- Firefighter Flo!, by Andrea Zimmerman ; pictures by Dan Yaccarino
- Yossel's journey, Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Johnson Yazzie
- The best kind of mooncake, Pearl Auyeung
- Be a bridge, Irene Latham and Charles Waters ; illustrated by Nabila Adani
- My day with the panye, Tami Charles ; illustrated by Sarah Palacios
- The bear that heard crying, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock and Helen Kinsey ; illustrated by Ted Rand
- Me and Muhammad Ali, Jabari Asim ; illustrated by AG Ford
- Just like Jesse Owens, by Ambassador Andrew Young as told to Paula Young Shelton ; illustrated by Gordon C. James
- We are here, written by Tami Charles ; illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Bryan Collier
- Papa put a man on the moon, by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Sarah Green
- Coquí in the city, Nomar Perez
- Birds on Wishbone Street, Suzanne Del Rizzo
- Sarah rising, by Ty Chapman ; illustrated by DeAnn Wiley
- The moon from Dehradun, a story of partition, Shirin Shamsi ; illustrated by Tarun Lak
- Wishes, by Mụon Thị Văn ; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- Facing fear, written by Karen Lynn Williams ; illustrated by Sara Palacios