- Skelly's Halloween, David Martin ; illustrated by Lori Richmond
- The queen in the cave, Julia Sardà
- Panda & polar bear, Matthew J. Baek
- Groundhug Day, written by Anne Marie Pace ; illustrations by Christopher Denise
- Vlad, the fabulous vampire, Flavia Z. Drago
- Vincent comes home, Jessixa Bagley and Aaron Bagley
- Melia and Jo/, Billy Aronson & Jennifer Oxley
- Where do diggers celebrate Chanukah?, Brianna Caplan Sayres ; illustrated by Christian Slade
- Buenas noches, vegetales, Goodnight, veggies, Diana Murray and Zachariah OHora
- Piglette, by Katelyn Aronson ; pictures by Eva Byrne
- The girl who heard the music, words by Marni Fogelson, with Mahani Teave ; pictures by Marta Álvarez Miguéns
- The boring book, Shinsuke Yoshitake
- Arithmechicks find their place, a math story, Ann Marie Stephens ; illustrated by Jia Liu
- The world and everything in it, Kevin Henkes
- Not a butterfly alphabet book, it's about time moths had their own book!, Jerry Pallotta ; Shennen Bersani
- The Christmas tree who loved trains, Annie Silvestro ; illustrated by Paola Zakimi
- Santa and the Goodnight Train, June Sobel ; illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith
- Pretty tricky, the sneaky ways plants survive, written by Etta Kaner ; illustrated by Ashley Barron
- Dad and Daddy's big big family, by Seamus Kirst ; illustrated by Karen Bunting
- The water princess, written by Susan Verde ; illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds ; [photographs Johann Mergenthaler]
- The cook and the king, Julia Donaldson ; David Roberts
- Build!, Red Nose Studio
- Red truck, yellow truck, Michelle Robinson, Jez Tuya
- Grandma's roof garden, by Tang Wei ; translated by Kelly Zhang
- Water, discovering the precious resource all around us, Olga Fadeeva ; translated by Lena Traer
- Mighty Mara, written by Carina Ho and Jesse Byrd ; illustrated by Mónica Paola Rodríguez
- Around the table that grandad built, Melanie Heuiser Hill ; illustrated by Jaime Kim
- Hattie Harmony, worry detective, by Elizabeth Olsen & Robbie Arnett ; illustrated by Marissa Valdez
- Juneteenth is, by Natasha Tripplett ; illustrated by Daniel J. O'Brien
- How do I love thee?, Jennifer Adams ; Christopher Silas Neal
- Little Plane learns to write, by Stephen Savage
- Blankie, a Narwhal and Jelly board book, Ben Clanton
- The digger dance, written by Judy Ann Sadler ; illustrated by Yong Ling Kang
- The mouse who carried a house on his back, Jonathan Stutzman ; illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
- Nothing's wrong!, a hare, a bear, and some pie to share, Jory John ; pictures by Erin Kraan
- Big stuff dozer, excavator, mixer & more!, Joan Holub ; illustrated by the Little Friends of Printmaking
- The very hungry caterpillar's first winter
- You need to chill!, Juno Dawson ; illustrated by Laura Hughes
- In every life, Marla Frazee
- The fly, Petr Horáček
- The secret garden of George Washington Carver, written by Gene Barretta ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Robinson, by Peter Sis
- Sergeant Billy, the true story of the goat who went to war, Mireille Messier ; illustrated by Kass Reich
- Stay, a girl, a dog, a bucket list, by Kate Klise ; illustrated by M. Sarah Klise
- Poultrygeist, Eric Geron ; illustrated by Pete Oswald
- I love you, baby burrito, Angela Dominguez
- Whales, by Gail Gibbons
- How wonderfully odd!, [written and illustrated] by Rory Haltmaier
- I want 100 dogs, written by Stacy McAnulty ; illustrated by Claire Keane
- Glacier on the move, written by Elizabeth Rusch ; illustrated by Alice Brereton