- The second life of Abigail Walker, by Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Daisy Dawson on the farm, Steve Voake ; illustrated by Jessica Meserve
- Farmer Kobi's Hanukkah match, by Karen Rostoker-Gruber and Rabbi Ron Isaacs ; illustrations by CB Decker
- Hat cat, Troy Wilson ; illustrated by Eve Coy
- Rise and fall, Eliot Schrefer
- The return, Varian Johnson
- Biloxi, a novel, Mary Miller
- Hunted, Maggie Stiefvater
- Once there were wolves, Charlotte McConaghy
- City beasts, fourteen stories of uninvited wildlife, Mark Kurlansky
- The tall man and the small mouse, Mara Bergman ; illustrated by Birgitta Sif.
- The miniature world of Marvin & James, Elise Broach ; illustrated by Kelly Murphy
- Pax, Sara Pennypacker ; illustrated by Jon Klassen
- Blood ties, Garth Nix and Sean Williams
- Mr. Fuzzbuster knows he's the favorite, by Stacy McAnulty ; illustrated by Edward Hemingway
- Yokai cats, story & art by Pandania ; translation, Minna Lin ; lettering Carl Vanstiphout, V. 5
- Two dogs in a trench coat, Julie Falatko
- Ellie's story, a dog's purpose novel, W. Bruce Cameron ; illustrations by Richard Chowdry
- Secrets at sea :, a novel by Richard Peck ; illustrations by Kelly Murphy
- Duet, Elise Broach ; with illustrations by Ziyue Chen
- Life of Pi, a novel, Yann Martel
- Linger, Maggie Stiefvater
- The circus ship, Chris Van Dusen
- Gather, Kenneth M. Cadow
- Remarkably bright creatures, a novel, Shelby Van Pelt
- Ape house, a novel, Sara Gruen
- Ivy and Bean bound to be bad, by Annie Barrows ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
- White Fang, Jack London ; adapted by Malvina G. Vogel ; illustrations by Ross Vera
- The travelling cat chronicles, Hiro Arikawa ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel
- Remarkably bright creatures, a novel, Shelby Van Pelt
- Fancy Nancy, oodles of kittens, written by Jane O'Connor ; illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
- Coo, by Kaela Noel
- Fenway and Hattie, Victoria J. Coe
- Stay, a girl, a dog, a bucket list, by Kate Klise ; illustrated by M. Sarah Klise
- The story of Edgar Sawtelle, a novel, David Wroblewski
- Only my dog knows I pick my nose, by Lauren Tarshis ; illustrated by Lisa Bronson Mezoff
- Wildoak, by C.C. Harrington
- Negative cat, Sophie Blackall
- Labracadabra, by Jessie Nelson & Karen Leigh Hopkins ; illustrated by Deborah Melmon
- Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Noodle and the No Bones Day, by Jonathan Graziano ; illustrated by Dan Tavis
- The poet's dog, Patricia MacLachlan
- Clara, the (mostly) true story of the rhinoceros who dazzled kings, inspired artists, and won the hearts of everyone ... while she ate her way up and down a continent!, Emily Arnold McCully
- Wild born, Brandon Mull
- Yokai cats, story and art by Pandania ; translation, Minna Lin ; lettering, Carl Vanstiphout, V. 7
- Spill simmer falter wither, by Sara Baume
- Rose in a storm, a novel, Jon Katz
- The elephant keeper, Christopher Nicholson
- West with giraffes, a novel, Lynda Rutledge
- Saving Winslow, Sharon Creech