- Always Anjali, by Sheetal Sheth ; illustrated by Jessica Blank
- Drawing outdoors, Jairo Buitrago + Rafael Yockteng ; translated by Elisa Amado
- Gato guapo, words by Anika Aldamuy Denise ; pictures by Zara GonzaÌ lez Hoang
- Pluto!, not a planet? not a problem!, by Pluto (with Stacy McAnulty) ; illustrated by Pluto (and Stevie Lewis)
- Star Trek alphabet book, by Dennis R. Shealy ; illustrated by Ethen Beavers
- My powerful hair, written by Carole Lindstrom ; illustrated by Steph Littlebird
- A flag for Juneteenth, Kim Taylor
- The amazing Hamweenie escapes!, Patty Bowman
- Leave it to Abigail!, the revolutionary life of Abigail Adams, written by Barb Rosenstock ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
- Hawks kettle, puffins wheel and other poems of birds in flight, Susan Vande Griek & [illustrations by] Mark Hoffmann
- I'm gonna paint, Ralph Fasanella, artist of the people, by Anne Broyles ; illustrated by Victoria Tentler-Krylov
- My papi has a motorcycle, Isabel Quintero ; illustrated by Zeke Peña
- Before after, Anne-Margot Ramstein & Matthias Arégui
- Summer is for cousins, by Rajani LaRocca ; illustrated by Abhi Alwar
- 1000 animal words, Jules Pottle
- The noon balloon, by Margaret Wise Brown ; illustrated by Lorena Alvarez
- The unstoppable Garrett Morgan, inventor, entrepreneur, hero, by Joan DiCicco ; illustrated by Ebony Glenn
- Pick a perfect egg, Patricia Toht ; illustrated by Jarvis
- Claude Monet, illustrated by Caroline Bonne Müller ; written by Lucy Brownridge
- I wish I had--, written by Giovanna Zoboli ; illustrated by Simona Mulazzani ; [translation services provided by Translations Unlimited]
- You are a star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg!, written by Dean Robbins ; illustrated by Sarah Green
- Everyone's awake, written by Colin Meloy ; illustrated by Shawn Harris
- Wishes, by Mu̕ọ̕n Thị Văn ; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- Scaredy squirrel goes camping, Mélanie Watt
- Finding home, words from kids seeking sanctuary, by Gwen Agna and Shelley Rotner ; photographs by Shelley Rotner
- Cranky, written by Phuc Tran ; illustrated by Pete Oswald
- Petook, the rooster who met Jesus, text Caryll Houselander ; illustrations Tomie dePaola
- Special delivery, written by Philip C. Stead ; illustrated by Matthew Cordell
- Spi-ku, a clutter of short verse on eight legs, written by Leslie Bulion ; illustrated by Robert Meganck
- Hamish takes the train, Daisy Hirst
- Being you, a first conversation about gender, words by Megan Madison & Jessica Ralli; art by Anne/Andy Passchier
- We will live in this forest again, Gianna Marino
- Parce que ta vie compte, Tami Charles ; illustrations de Bryan Collier (Gagnant d'honneurs Caldecott) ; texte français de Maggalie Prosper
- Blue sky white stars, Sarvinder Naberhaus ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Caveboy crush, words by Beth Ferry ; pictures by Joseph Kuefler
- We could fly, Rhiannon Giddens ; illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu
- What the road said, Cleo Wade ; illustrated by Lucie de Moyencourt
- Ol' Mama Squirrel, David Ezra Stein
- Born to draw comics, the story of Charles Schulz and the creation of Peanuts, Ginger Wadsworth ; illustrated by Craig Orback
- Who are you calling weird?, Marilyn Singer ; Paul Daviz
- Baby animals with their families, Suzi Eszterhas
- Listen, how Evelyn Glennie, a deaf girl, changed percussion /, written by Shannon Stocker ; illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
- My friend won't talk to me, working it out : you choose the ending, by Connie Colwell Miller ; illustrated by Sofia Cardoso
- Stuck in the middle, Tom Tinn-Disbury
- Paletero man, by Latin Grammy winner Lucky Diaz ; illustrated by Micah Player
- If you're happy and you know it, Jane Cabrera
- Rise, from caged bird to poet of the people, Maya Angelou, by Bethany Hegedus ; foreword by Colin Johnson ; illustrations by Tonya Engel
- This is a flying rat, by Andrew Cangelose ; illustrated by Josh Shipley
- The market bowl, Jim Averbeck
- Poems aloud, [text, Joseph Coelho ; illustrations, Daniel Gray-Barnett]