- Jane Austen's Emma, Jack & Holman Wang
- Air, Monica Roe
- Keeping it real, by Paula Chase
- Interrupting chicken, David Ezra Stein
- Jojo and the big mess, by Jane O'Connor ; pictures based on the art of Robin Priess Glasser ; interior illustrations by Rick Whipple
- Am I lucky?, written by Laura Appleton-Smith ; illustrated by Preston Neel, emergent reader 34
- What happened on Fox Street, Tricia Springstubb
- The long way home, the second generation, Ann M. Martin
- Honey, Sarah Weeks
- Wild blue, taming a big-kid bike, Dashka Slater ; illustrated by Laura Hughes
- Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo
- From the desk of Zoe Washington, Janae Marks
- Together we ride, written by Valerie Bolling ; illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
- The left-handed booksellers of London, Garth Nix
- Interrupting Chicken, Cookies for breakfast, David Ezra Stein
- Everyone can learn to ride a bicycle, Chris Raschka
- To night owl from dogfish, Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer
- The year we fell from space, Amy Sarig King
- Trigger, N. Griffin
- Beyond basketball, by Jake Maddox
- Pax, journey home, Sara Pennypacker ; illustrated by Jon Klassen
- A girl in three parts, Suzanne Daniel
- Astro girl, Ken Wilson-Max
- My papi has a motorcycle, Isabel Quintero ; illustrated by Zeke Peña
- One jar of magic, Corey Ann Haydu
- Ramona and her father, Beverly Cleary ; illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
- The lightness of hands, Jeff Garvin
- Seeking an aurora, written by Elizabeth Pulford ; illustrated by Anne Bannock
- Shatter city, Scott Westerfeld
- The remarkable journey of Coyote Sunrise, Dan Gemeinhart
- Dream on, Amber, Emma Shevah ; illustrations by Helen Crawford White
- JoJo and Daddy bake a cake, by Jane O'Connor ; cover illustration by Robin Preiss Glasser ; interior illustrations by Rick Whipple
- Out there, Seaerra Miller
- Hurricane summer, Asha Bromfield
- My almost flawless Tokyo dream life, Rachel Cohn
- Gardens are for growing, Chelsea Tornetto ; illustrations by Hsulynn Pang
- The handsome girl & her beautiful boy, B.T. Gottfred
- Mirror's edge, Scott Westerfeld
- My city speaks, written by Darren Lebeuf ; illustrated by Ashley Barron
- Echo north, Joanna Ruth Meyer
- Katy Duck goes to work, by Alyssa Satin Capucilli ; illustrated by Henry Cole
- Me and Ms. Too, by Laura Ruby ; illustrated by Dung Ho
- Funeral songs for dying girls, Cherie Dimaline
- Each tiny spark, Pablo Cartaya
- A Christmas tree for Pyn, Olivier Dunrea
- Sweeping up the heart, Kevin Henkes
- Chasing secrets, Gennifer Choldenko
- Stroller coaster, by Matt Ringler ; art by Raúl the Third and Elaine Bay
- Each tiny spark, by Pablo Cartaya
- Annie and Snowball and the wedding day, the thirteenth book of their adventures, by Cynthia Rylant ; illustrated by Suçie Stevenson