- My daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Martin Luther King III ; illustrated by AG Ford
- Double fudge, Judy Blume
- One day in the eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree, story by Daniel Bernstrom ; pictures by Brendan Wenzel
- A hundred billion trillion stars, by Seth Fishman ; illustrated by Isabel Greenberg
- Wildfires, Kathy Furgang
- Save me a seat, Sarah Weeks, Gita Varadarajan
- Merci Suarez changes gears, Meg Medina
- The perfect secret, Rob Buyea
- Not if I save you first, Ally Carter