- The brighter the light, Mary Ellen Taylor
- The Star People, by S.D. Nelson
- Octopus stew, Eric Velasquez
- Unbecoming, Jenny Downham
- Olive's ocean, by Kevin Henkes
- Peeny butter fudge, Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison ; illustrated by Joe Cepeda
- How to babysit a grandma, by Jean Reagan ; illustrated by Lee Wildish
- Yoko's paper cranes, Rosemary Wells
- Deadly little scandals, Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Grandma's purse, Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Shouting at the rain, Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- The Ashford affair, Lauren Willig
- The ocean calls, a haenyeo mermaid story, written by Tina M. Cho ; illustrated by Jess X. Snow
- Hidden, a child's story of the Holocaust, written by Loïc Dauvillier ; illustrated by Marc Lizano ; color by Greg Salsedo ; translated by Alexis Siege
- Ten ways to hear snow, written by Cathy Camper ; illustrated by Kenard Pak
- Turkey pox, written by Laurie Halse Anderson ; illustrated by Dorothy Donohue
- Song for a whale, Lynne Kelly
- Grandma calls me Beautiful, by Barbara M. Joosse ; illustrated by Barbara Lavallee
- Sweet Buttercup, by D.L. Green
- Sammy Keyes and the hotel thief, by Wendelin Van Draanen
- North woods girl, Aimée Bissonette with illustrations by Claudia McGehee
- Homecoming, a novel, Kate Morton
- Once in a Blue Moon Lodge, a novel, Lorna Landvik
- When the sea turned to silver, Grace Lin
- All you knead is love, Tanya Guerrero
- The snail house, by Allan Ahlberg ; illustrated by Gillian Tyler
- Knit the season, Kate Jacobs
- Tribute, Nora Roberts
- The first blade of sweetgrass, a Native American story, story by Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey ; illustrations by Nancy Baker
- Abuela, by Arthur Dorros ; illustrated by Elisa Kleven
- The world below, Sue Miller
- My grandma and me, Mina Javaherbin ; illustrated by Lindsey Yankey
- The Parker inheritance, Varian Johnson
- A crown for Corina, written by Laekan Zea Kemp ; illustrated by Elisa Chavarri
- A cup of silver linings, Karen Hawkins
- I'll go and come back, Rajani LaRocca ; illustrated by Sara Palacios
- A cup of silver linings, by Karen Hawkins
- Claudia and mean Janine, Ann M. Martin
- Switch, Ingrid Law
- The forgotten garden, a novel, Kate Morton
- The matchmaker's gift, Lynda Cohen Loigman
- When lightning comes in a jar, Patricia Polacco
- Fortune and glory, tantalizing twenty-seven, Janet Evanovich
- The year we learned to fly, Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Rafael López
- The yellow handkerchief, el pañuelo amarillo, written by Newbery Medal and Pura Belpré author award winner Donna Barba Higuera ; illustrated by Cynthia Alonso
- Freedom Soup, Tami Charles ; illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara
- The children on the hill, Jennifer McMahon
- Max & Ruby's treasure hunt, by Rosemary Wells
- The probable future, Alice Hoffman
- Please write back!, by Jennifer E. Morris