- Interrupting chicken, David Ezra Stein
- Beyond magenta, transgender teens speak out, Susan Kuklin
- Build a house, Rhiannon Giddens ; illustrated by Monica Mikai
- See you at Harry's, Jo Knowles
- Fat Angie, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
- Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo
- The baker by the sea, Paula White
- Well done, mommy penguin, Chris Haughton
- Shoshi's Shabbat, Caryn Yacowitz ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening, Robert Frost ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch
- Mushroom lullaby, Kenneth Kraegel