- The show must go on, written and illustrated by Ruth McNally Barshaw
- Duck, Duck, Porcupine!, Salina Yoon
- Little Elliot, big fun, story and pictures by Mike Curato
- Dragon ghosts, by Lisa McMann
- Hooray for today!, words and pictures by Brian Won
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling ; illustrated by Jim Kay
- Dirt + water, mud, by Katherine Hannigan
- Six kids and a stuffed cat, Gary Paulsen
- Lumberjanes: unicorn power!, by Mariko Tamaki ; illustrated by Brooke Allen
- Samson in the snow, Philip C. Stead
- Full of Beans, Jennifer L. Holm
- The trials of Morrigan Crow, Jessica Townsend, illustrated by Jim Madsen
- Girl in the blue coat, Monica Hesse
- Emily and the Spellstone, Michael Rubens
- The Firefly code, by Megan Frazer Blakemore
- Aleca Zamm is a wonder, by Ginger Rue
- I walk with Vanessa, a story about a simple act of kindness, Kerascoët
- The ruby circle, a Bloodlines novel, Richelle Mead
- The hike, Alison Farrell
- Shy, by Deborah Freedman
- Silence is goldfish, a novel by Annabel Pitcher
- All the feels, Danika Stone
- Running through sprinklers, Michelle Kim
- Rocket's very fine day, Tad Hills
- Hello, sunshine, Leila Howland
- Your pal Mo Willems presents Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world
- The underdogs, Sara Hammel
- The capybara conspiracy, a novel in three acts, Erica S. Perl
- Cure for the common universe, Christian McKay Heidicker
- Cody Harmon, king of pets, Claudia Mills ; pictures by Rob Shepperson
- Springtime crime, by Carolyn Keene ; illustrated by Peter Francis
- Kids of appetite, David Arnold
- The Tournament at Gorlan, John Flanagan
- Be good be real be crazy, Chelsey Philpot
- Ghosts of Greenglass House, by Kate Milford ; with illustrations by Jaime Zollars
- Insignificant events in the life of a cactus, Dusti Bowling
- The art of being normal, Lisa Williamson
- The bad kid, Sarah Lariviere
- Diary of a wimpy kid, Greg Heffley's journal, by Jeff Kinney
- Bear & Hare -- share!, Emily Gravett
- Hello universe, Erin Entrada Kelly
- This is not the Abby show, Debbie Reed Fischer
- Waiting for snow, Marsha Diane Arnold ; illustrated by Renata Liwska
- My kite is stuck! and other stories, by Salina Yoon
- The hockey rink hunt, Mike Lupica ; illustrated by Chris Danger
- The bombs that brought us together, Brian Conaghan
- Until tomorrow, Mr. Marsworth, Sheila O'Connor
- A tragic kind of wonderful, Eric Lindstrom
- Piggy, by Trevor Lai
- Two roads from here, Teddy Steinkellner