- Rowley Jefferson's awesome friendly adventure, Jeff Kinney
- The girl with the glass bird, Esme Kerr
- A whale of a tale, Debbie Dadey ; illustrated by Tatevik Avakyan
- Falling short, Ernesto Cisneros
- One big crafty family, by Martha Maker ; illustrated by Xindi Yan
- Parker Bell and the science of friendship, written by Cynthia Platt ; illustrated by Rea Zhai
- The king will kill you, Sarah Henning
- Blue, Barry & Pancakes, danger on Mount Choco, by Dan & Jason
- One half from the east, Nadia Hashimi
- You and me, by Susan Verde ; art by Peter H. Reynolds
- Open road summer, Emery Lord
- Everyone hates Kelsie Miller, Meredith Ireland
- Diary of an awesome friendly kid, Rowley Jefferson's journal, Jeff Kinney
- I was here, by Gayle Forman
- Throwaway girls, by Andrea Contos
- The honest truth, Dan Gemeinhart
- Supergifted, Gordon Korman
- Ways to share joy, Renée Watson ; illustrated by Andrew Grey
- Just Jaime, Terri Libenson
- Zuri Ray tries ballet, written by Tami Charles ; illustrated by Sharon Sordo
- Milo's monster, Tom Percival
- Full moon party, written by Jessica Young ; illustrated by Marie Vanderbemden
- Many points of me, Caroline Gertler ; illustrations by Vesper Stamper
- The great Louweezie, by Erica S. Perl ; illustrated by Chris Chatterton
- Second chance summer, Sarah Kapit
- Manatee summer, Evan Griffith
- Only only Marisol Rainey, Erin Entrada Kelly
- Ice cream summer, by Megan Atwood ; illustrated by Natalie Andrewson
- Making the band, by Martha Maker ; illustrated by Xindi Yan
- A galaxy of sea stars, Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo
- Schnozzer & Tatertoes, shoot the moon!, Rick Stromoski
- Cheer up, written by Heather Ayris Burnell ; art by Hazel Quintanilla
- Worm and Caterpillar are friends, written and illustrated by Kaz WIndness
- Felix ever after, Kacen Callender
- Bubble trouble, by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
- Happy fell, by Erica S. Perl ; illustrated by Chris Chatterton
- What we saw, a thriller, Mary Downing Hahn
- Shannon in the spotlight, Kalena Miller
- Max and Marla are having a picnic, Alexandra Boiger
- The secret cabana, by Dela Costa ; illustrated by Ana Sebastián
- Break, by Kayla Miller
- Maybe maybe Marisol Rainey, Erin Entrada Kelly
- The last present, Wendy Mass
- Button and Bundle, by Gretchen McLellan ; illustrated by Gillian Flint
- April & Mae and the sleepover, the Friday book, Megan Dowd Lambert ; illustrated by Gisela Bohórquez
- See you on a starry night, by Lisa Schroeder
- Llama Llama and friends, Anna Dewdney ; illustrated by JJ Harrison
- Frost friends forever, by Christina Soontornvat ; illustrations by Barbara Szepesi Szucs
- April & Mae and the movie night, the Saturday book, Megan Dowd Lambert ; illustrated by Gisela Bohórquez
- Sam's super seats, by Keah Brown ; illustrated by Sharee Miller