- Welcome home, where nature's most creative creatures dwell, Lisa Mundorff
- I'm a virus!, by Bridget Heos ; illustrated by Mike Ciccotello
- Just help!, how to build a better world, Sonia Sotomayor ; illustrated by Angela Dominguez
- Sandy feet! whose feet?, footprints at the shore, written by Susan Wood ; illustrated by Steliyana Doneva
- Pura's cuentos, how Pura Belpré reshaped libraries with her stories, written by Annette Bay Pimentel ; illustrated by Magaly Morales
- Digestion! the musical, written by Adam Rex ; illustrated by Laura Park
- If you had your birthday party on the Moon, by Joyce Lapin ; illustrated by Simona Ceccarelli
- Basketball dreams, Chris Paul ; illustrated by Courtney Lovett
- My incredible India, Jasbinder Bilan ; illustrated by Nina Chakrabarti
- What do we know about Bigfoot?, by Steve Korté ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- The possibility of life, science, imagination, and our quest for kinship in the cosmos, Jaime Green
- The business secrets of drug dealing, an almost true account, Matt Taibbi & "Anonymous"
- Birthday on Mars!, by Sara Schonfeld ; illustrated by Andrew J. Ross
- Alone together, Julia Seal
- Is this a house for Hermit Crab?, Megan McDonald ; pictures by Katherine Tillotson
- The hiding game, Gwen Strauss ; illustration by Herb Leonhard
- How to bake a universe, Alec Carvlin ; illustrated by Brian Biggs
- Groundhog day!, by Gail Gibbons
- An indigenous peoples' history of the United States for young people, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz ; adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese
- Robert Smalls, words and pictures, Joel Christian Gill
- The vegetables we eat, by Gail Gibbons
- The meaning of pride, written by Rosiee Thor ; illustrated by Sam Kirk
- The tyranny of merit, what's become of the common good?, Michael J. Sandel
- Being a dog, a tail of mindfulness, words by Maria Gianferrari ; pictures by Pete Oswald
- The hospital, the inside story, [author, Dr. Christle Nwora ; illustrator, Ginnie Hsu]
- Eleanor Roosevelt, her path to kindness, Helaine Becker ; illustrated by Aura Lewis
- On the tip of a wave, how Ai Weiwei's art is changing the tide, written by Joanna Ho ; illustrated by Cátia Chien
- 111 trees, how one village celebrates the birth of every girl, [text] Rina Singh ; [illustrator] Marianne Ferrer
- If I get lost, stay put, remain calm, and ask for help, written and illustrated by Dagmar Geisler ; translated by Andrea Jones Berasaluce
- Luminous, living things that light up the night, Julia Kuo
- Brutalities, a love story, Margo Steines
- I am money, words by Julia Cook and Garrett Gunderson ; pictures by Josh Cleland
- All of me is nature, exploring my five senses outside, by Ashley Renee Jefferson ; illustrations by Kristiana Vellucci
- Green, the story of plant life on our planet, Nicola Davies ; illustrated by Emily Sutton
- The remarkable life of the skin, an intimate journey across our largest organ, Monty Lyman
- Exploring the solar system, Jill McDonald
- Ruth objects, the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, written by Doreen Rappaport ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Team trash, a time traveler's guide to sustainability, Kate Wheeler and Trent Huntington
- The universe, the big bang, black holes, and blue whales, Matthew Brenden Wood ; illustrated by Alexis Cornell
- Contenders, two Native baseball players, one World Series, written by Traci Sorell ; illustrated by Arigon Starr
- Plants to the rescue!, the plants, trees, and fungi that are solving some of the world's biggest problems, written by Dr. Vikram Baliga ; illustrated by Brian Lambert
- The Cottingley fairies, Ana Sender
- The tide pool waits, Candace Fleming ; pictures by Amy Hevron
- Cat, written by Juliet Clutton-Brock
- Unrigged, how Americans are battling back to save democracy, David Daley
- Yoshi, sea turtle genius, a true story about an amazing swimmer, by Lynne Cox ; illustrated by Richard Jones
- Listen to the birds, Donald Kroodsma, Léna Mazilu, Yoann Guény
- Earth friend forever, Molly Bloom, Marc Sanchez, and Sanden Totten ; illustrated by Mike Orodán
- Facts vs. opinions vs. robots, Michael Rex
- The devil's highway, a true story, Luis Alberto Urrea