- Malik's number thoughts, a story about OCD, Natalie Rompella ; illustrated by Alessia Girasole
- Merry and Hark, a Christmas story, written by April Genevieve Tucholke ; illustrated by Rebecca Santo
- Taylor Swift, by Wendy Loggia ; illustrated by Elisa Chavarri
- My mommies built a treehouse, Gareth Peter ; [illustrated by] Izzy Evans
- The queen of kindergarten, Derrick Barnes ; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Harriet's reflections, written and illustrated by Marion Kadi
- Snowmen's twelve nights of Christmas, written by Caralyn Buehner ; illustrated by Mark Buehner
- At the end of the day, Lisl H. Detlefsen ; illustrated by Lynnor Bontigao
- I am dog!, Peter Bently ; [illustrations by] Chris Chatterton
- I've got to go, Guido van Genechten
- Little Black girl, Kirby Howell-Baptiste ; illustrated by Paul Davey
- In the deserts, Laura K. Murray
- Goodnight racism, Ibram X. Kendi ; illustrated by Cbabi Bayoc
- The not-so-friendly friend, how to set boundaries for healthy friendships, Christina Furnival ; illustrated by Katie Dwyer
- The words we share, Jack Wong
- Malala Yousafzai, written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara ; illustrated by Manal Mirza
- Santa's gotta go!, by Derrick Barnes ; illustrated by Courtney Lovett
- It's Diwali!, Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal ; illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan
- Small Stanley's big list of scary stuff, Angie Morgan
- The pout-pout fish and the mad, mad day, Deborah Diesen ; pictures by Dan Hanna
- Flap your hands, a celebration of stimming, by Steve Asbell
- My first atlas of the world, contributors, Martha B. Sharma, Skye Powers-Kaminski, Dr. Tovah P. Klein
- In the arctic, Laura K. Murray
- I won't give up my rubber band, Shinsuke Yoshitake
- Oops!, Julie Massy & [illustrated by] Pascale Bonenfant ; translated by Charles Simard
- Little tree, Loren Long
- Dear stray, Kirsten Hubbard ; illustrated by Susan Gal
- Otto the ornament, written, illustrated, and festooned by Troy Cummings
- Jedi brave in every way, written by Rosemary Soule and Charles Soule ; illustrated by Valerie Valdivia
- The keeper of stars, written by Jennifer Harris ; illustrated by Dorothy Leung
- Hey Otter! Hey Beaver!, Brian Pinkney
- Star Wars ABC-3PO, written by Calliope Glass and Caitlin Kennedy ; illustrated by Katie Cook
- All are neighbors, Alexandra Penfold ; [illustrated by] Suzanne Kaufman
- Bring back the babka!, written by Marilyn Wolpin ; art by Madison Safer
- Major Taylor, world cycling champion, Charles R. Smith Jr. ; illustrated by Leo Espinosa
- The pout-pout fish and the can't-sleep blues, Deborah Diesen ; pictures by Dan Hanna
- Gloria Steinem, written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara ; illustrated by Lucila Perini
- The loud book!, by Deborah Underwood ; illustrated by Renata Liwska
- The good, the bad, and the spooky, written by Jory John ; cover illustration by Pete Oswald ; interior illustrations by Saba Joshaghani based on artwork by Pete Oswald
- Listen to the birds, Donald Kroodsma, Lena Mazilu, Yoann Gueny
- Don't blow your top!, written by Ame Dyckman ; illustrated by Abhi Alwar
- A friend for Ghost, Suzanne Kaufman
- Home, Isabelle Simler ; translated from the French by Vineet Lal
- Tanna's lemming, by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley ; illustrated by Tamara Campeau
- Roxie loves adventure, written by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen ; illustrated by Leeza Hernandez
- Stevie Wonder, written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Melissa Lee Johnson
- Best brother ever!, written and illustrated by Janee Trasler
- Celebrating Memorial Day, by Trudi Strain Trueit ; illustrated by Ronnie Rooney
- The babka sisters, Lesléa Newman ; illustrated by Tika and Tata Bobokhidze
- Little red sleigh, words by Erin Guendelsberger ; pictures by Elizaveta Tretyakova