- Interrupting chicken, David Ezra Stein
- One for all, Lillie Lainoff
- One million men and me, Kelly Starling Lyons ; illustrated by Peter Ambush
- Alex, approximately, by Jenn Bennett
- The girl who sailed the stars, Matilda Woods
- Wild blue, taming a big-kid bike, Dashka Slater ; illustrated by Laura Hughes
- Stellar stargazer!, by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser
- My papi has a motorcycle, Isabel Quintero ; illustrated by Zeke Peña
- Can hens give milk?, written by Joan Betty Stuchner ; illustrated by Joe Weissmann
- Tortilla sun, by Jennifer Cervantes
- Impostors, Scott Westerfeld
- On air with Zoe Washington, Janae Marks
- Off-limits, Helen Yoon
- Anya and the nightingale, Sofiya Pasternack
- Hurricane child, Callender, Kacen
- Pax, journey home, Sara Pennypacker ; illustrated by Jon Klassen
- Sweeping up the heart, Kevin Henkes
- Air, Monica Roe
- Chasing secrets, Gennifer Choldenko
- Stroller coaster, by Matt Ringler ; art by Raúl the Third and Elaine Bay
- Interrupting Chicken, Cookies for breakfast, David Ezra Stein
- Everyone can learn to ride a bicycle, Chris Raschka
- Hurricane summer, Asha Bromfield
- Chemistry lessons, Meredith Goldstein
- Seahorses are sold out, Katja Gehrmann and Constanze Spengler ; translated by Shelley Tanaka
- Hostage Three, Nick Lake
- Time to roll, Jamie Sumner
- Hatching magic, Ann Downer
- Dad by my side, written and illustrated by Soosh
- Picture me gone, Meg Rosoff
- Crow call, Lois Lowry ; illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline
- The atlas of us, Kristin Dwyer
- Help wanted: must love books, written by Janet Sumner Johnson ; art by Courtney Dawson
- Sofi and the bone song, Adrienne Tooley
- Shatter city, Scott Westerfeld
- Someone like summer, by M. E. Kerr
- Forever and always, written by Brittany J. Thurman ; pictures by Shamar Knight-Justice
- Ask me, by Bernard Waber ; illustrated by Suzy Lee
- Why a daughter needs a dad, by Gregory E. Lang & Susanna Leonard Hill ; pictures by Sydney Hanson ; adapted for picture book by Susanna Leonard Hill
- Angela's glacier, written by Jordan Scott ; illustrated by Diana Sudyka
- The luminous life of Lucy Landry, Anna Rose Johnson
- Dad bakes, Katie Yamasaki
- To night owl from dogfish, by Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer
- Naptastrophe!, Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Friend or fiction, Abby Cooper
- Sunny-side up, by Jacky Davis ; illustrated by Fiona Woodcock
- A New Year's reunion, Yu Li-Qiong ; illustrated by Zhu Cheng-Liang
- The impossible knife of memory, Laurie Halse Anderson