- Mina shang xue de di yi tian, Mina's first day of school, by Katrina Liu ; illustrated by Anselm Medina
- Tokyo Night Parade, story by J.P. Takahashi ; art by Minako Tomigahara
- Into the wild, yet another misadventure, Doreen Cronin
- Tales from a not-so-graceful ice princess, Rachel Renée Russell
- Motor mouse, Cynthia Rylant
- Red, a crayon's story, Michael Hall
- Anybody shining, Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Princess Labelmaker to the rescue!, Tom Angleberger
- They say blue, Jillian Tamaki
- Good Rosie!, Kate DiCamillo ; pictures by Harry Bliss
- Flight school, by Lita Judge
- Diary of a wimpy kid, Jeff Kinney
- Jabari jumps, Gaia Cornwall
- Grandpa Green, Lane Smith
- Amanda's dream, Le rêve d'Amanda, Shelley Admont ; illustrated by Sumana Roy ; translated from English by Sophie Troff
- John's turn, Mac Barnett ; illustrated by Kate Berube
- Finding Winnie, the true story of the world's most famous bear, by Lindsay Mattick
- Middle school, the worst years of my life, James Patterson ; and Chris Tebbetts
- Maple, Lori Nichols
- Mr. Putter & Tabby smell the roses, Cynthia Rylant
- Abdul's story, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow ; illustrated by Tiffany Rose
- The unexpected life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts, a novel, Avi
- The surprise attack of Jabba the Puppett, Tom Angleberger
- Tales from a not-so-smart Miss Know-It-All, Rachel Renée Russell
- The good egg, Jory John and Pete Oswald
- Bulldozer's big day, Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
- ¡Bravo!, by Ginger Foglesong Guy ; pictures by René King Moreno
- Emperor Pickletine rides the bus, Tom Angleberger
- Zero the hero, Joan Holub
- Ol' mama squirrel, David Ezra Stein
- Un premio adentro, un cuento sobre Robot y Rico, por Anastasia Suen ; ilustrado por Mike Laughead. = A prize inside : a Robot and Rico story / by Anastasia Suen ; illustrated by Mike Laughead ; original translation, Claudia Heck
- The legend of rock paper scissors, Drew Daywalt, Adam Rex
- Tiptop cat, C. Roger Mader
- My footprints, written by Bao Phi ; illustrated by Basia Tran
- Uḥibbu al-musāʻadah, I love to help, Shelley Admont ; illustrated by Sonal Goyal, Sumit Sakhuja
- The runaway bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown ; pictures by Clement Hurd ; with a 75th anniversary retrospective by Leonard S. Marcus
- There is a rainbow, written by Theresa Trinder ; pictures by Grant Snider
- The day you begin, Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Rafael López
- Monster blood for breakfast, R.L. Stine
- Ballet Cat, Bob Shea
- Horrible Harry goes cuckoo, by Suzy Kline
- Mindful Mr. Sloth, Katy Hudson
- Henry and Mudge and the snowman plan, by Cynthia Rylant
- Hideout, Gordon Korman
- Gladys the magic chicken, by Adam Rubin ; illustrated by Adam Rex
- Juneteenth for Mazie, Floyd Cooper
- Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep, Eric Barclay
- It fell from the sky, The Fan Brothers
- Don't push the button!, written and illustrated by Bill Cotter
- I love my Dad, J'aime mon Papa, Shelley Admont ; illustrated by Sonal Goyal and Sumit Sakhuja ; translated from English by Sophie Troff