- Interrupting chicken, David Ezra Stein
- Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo
- The winter bird, Kate Banks ; illustrated by Suzie Mason
- Well done, mommy penguin, Chris Haughton
- Fat Angie, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
- Beyond magenta, transgender teens speak out, Susan Kuklin
- Peppa pig and the day at Snowy Mountain
- A New Year's reunion, Yu Li-Qiong ; illustrated by Zhu Cheng-Liang
- Mushroom lullaby, Kenneth Kraegel
- The bad day, Frann Preston-Gannon