- Bear Island, Matthew Cordell
- Climb on!, written by Baptiste Paul ; illustrated by Jacqueline Alcantara
- A place inside of me, a poem to heal the heart, written by Zetta Elliott ; illustrated by Noa Denmon
- The detective dog, Julia Donaldson ; illustrated by Sara Ogilvie
- Bing! Bang! Chugga! Beep!, Bill Martin Jr and Michael Sampson ; illustrated by Nathalie Beauvois
- We are a garden, a story of how diversity took root in America, by Lisa Westberg Peters ; illustrated by Victoria Tentler-Krylov
- Frida Kahlo and her animalitos, by Monica Brown ; illustrated by John Parra
- Two dogs, Ian Falconer
- Sulwe, written by Lupita Nyong'o ; illustrated by Vashti Harrison
- One step further, my story of math, the moon, and a life-long mission, by NASA Computer Katherine Johnson ; with her daughters Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore ; illustrations by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
- The stars, Jacques Goldstyn ; translated by Helen Mixter
- Sal boat, a boat by Sal, Thyra Heder
- Galápagos, islands of change, written by Leslie Bulion ; illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
- Me and the boss, a story about mending and love, Michelle Edwards & April Harrison
- Grandma's purse, Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Side by side, Chris Raschka
- Prince & knight, words by Daniel Haack ; pictures by Stevie Lewis
- Plenty of hugs, by Fran Manushkin ; illustrated by Kate Alizadeh
- Eyes that kiss in the corners, by Joanna Ho ; illustrated by Dung Ho
- Journey of the Midnight Sun, Shazia Afzal ; illustrated by Aliya Ghare
- Drawn together, written by Minh Lê ; illustrated by Dan Santat
- Don't eat that, by Drew Sheneman
- Sweater weather, written and illustrated by Matt Phelan
- Hilda and the runaway baby, Daisy Hirst
- Scaredy Squirrel visits the doctor, Melanie Watt
- Little Miss Sparkle, written and illustrated by Adam Hargreaves
- The Museum of Everything, Lynne Rae Perkins
- When we walked on the moon, David Long ; Sam Kalda
- A Ben of all trades, the most inventive boyhood of Benjamin Franklin, Michael J. Rosen ; illustrated by Matt Tavares
- The honeybee, Kirsten Hall ; Isabelle Arsenault
- What happens when a loved one dies?, our first talk about death, Dr. Jillian Roberts ; illustrated by Cindy Revell
- All about mermaids, written by Izzy Quinn ; illustrated by Vlad Stankovic
- You are never alone, written by Elin Kelsey ; artwork by Soyeon Kim
- ¡Vamos! Let's cross the bridge, by Raúl the Third ; colors by Elaine Bay
- A present for Mom, Vivian French ; illustrated by Dana Kubick
- I'm not small, Nina Crews
- Mr Grumpy, by Roger Hargreaves
- A good place, Lucy Cousins
- 5-minute stories
- She persisted in science, brilliant women who made a difference, written by Chelsea Clinton ; illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
- Ten ways to hear snow, written by Cathy Camper ; illustrated by Kenard Pak
- Moon, Alison Oliver
- Don't blink!, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal ; illustrated by David Roberts
- Ray, Marianna Coppo
- Malala's magic pencil, Malala Yousafzai ; illustrated by Kerascoët
- Ergo, Alexis Deacon ; illustrated by Viviane Schwarz
- Min makes a machine, Emily Arnold McCully
- Zonia's rain forest, Juana Martinez-Neal
- Bathe the cat, written by Alice B. McGinty ; illustrated by David Roberts
- The seashore book, Charlotte Zolotow ; Wendell Minor