- Not my idea, a book about whiteness, written and illustrated by Anastasia Higginbotham
- Everest, Sangma Francis ; [illustrations] Lisk Feng
- Six little ducks, retold and illustrated by Chris Conover
- It's a mitig!, Bridget George
- Muskox, little Tooktoo's friend, by Marie Ahnighito Peary; illustrated by Kurt Wiese
- A boy named Queen, Sara Cassidy
- Stripes and spots, by Dahlov Ipcar
- Areli is a dreamer, a true story, by Areli Morales, a DACA recipient ; illustrations by Luisa Uribe
- The golem, Isaac Bashevis Singer ; illustrations by Uri Shulevitz
- This book is anti-racist, by Tiffany Jewell ; illustrated by Aurélia Durand
- Little legends, exceptional men in black history, Vashti Harrison ; with Kwesi Johnson
- Maker lab, 28 super cool projects : build, invent, create, discover, writer and consultant, Jack Challoner ; foreword by Jack Andraka
- How to build your own country, written by Valerie Wyatt ; illustrated by Fred Rix ; [edited by Karen Li]
- A is for Australian animals, a factastic tour, Frané Lessac
- Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop, the sanitation strike of 1968, Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Passover, festival of freedom, Monique Polak
- Follow that map!, a first book of mapping skills, Scot Ritchie
- Diary of a wimpy kid, dog days, by Jeff Kinney
- Guts, Raina Telgemeier ; with color by Braden Lamb
- Locomotive, The turnip, The birds' broadcast;, rhymes by Julian Tuwim; drawings by Lewitt and Him
- A visit from Saint Nicholas, illustrated by Aldren Watson
- The Great Bear, David A. Robertson
- Adventures in Toyland, what the marionette told Molly, by Edith King Hall, with seventy illustrations
- Punch's secret, by May Sarton ; pictures by Howard Knotts
- ABC de Babar, dessiné par Jean de Brunhoff
- The International Day of the Girl, celebrating girls around the world, Jessica Dee Humphreys and the Hon. Rona Ambrose ; illustrated by Simone Shin
- On our street, our first talk about poverty, Dr. Jillian Roberts and Jaime Casap ; illustrations by Jane Heinrichs
- The fable of a proud poppy, or, The shipwreck of "The Cynthia", by John Domino ; wood-engravings by Emile Lahner
- Infinity and me, written by Kate Hosford ; illustrations by Gabi Swiatkowska
- Billy Twitters and his blue whale problem, author Mac Barnett ; illustrator Adam Rex
- Miss Rumphius, story and pictures, by Barbara Cooney
- Our year, a child's book, in prose and verse, by the author of "John Halifax, gentleman" [i.e. D.M.M. Craik] ; illustrated by Clarence Dobell
- Justin Morgan had a horse, by Marguerite Henry ; illustrated by Wesley Dennis
- Maybelle, the cable car
- What makes us unique?, our first talk about diversity, Dr. Jillian Roberts ; illustrated by Cindy Revell
- Ancestor approved, intertribal stories for kids, edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- The secret pool, Kimberly Ridley ; illustrated by Rebekah Raye
- Fry bread, a Native American family story, written by Kevin Noble Maillard ; illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
- Talk talk squawk, a human's guide to animal communication, Nicola Davies ; illustrated by Neal Layton
- The devil with the three golden hairs, a tale from the Brothers Grimm, retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
- Can I be your dog?, Troy Cummings
- The junior book of authors,, an introduction to the lives of writers and illustrators for younger readers, from Lewis Carroll and Louisa Alcott to the present day,, edited by Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft; assisted by Wilbur C. Hadden and Julia E. Johnsen; illustrated with 260 photographs and drawings; with an introduction by Effie L. Power
- The Borrowers, Mary Norton ; illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush
- A warmer world, from polar bears to butterflies, how climate change affects wildlife, Caroline Arnold ; illustrated by Jamie Hogan
- Braiding sweetgrass for young adults, indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer ; adapted by Monique Gray Smith ; illustrations by Nicole Neidhardt
- Malaika's surprise, text by Nadia L. Hohn ; pictures by Irene Luxbacher
- Sing a song for sixpence
- Daddy Darwin's dovecot, a country tale, by Juliana Horatia Ewing ; illustrated by Randolph Caldecott
- The road, Cormac McCarthy
- Finding home, the journey of immigrants and refugees, Jen Sookfong Lee ; illustrated by Drew Shannon