- The impossible mountain, by David Soman
- Lea leads the way, by Lisa Yee ; illustrations by Sarah Davis
- Bathe the cat, written by Alice B. McGinty ; illustrated by David Roberts
- Eva Evergreen and the cursed witch, Julie Abe ; illustrated by Shan Jiang
- Bad girls never say die, Jennifer Mathieu
- The biggest roller coaster, by Tina Kügler
- Butterfly on the wind, by Adam Pottle ; illustrated by Ziyue Chen
- Mascot, Charles Waters and Traci Sorell
- What big teeth, Rose Szabo
- What are your words?, a book about pronouns, by Katherine Locke ; illustrated by Anne Passchier
- Moving words about a flower, K. C. Hayes ; illustrated by Barb Chotiner
- The Headmaster's List, Melissa de la Cruz
- Oh no, the aunts are here, written by Adam Rex ; illustrated by Lian Cho
- You rule!, Rilla Alexander
- The wolves are waiting, Natasha Friend
- Houdini and me, Dan Gutman
- I see a bat, Paul Meisel
- The truth about white lies, Olivia A. Cole
- Who needs a checkup?, Norm Feuti
- Pretty perfect kitty-corn, Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham
- The pout-pout fish and the worry-worry whale, Deborah Diesen ; pictures by Isidre Monés
- A rush of wings, Laura E. Weymouth
- Jinxed, Amy McCulloch
- Tiny T. Rex and the very dark dark, by Jonathan Stutzman ; illustrated by Jay Fleck
- The fort, Laura Perdew ; illustrated by Adelina Lirius
- Fools in love, fresh twists on romantic tales, edited by Ashley Herring Blake and Rebecca Podos
- ¡Vamos! Let's go eat!, by Raúl the Third ; colors by Elaine Bay
- Hello, Sun, Julie Downing
- I'm not small, Nina Crews
- Feathers together, by Caron Levis ; illustrated by Charles Santoso
- Construction site, road crew, coming through!, Sherri Duskey Rinker and AG Ford
- People kill people, Ellen Hopkins
- Norton and the bear, Gabriel Evans
- Sweater weather, written and illustrated by Matt Phelan
- Charlie Thorne and the lost city, Stuart Gibbs
- Bo and the dragon-pup, Rebecca Elliott
- Felipe and Claudette, by Mark Teague
- The wheels on the bus at Halloween, illustrated by Sarah Kieley
- Bob, Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead ; with illustrations by Nicholas Gannon
- Splat says thank you!, Rob Scotton
- Iveliz explains it all, Andrea Beatriz Arango ; Alyssa Bermudez
- My tree, Hope Lim ; pictures by Il Sung Na
- Extraordinary birds, by Sandy Stark-McGinnis
- You, me, and our heartstrings, Melissa See
- 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 hop, Joe Cepeda
- Meow, Chris Raschka