- We are still here!, Native American truths everyone should know, Traci Sorell ; illustrated by Frané Lessac
- Tell it slant, creating, refining, and publishing creative nonfiction, Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paola
- The wrestling Cholitas of Bolivia, written by Claudia Bellante ; illustrated by Anna Carbone
- Mystery at the museum, by Helen Friel ; [color and additional art by Ben Hooley]
- How to promenade with a python (and not get eaten), Rachel Poliquin ; illustrated by Kathryn Durst
- The creative lives of animals, Carol Gigliotti
- Dive!, the story of breathing underwater, Chris Gall
- Brutalities, a love story, Margo Steines
- Patterns everywhere, Lisa Varchol Perron
- An admirable point, a brief history of the exclamation mark!, Florence Hazrat
- The blue house, collected works of Tomas Tranströmer, Tomas Tranströmer ; translated by Patty Crane
- Meanwhile back on Earth..., Oliver Jeffers ; all calculations made by astrophysicist Stephen Smartt
- One wish, Fatima al-Fihri and the world's oldest university, written by M. O. Yuksel ; illustrated by Mariam Quraishi
- Do trees have mothers?, written and illustrated by Charles Bongers
- 111 trees, how one village celebrates the birth of every girl, Rina Singh ; Marianne Ferrer
- Unstoppable us, Yuval Noah Harari ; illustrated by Ricard Zaplana Ruiz, Vol. 1
- Why we swim, Bonnie Tsui
- A kids book about failure, by Dr. Laymon Hicks
- Alphabetical diaries, Sheila Heti
- Are we there yet?, how humans find their way, Maria Birmingham ; illustrated by Drew Shannon
- Just help!, how to build a better world, Sonia Sotomayor ; illustrated by Angela Dominguez
- Jerry changed the game!, how engineer Jerry Lawson revolutionized video games forever, written by Don Tate ; illustrated by Cherise Harris
- Lion lights, my invention that made peace with lions, by Richard Turere, with Shelly Pollock ; illustrated by Sonia Possentini
- The backyard bird chronicles, Amy Tan
- Whale fall, exploring an ocean-floor ecosystem, written by Melissa Stewart ; illustrated by Rob Dunlavey
- Elephants remember, a true story, Jennifer O'Connell
- Yoshi and the ocean, a sea turtle's incredible journey home, written and illustrated by Lindsay Moore
- The all-together quilt, Lizzy Rockwell
- Harboring hope, the true story of how Henny Sinding helped Denmark's Jews escape the Nazis, Susan Hood
- Emily writes, Emily Dickinson and her poetic beginnings, Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Christine Davenier
- Devout, a memoir of doubt, Anna Gazmarian
- The fastest drummer, clap your hands for Viola Smith!, Dean Robbins ; illustrated by Susanna Chapman
- Beasts of the ancient world, a kids' guide to mythical creatures, from the sphinx to the minotaur, dragons to baku, written by Marchella Ward ; illustrated by Asia Orlando
- A llama is not an alpaca, and other mistaken animal identities, written by Karen Jameson ; illustrated by Lorna Scobie
- When summer comes, exploring nature in our warmest season, Aimée M. Bissonette ; illustrated by Erin Hourigan
- What was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?, by Kirsten Anderson ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- Pluto!, not a planet? not a problem!, by Pluto (with Stacy McAnulty) ; illustrated by Pluto (and Stevie Lewis)
- She persisted in science, brilliant women who made a difference, written by Chelsea Clinton ; illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
- The snow man, a true story, Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Jeanette Winter
- Phenomenal AOC, the roots and rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, written by Anika Aldamuy Denise ; illustrated by Loris Lora
- I felt the end before it came, memoirs of a queer ex-Jehovah's Witness, Daniel Allen Cox
- The science of baking, by Andrea Beaty and Dr. Theanne Griffith ; illustrations by Steph Stilwell
- The green piano, how little me found music, Roberta Flack with Tonya Bolden ; illustrated by Hayden Goodman
- Is this a house for Hermit Crab?, Megan McDonald ; pictures by Katherine Tillotson
- Woman, life, freedom, Marjane Satrapi with Joann Sfar, Mana Neyestani, Pascal Rabaté, Patricia Bolaños, Paco Roca, Shabnam Adiban, Lewis Trondheim, Winshluss, and many more ; translated by Una Dimitrijevic
- The lost family, how DNA testing is upending who we are, Libby Copeland
- Best believe, the Tres Hermanas, a sisterhood for the common good, writen by NoNieqa Ramos ; illustrated by Nicole Medina
- Now what?, a math tale, Robie H. Harris ; illustrated by Chris Chatterton
- Alice across America, the story of the first women's cross-country road trip, Sarah Glenn Marsh ; illustrated by Gilbert Ford
- Duke Ellington's Nutcracker suite, Anna Harwell Celenza ; illustrated by Don Tate