- Pigture perfect, Jenny Goebel
- Blue baboon finds her tune, Helen Docherty & Thomas Docherty
- Kitty Sweet Tooth, written by Abby Denson ; art by Utomaru, V. 1
- Biloxi, a novel, Mary Miller
- Trim helps out, written by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Kristy Caldwell
- Hope is a hop, written by Katrina Moore ; illustrated by Melissa Iwai
- Red house, tree house, little bitty brown mouse, by Jane Godwin ; illustrated by Blanca Gomez
- Indiana Bones and the lost library, Harry Heape ; illustrated by Rebecca Bagley
- Dear stray, Kirsten Hubbard ; illustrated by Susan Gal
- Before the world wakes, by Estelle Laure ; illustrated by Paola Zakimi
- What are you?, words by Christian Trimmer ; art by Mike Curato
- Soren's seventh song, by Dave Eggers ; illustrated by Mark Hoffmann
- The cats and the cake, by Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss ; pictures by Steve Henry
- The case of the missing tarts, Christee Curran-Bauer
- A tiger called Tomás, Charlotte Zolotow, Marta Álvarez Miguéns ; afterword by Crescent Dragonwagon
- Eagles in the end zone, by Heidi E.Y. Stemple ; illustrated by Eva Byrne
- Ghost cat, Kevan Atteberry
- Fox, a circle of life story, Isabel Thomas ; [illustrated by] Daniel Egnéus
- The great truck switcheroo, by Bob Shea & Brian Won
- The littlest yak, [text by] Lu Fraser ; [illustrations by] Kate Hindley
- I love you, Cockatoo!, Sarah Aspinall
- "No!" said Custard the Squirrel, by Sergio Ruzzier
- How to catch a reindeer, Alice Walstead & Andy Elkerton
- Santa Shark, a Great white Christmas, by Mike Lowery
- Brave little bear, Steve Small
- The hare-shaped hole, John Dougherty, Thomas Docherty
- The remarkable rescue at Milkweed Meadow, Elaine Dimopoulos ; illustrated by Doug Salati
- This pup is stuck!, by Bob Shea & Brian Won
- Bibi, Jo Weaver
- Flubby will not go to sleep, by J.E. Morris
- Paws to remember, Sofie Kelly
- Vernon is on his way, small stories, Philip C. Stead
- Night lunch, words by Eric Fan ; pictures by Dena Seiferling
- River, Erin Hunter
- Trip to the pumpkin farm, by Rebecca Elliott
- My life at the bottom, the story of a lonesome axolotl, Linda Bondestam ; translated from the Swedish by A. A. Prime
- Seals are jerks!, Jared Chapman
- Stash the trash, by Cigdem Knebel
- Baloney and friends, Greg Pizzoli
- The tale of the tiger slippers, Jan Brett
- Time to sleep, Denise Fleming
- Cat's very good day, words by Kristen Tracy ; pictures by David Small
- A human for Kingsley, Gabriel Evans
- My stupid intentions, Bernardo Zannoni ; translated by Alex Andriesse
- I'd like to be the window for a wise old dog, words and pictures by Philip C. Stead
- Catwad, Jim Benton
- The dog I loved, Susan Wilson
- Glory, a novel, NoViolet Bulawayo
- Literary Critters, William Shakesbear's journey for inspiration, Sophie Corrigan
- Wings, written by Cheryl B. Klein ; illustrated by Tomie dePaola