- Little Excavator, Anna Dewdney
- Hey you!, written by Dapo Adeola ; with illustrations by: Dapo Adeola, Alyissa Johnson, Sharee Miller, Jade Orlando, Diane Ewen, Reggie Brown, Onyinye Iwu, Chanté Timothy, Gladys Jose, Bex Glendining, Joelle Avelino, Dunni Mustapha, Nicole Miles, Charlot Kristensen, Kingsley Nebechi, Camilla Sucre, Derick Brooks, Jose Anderson, Selom Sunu
- How to heal a gryphon, Meg Cannistra
- Bo the brave, Bethan Woollvin
- Say something!, by Peter Hamilton Reynolds
- We are the Smurfs, by Falzar and Thierry Culliford ; illustrated by Antonello Dalena and Paolo Maddaleni, 2
- Dear Black child, by Rahma Rodaah ; illustrated by Lydia Mba
- The littlest Bigfoot, Jennifer Weiner
- I am!, a book of reminders, by Juana Medina
- Valiente como un león, Erika Meza
- Sesame Street, Love from Sesame Street, by Sesame Workshop ; illustrated by Ernie Kwiat
- Wallflowers, by Mackenzie Joy
- Genesis begins again, Alicia D. Williams
- That's not my name!, Anoosha Syed
- What would you do in a book about you?, by Jean Reidy ; pictures by Joey Chou
- Bearnard's book, Deborah Underwood ; illustrated by Misa Saburi
- Girls can do anything, Caryl Hart, Ali Pye
- Beautiful you, beautiful me, Tasha Spillett-Sumner ; illustrated by Salini Perera
- I'm fun, too!, Jonathan Fenske
- Fast enough, Bessie Stringfield's first ride, Joel Christian Gill
- King Kong's cousin, written and illustrated by Mark Teague
- Oliver Button is a sissy, story and pictures by Tomie dePaola
- Mary can!, Mary J. Blige ; illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin
- I am brown, written by Ashok Banker ; illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat
- A penny's worth, Kimberly Wilson ; illustrated by Mark Hoffmann
- A is for ambitious, by Meena Harris ; illustrated by Marissa Valdez
- Black girls, written by Dominique Furukawa ; illustrated by Erika Lynne Jones
- A boy and his mirror, Marchánt Davis ; illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo
- Burt the Beetle doesn't bite, by Ashley Spires
- A walk in the words, by Hudson Talbott
- All the ways to be smart, Davina Bell & Allison Colpoys
- Bright, Brigit Young
- The wolf suit, Sid Sharp
- Punky Aloha, Shar Tuiasoa
- The red jacket, written and illustrated by Bob Holt
- Not quite Snow White, written by Ashley Franklin ; illustrated by Ebony Glenn
- Neck & neck, Elise Parsley
- Woo hoo! You're doing great!, by Sandra Boynton
- Hidden gem, Linda Liu
- The reflection in me, by Marc Colagiovanni ; art by Peter H. Reynolds
- Beautifully me, written by Nabela Noor ; illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
- 100 things I know how to do, by Amy Schwartz
- You are a beautiful beginning, written by Nina Laden ; illustrated by Kelsey Garrity-Riley
- Oddbird, Derek Desierto
- My hair is a garden, words and pictures by Cozbi A. Cabrera
- The lost little bird, David McPhail
- Who do you think I am?, written by Dawn McLaughlin ; illustrated by Hannah Rowe
- We are here, written by Tami Charles ; illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Bryan Collier
- The junkyard wonders, Patricia Polacco
- My self, your self, written and illustrated by Esmé Shapiro