- Love makes a family, Sophie Beer
- Jacky Ha-Ha, my life is a joke, James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein ; illustrated by Kerascoët
- Too cool for this school, Kristen Tracy
- Lola Levine, drama queen, Monica Brown
- Jillian vs parasite planet, Nicole Kornher-Stace ; illustrated by Scott Brown
- Shouting at the rain, Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- Baseball genius, by Tim Green and Derek Jeter
- The Pumpernickel-Daffodil, Galia Bernstein
- Smart cookie, Elly Swartz
- Love, Mama, Jeanette Bradley
- Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun, Tọlá Okogwu
- Mama and me, Stephen Shaskan
- And I think about you, written by Rosanne L. Kurstedt ; illustrated by Ya-Ling Huang
- I'm not a girl, Maddox Lyons and Jessica Verdi ; illustrated by Dana Simpson
- Embrace the chicken, Mahtab Narismhan
- A possibility of whales, Karen Rivers
- No slam dunk, Mike Lupica
- You go first, Erin Entrada Kelly
- Big snow, Jonathan Bean
- Noggin, John Corey Whaley
- Trowbridge Road, Marcella Pixley
- Love you head to toe, written and illustrated by Ashley Barron
- Dragon's extraordinary egg, Debi Gliori
- The storm whale, Benji Davies
- Daddy dressed me, by Michael Gardner & Ava Gardner ; illustrated by Nadia Fisher
- If you are the dreamer, Kristen Balouch
- A long road on a short day, Gary D. Schmidt & Elizabeth Stickney ; with illustrations by Eugene Yelchin
- Hello lighthouse, Sophie Blackall
- Sweeping up the heart, Kevin Henkes
- Wait, Antoinette Portis
- Dear Girl,, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal ; illustrated by Holly Hatam
- Lost kites and other treasures, Cathy Carr
- Three little words, by Clemency Pearce ; illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw
- A kiss for Akaraka, Richard Jackson ; illustrated by E. B. Goodale
- Baby Bear's book of tiny tales, David McPhail
- I hope, Nipakosêyimon, Monique Gray Smith ; Gabrielle Grimard ; translated into Cree by Dolores Greyeyes Sand
- Just like a mama, written by Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney-Barlow
- Dads, John Coy ; photographs by Wing Young Huie
- My city speaks, written by Darren Lebeuf ; illustrated by Ashley Barron
- Papa put a man on the moon, by Kristy Dempsey ; illustrated by Sarah Green
- Ladybug girl and her papa, by David Soman and Jackie Davis
- Each tiny spark, by Pablo Cartaya
- Baby penguins everywhere, Melissa Guion
- How to feed your parents, by Ryan Miller ; illustrated by Hatem Aly
- Ol' Mama Squirrel, David Ezra Stein
- The nature journal, a backyard adventure, Savannah Allen
- Me & Mama, Cozbi A. Cabrera
- The house that wasn't there, Elana K. Arnold
- Bedtime for Bo, Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold & [illustrations by] Mari Kanstad Johnsen ; translated from Norwegian by Kari Dickson
- Second chance summer, Morgan Matson