- Just Grace and the super sleepover, written and illustrated by Charise Mericle Harper
- I feel safe, David McPhail
- Get me out of this book!, rules and tools for being brave, by Kalli Dakos and Deborah Cholette ; illustrated by Sara Infante
- Light, Michael Grant
- SpongeBob goes to the doctor, by Steven Banks ; illustrated by Zina Saunders
- Plunked, Michael Northrop
- Truly, madly, deeply, Karen Kingsbury
- The Berenstain Bears and the galloping ghost, by Stan and Jan Berenstain
- The truth about dragons, Jaime Zollars
- Little Ghoul goes to school, Jef Czekaj
- One dark night, Lisa Wheeler ; illustrated by Ivan Bates
- "I'm not scared!", Jonathan Allen
- Paola Santiago and the sanctuary of shadows, Tehlor Kay Mejia
- City of nightmares, Rebecca Schaeffer
- Francine Poulet meets the Ghost Raccoon, Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Chris Van Dusen
- Off to school, Baby Duck, Amy Hest ; illustrated by Jill Barton
- Scaredy Squirrel gets festive, by Mélanie Watt
- I used to be afraid, Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- Poppy Louise is not afraid of anything, Jenna McCarthy
- Eva at the beach, Rebecca Elliott
- Fear, a gone novel, Michael Grant
- The monster bed, Jeanne Willis, Susan Varley. --
- The Bellwoods Game, Celia Krampien
- Thomas and the big, big bridge, illustrated by Tom LaPadula and Paul Lopez
- Stella Batts, scaredy cat, written by Courtney Sheinmel ; illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell
- Your pal Mo Willems presents Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world
- Princess Posey and the first grade parade, Stephanie Greene ; illustrated by Stephanie Roth Sisson
- The Great Zapfino, Barnett & Frazee
- Dorchester Terrace, a Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel, Anne Perry
- Junie B. Jones has a peep in her pocket, by Barbara Park ; illustrated by Denise Brunkus
- Accident, by Andrea Tsurumi
- Felice and the wailing woman, by Diana López
- Bad Kitty, scaredy-cat, Nick Bruel
- Jason's bears, Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
- The Queen's gambit, Walter Tevis
- Stormy night, by Salina Yoon
- The story of a blue bird, Tomek Bogacki
- Princess Posey and the next-door dog, Stephanie Greene ; illustrated by Stephanie Roth Sisson
- Evergreen, Matthew Cordell
- Housecat trouble, Mason Dickerson
- Gravebooks, by J. A. White
- Call it courage, Armstrong Sperry
- First-grade bunny, Margaret McNamara ; illustrated by Mike Gordon
- The monster under the shed, illustrated by Richard Courtney
- And two boys booed, Judith Viorst ; pictures by Sophie Blackall
- Scaredycrow, written by Christopher Hernandez ; illustrated by Kyle Poling
- Can't scare me!, by Ashley Bryan
- Kylie the kitten, Lily Small
- The Infamous Ratsos are not afraid, Kara LaReau ; illustrated by Matt Myers
- The Keeper, Guadalupe García McCall