- Let's do everything and nothing, Julia Kuo
- You go first, written by Ariel Bernstein ; illustrated by Marc Rosenthal
- What will you dream of tonight?, Frances Stickley ; illustrated by Anuska Allepuz
- Stacey's extraordinary words, Stacey Abrams
- The pink hat, by Andrew Joyner
- Beach fleas and other tiny sand animals, by Ellen Lawrence ; consultant: Dr. Daniel W. Beckman
- All about Bingo
- Solar bear, words by Beth Ferry ; pictures by Brendan Wenzel
- Pumpkin day at the zoo, Susan Meissner ; illustrated by Pablo Pino
- Grumpy monkey don't be scared, by Suzanne Lang ; illustrated by Max Lang
- Black bird yellow sun, Steve Light
- Wolfboy, by Andy Harkness
- Twinkle, twinkle, little star, illustrated by Kawaii Studio and Jerrod Maruyama ; designed by David Roe
- Early one morning, Mem Fox ; illustrated by Christine Davenier
- Con pollo, a bilingual playtime adventure, Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Lopez ; illustrated by Andrea Campos
- Bat wings! Cat wings?, Laura Gehl ; illustrated by Monique Felix
- School day, Jill McDonald
- The traveling camera, Lewis Hine and the fight to end child labor, by Alexandra S.D. Hinrichs ; illustrated by Michael Garland
- Meow, Chris Raschka
- Your first day of circus school, Tara Lazar ; illustrated by Melissa Crowton
- I really want a bigger piece!, Harriet Ziefert ; illustrations by Travis Foster
- Oona in the Arctic, words by Kelly DiPucchio ; pictures by Raissa Figueroa
- Uni and the 100 treasures, written by Candice Ransom ; illustrations by Kaley McCabe
- Og meets Mog!, by Ame Dyckman ; illustrated by Elio
- The bear who didn't want to miss Christmas, Marie Tibi, Fabien Öckto Lambert
- One little monster, written and illustrated by Mark Gonyea
- Our skin, a first conversation about race, words by Megan Madison & Jessica Ralli ; art by Isabel Roxas
- Hens for friends, written by Sandy De Lisle ; illustrated by Amelia Hansen
- Pig the monster, Aaron Blabey
- Corduroy takes a bow, story by Viola Davis with B.G. Hennessy ; pictures by Jody Wheeler ; based on the characters created by Don Freeman
- A hundred thousand welcomes, by Mary Lee Donovan ; illustrated by Lian Cho
- Love, Matt de la Peña ; [illustrated by] Loren Long
- Bedtime for Little Bulldozer, Elise Broach ; illustrated by Barry E. Jackson
- Princess Truly's Easter egg hunt, written by Kelly Greenawalt ; illustrated by Amariah Rauscher
- The hound from the pound, Jessica Swaim ; illustrated by Jill McElmurry
- Don't eat bees, life lessons from Chip the dog, by Dev Petty ; illustrated by Mike Boldt
- Razia's ray of hope, one girl's dream of an education, written by Elizabeth Suneby ; illustrated by Suana Verelst
- Measuring a year, a Rosh Hashanah story, by Linda Elovitz Marshall ; illustrations by Zara González Hoang
- Hop aboard!, baby's first vehicles, Elliot Kruszynski
- I hop, Joe Cepeda
- My first 100 nature words, Chris Ferrie ; pictures by Lindsay Dale-Scott
- Elmore, Holly Hobbie
- Yellow kayak, by Nina Laden ; illustrated by Melissa Castrillon
- Starts with B, Christina Earley
- This is a story, words by John Schu ; illustrations by Lauren Castillo
- Soren's seventh song, by Dave Eggers ; illustrated by Mark Hoffmann
- The big umbrella, Amy June Bates ; cowritten with Juniper Bates
- Her body can, Katie Crenshaw & Ady Meschke ; illustrated by Li Liu
- The farmer and the circus, Marla Frazee
- We love you, Rosie!, written by Cynthia Rylant ; illustrated by Linda Davick