- Plunked, Michael Northrop
- Archie the daredevil penguin, by Andy Rash
- When lions roar, by Robie H. Harris ; pictures by Chris Raschka
- The frightful ride of Michael McMichael, Bonny Becker ; illustrated by Mark Fearing
- Swimming for sunlight, Allie Larkin
- Lily the unicorn, by Dallas Clayton
- Get me out of this book!, rules and tools for being brave, by Kalli Dakos and Deborah Cholette ; illustrated by Sara Infante
- Last flight, by Kristen Mai Giang ; illustrations by Dow Phumiruk
- Oslo learns to swim, written and illustrated by Doug Cushman
- Just Grace and the super sleepover, written and illustrated by Charise Mericle Harper
- The doghouse, Jan Thomas
- Vunce upon a time, by J.otto Seibold and Siobhan Vivian ; illustrated by J.otto Seibold
- The big Halloween scare, by Steven Banks
- City of nightmares, Rebecca Schaeffer
- Francine Poulet meets the Ghost Raccoon, Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Chris Van Dusen
- Scaredy Squirrel gets festive, by Mélanie Watt
- Pearl, Josh Malerman
- Leif and the fall, by Allison Sweet Grant and Adam Grant ; illustrated by Merrilee Liddiard
- Poppy Louise is not afraid of anything, Jenna McCarthy
- Bianca Torre is afraid of everything, Justine Pucella Winans
- Fraidyzoo, Thyra Heder
- Too much space!, written and illustrated by Jonathan Roth
- Stella Batts, scaredy cat, written by Courtney Sheinmel ; illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell
- Your pal Mo Willems presents Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world
- The girl in the well is me, Karen Rivers
- The wolf in underpants, Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoïz, Paul Cauuet
- Truly, madly, deeply, a novel, Karen Kingsbury
- The truth about dragons, Jaime Zollars
- The little blue kite, Mark Z. Danielewski
- Every bird a prince, Jenn Reese ; illustrations by James Firnhaber
- Chicken Lily, Lori Mortensen ; illustrated by Nina Victor Crittenden
- Big chickens go to town, Leslie Helakoski ; illustrated by Henry Cole
- Fearless, Kenny Porter and Zach Wilcox
- The Bellwoods Game, Celia Krampien
- Shadow grave, Marina Cohen
- Scaredy squirrel, by Mélanie Watt
- The someone new, written by Jill Twiss; illustrated by EG Keller
- Bear feels scared, Karma Wilson ; illustrations by Jane Chapman
- Little Ghoul goes to school, Jef Czekaj
- The I'm not scared book, Todd Parr
- Beauregard in a box, written by Jessica Lee Hutchings ; illustrated by Srimalie Bassani
- Friday the scaredy cat, by Kara McMahon ; illustrated by Maddy McClellan
- Night animals, by Gianna Marino
- No swimming for Nelly, Valeri Gorbachev
- The little old lady who was not afraid of anything, by Linda Williams ; illustrated by Megan Lloyd
- The nightmare house, Sarah Allen
- The spirit queen, Arnée Flores
- The boy with a bird in his chest, a novel, Emme Lund
- Viking in love, Doug Cenko
- Garmann's summer, by Stian Hole