- Truck full of ducks, Ross Burach
- Bear sees colors, Karma Wilson ; illustrations by Jane Chapman
- The legend of the Christmas witch, Dan Murphy & Aubrey Plaza ; illustrated by Julia Iredale
- Elmore, Holly Hobbie
- The shark book, Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
- My toothbrush is missing!, Jan Thomas
- Goldilocks and the three dinosaurs, as retold by Mo Willems
- The truth about dragons, Jaime Zollars
- Harriet Tubman, written by Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Pili Aguado
- The purple puffy coat, Maribeth Boelts ; illustrated by Daniel Duncan
- Escape goat, by Ann Patchett ; illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
- Goat wants to eat, by Laura Gehl ; illustrated by Fred Blunt
- Crafty llama, Mike Kerr ; illustrated by Renata Liwska
- On the trapline, David A. Robertson ; [illustrations by] Julie Flett
- Summer feet, words by Sheree Fitch ; pictures by Carolyn Fisher
- The cat who lived with Anne Frank, David Lee Miller and Steven Jay Rubin ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
- Her body can, Katie Crenshaw & Ady Meschke ; illustrated by Li Liu
- Tiny monsters, the strange creatures that live on us, in us, and around us, Steven Jenkins and Robin Page
- The farmer and the circus, Marla Frazee
- The big book of small to tall Pokémon, by Steve Foxe
- The Gingerbread Man and the leprechaun loose at school, Laura Murray ; illustrated by Mike Lowery
- Our planet!, there's no place like Earth, by Earth (with Stacy McAnulty) ; illustrated by Earth (and David Litchfield)
- The real Dada Mother Goose, a treasury of complete nonsense, Jon Scieszka ; illustrated by Julia Rothman
- Me and Muhammad Ali, Jabari Asim ; [illustrated by AG Ford]
- Baby Monkey, private eye, story by Brian Selznick and David Serlin ; pictures by Brian Selznick
- Valenslime, written by Joy Keller ; illustrated by Ashley Belote
- On the other side of the garden, Jairo Buitrago ; pictures by Rafael Yockteng ; translated by Elisa Amado
- When planet Earth was new, written by James Gladstone ; illustrated by Katherine Diemert
- The party and other stories, by Sergio Ruzzier
- All because you matter, written by Tami Charles ; illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Bryan Collier
- I like my bike, AG Ferrari
- I am enough, Grace Byers ; pictures by Keturah A. Bobo
- Grace Banker and her Hello Girls answer the call, the heroic story of WWI telephone operators, written by Claudia Friddell ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
- Splat the Cat and the quick chicks, text by Laura Driscoll ; interior illustrations by Robert Eberz
- Good night, Gorilla, Peggy Rathmann
- Faraway things, story by Dave Eggers ; art by Kelly Murphy
- Call me Max, by Kyle Lukoff ; illustrated by Luciano Lozano
- Will you be my friend?, Sam McBratney ; illustrated by Anita Jeram
- Our favorite day, Joowon Oh
- Raya and the last dragon, illustrated by the Disney Storybook Art Team
- Poppy & Sam and the mole mystery, by Cathon ; translated by Susan Ouriou
- Fox, a circle of life story, Isabel Thomas ; [illustrated by] Daniel Egnéus
- Clarinet & trumpet, Melanie Ellsworth ; illustrated by John Herzog
- When pumpkins fly, by Margaret Lawrence ; illustrated by Amanda Sandland and Margaret Lawrence
- Fast enough, Bessie Stringfield's first ride, Joel Christian Gill
- Room for everyone, written by Naaz Khan ; illustrations by Mercè López
- The littlest yak, [text by] Lu Fraser ; [illustrations by] Kate Hindley
- Avocado asks, by Momoko Abe
- Pirates don't go to kindergarten!, by Lisa Robinson ; illustrated by Eda Kaban
- Brains!, not just a zombie snack, Stacy McAnulty ; illustrated by Matthew Rivera