- The librarianist, a novel, Patrick deWitt
- The Duchess of Whimsy, an absolutely delicious faity tale, Randall de Sève ; Peter de Sève
- Just a duck?, by Carin Bramsen
- The art of starving, Sam J. Miller
- Short, Holly Goldberg Sloan
- Another day as Emily, Eileen Spinelli ; illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
- Wild about us!, by Karen Beaumont ; illustrated by Janet Stevens
- Every body shines, sixteen stories about living fabulously fat, edited by Cassandra Newbould
- On the plus side, a novel, Jenny L. Howe
- Flor fights back, a Stonewall Riots survival story, by Joy Michael Ellison ; illustrated by Francesca Ficorilli
- Sulwe, Lupita Nyong'o ; illustrated by Vashti Harrison
- Conditions of a heart, Bethany Mangle
- Blancaflor, the hero with secret powers : a folktale from Latin America, Nadja Spiegelman & Sergio García Sánchez ; [with an introduction by F. Isabel Campoy]
- Stand tall, Molly Lou Melon, written by Patty Lovell ; illustrated by David Catrow
- You matter, Christian Robinson
- This journal belongs to Ratchet, Nancy J. Cavanaugh
- Still a gorilla, by Kim Norman ; illustrated by Chad Geran
- The me I choose to be, written by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley ; art by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt
- Imperfect bliss, a novel, Susan Fales-Hill
- Kamila knows best, Farah Heron
- Horace, by Holly Keller
- Every last word, Tamara Ireland Stone
- Take your time, a tale of Harriet, the Galapagos tortoise, Eva Furrow and Donna Jo Napoli ; illustrated by Laurel Molk
- Wonder, R.J. Palacio
- Big, Vashti Harrison
- Wonder, R.J. Palacio
- The mixed-up chameleon, by Eric Carle
- I don't want to be a frog, written by Dev Petty ; illustrated by Mike Boldt
- Looking for me, Beth Hoffman
- Wonder, R.J. Palacio
- Broken people, a novel, Sam Lansky
- Extraordinary Jane, by Hannah E. Harrison
- Square cat, written and illustrated by Elizabeth Schoonmaker
- Wonder, R.J. Palacio
- Fairest, Gail Carson Levine
- Batcat, by Meggie Ramm
- I am enough, Grace Byers ; pictures by Keturah A. Bobo
- My eyes are up here, Laura Zimmermann
- The OK book, Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld
- Jerome by heart, words by Thomas Scotto ; illustrations by Olivier Tallec ; translated from the French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick & Karin Snelson
- Starboy, inspired by the life and lyrics of David Bowie, Jami Gigot
- Crabby Crab, Chris Raschka
- Lala's words, Gracey Zhang
- Dear Girl,, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal ; illustrated by Holly Hatam
- Aven Green music machine, Dusti Bowling ; illustrated by Gina Perry
- The storyteller, Kathryn Williams
- Breathing underwater, Abbey Lee Nash
- We're all wonders, R.J. Palacio
- Puddle, by Richard Jackson ; illustrated by Chris Raschka
- We're all wonders, written and illustrated by R.J. Palacio