred thousand welcomes, by Mary Lee Donovan ; illustrated by Lian Cho
- Desert queen, Jyoti Rajan Gopal & Svabhu Kohli
- I had ten hats, David McPhail
- In the key of us, Mariama Lockington
- I really want a bigger piece!, Harriet Ziefert ; illustrations by Travis Foster
- I hop, Joe Cepeda
- Your first day of circus school, Tara Lazar ; illustrated by Melissa Crowton
- Meow, Chris Raschka
- Control freaks, J. E. Thomas
- If you were a garbage truck or other big-wheeled worker!, by Diane Ohanesian ; illustrated by Joey Chou
- Empanadas for everyone, Jackie Azúa Kramer ; illustrated by Lenny Wen
- The elephants' guide to hide-and-seek, words by Kjersten Hayes ; pictures by Gladys Jose
- The impossible mountain, by David Soman
- Little Unicorn is angry, Aurélie Chien Chow Chine
- Bathe the cat, written by Alice B. McGinty ; illustrated by David Roberts
- Brainstorm!, written by Rebecca Gardyn Levington ; illustrated by Kate Kronreif
- Untamed, a Splintered companion, A.G. Howard
- Eva Evergreen and the cursed witch, Julie Abe ; illustrated by Shan Jiang
- Bad girls never say die, Jennifer Mathieu
- I feel safe, David McPhail
- Of princes and promises, Sandhya Menon
- What's in a dumpling, Grandma?, Linda Meeker ; illustrated by Sandra Eide
- Mascot, Charles Waters and Traci Sorell
- Is it Tu b'Shevat yet?, Chris Barash ; pictures by Alessandra Psacharopulo
- Juniper Harvey and the vanishing kingdom, Nina Varela
- Miss Mary's Christmas mittens, Trinka Hakes Noble ; illustrated by Renée Andriani
- What big teeth, Rose Szabo
- Blood like magic, Liselle Sambury
- All this time, Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott
- Revolution 19, Gregg Rosenblum
- And other mistakes, Erika Turner