- I am the messenger, Markus Zusak
- Pretty perfect kitty-corn, Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham
- Chlorine sky, Mahogany L. Browne
- Avocado asks, by Momoko Abe
- Fast enough, Bessie Stringfield's first ride, Joel Christian Gill
- It's your time to shine, by Dianne White ; illustrated by Nanette Regan
- How to heal a gryphon, Meg Cannistra
- Brown sugar babe, by Charlotte Watson Sherman ; illustrated by Akem
- King Kong's cousin, written and illustrated by Mark Teague
- Beauty woke, written by NoNieqa Ramos ; illustrated by Paola Escobar
- Rain rising, Courtne Comrie
- Pumpkin, Julie Murphy
- Perfect, Ellen Hopkins
- Pink tiara cookies for three, Maria Dismondy ; illustrations by Cary Pillo
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- You matter, Christian Robinson
- I'm fun, too!, Jonathan Fenske
- A normal pig, by K-Fai Steele
- Woo hoo! You're doing great!, by Sandra Boynton
- I am enough, Grace Byers ; pictures by Keturah A. Bobo
- We are here, written by Tami Charles ; illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Bryan Collier
- When things aren't going right, go left, words by Marc Colagiovanni ; art by Peter H. Reynolds
- Little Excavator, Anna Dewdney
- Love from Sesame Street, by Sesame Workshop ; illustrated by Ernie Kwiat
- The Path, Bob Staake
- The red jacket, written and illustrated by Bob Holt
- Olivette is you, Nico Tortorella ; illustrations by Melissa Kashiwagi
- Booked, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
- Elena rides, Juana Medina
- Barely floating, Lilliam Rivera
- Trying, written by Kobi Yamada ; illustrated by Elise Hurst
- Dear Sweet Pea, Julie Murphy
- The gryphon's lair, Kelley Armstrong
- I am more than, written by LeBron James ; illustrated by Niña Mata
- Just right, Jillian, Nicole D. Collier
- The sour grape, Jory John and Pete Oswald
- Genesis begins again, Alicia D. Williams
- That's not my name!, Anoosha Syed
- The galaxy needs you, written by Caitlin Kennedy ; illustrated by Eda Kaban
- I am brown, written by Ashok Banker ; illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat
- The weaver, Qian Shi
- Rainbow, a first book of pride, by Michael Genhart, PhD ; illustrated by Anne Passchier
- 101 small ways to change the world, Aubre Andrus
- Sunny, Jason Reynolds
- My self, your self, written and illustrated by Esmé Shapiro
- The middle school mean queens, by Louise Simonson ; illustrated by Sumin Cho
- Chicken boy, Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Wallflowers, by MacKenzie Joy
- Nigel and the moon, by Antwan Eady; illustrations by Gracey Zhang
- It's you I like, lyrics by Fred Rogers ; illustrations by Luke Flowers