- A history of underwear with Professor Chicken, written by Hannah Holt ; illustrated by Korwin Briggs
- Cleopatra tells all!, Chris Naunton ; illustrated by Guilherme Karsten
- The ocean disaster, Matthew McElligott
- Señorita Mariposa, Ben Gundersheimer also known as Mister G ; illustrated by Marcos Almada Rivero
- Farming, by Gail Gibbons
- Look what I found at the beach, Moira Butterfield ; illustrated by Jesús Verona
- Am I alone here?, notes on living to read and reading to live, Peter Orner ; illustrations by Eric Orner
- When summer comes, exploring nature in our warmest season, Aimée M. Bissonette ; illustrated by Erin Hourigan
- Virga & bone, essays from dry places, Craig Childs ; illustrations by Claire Taylor
- The forest, a fable of America in the 1830s, Alexander Nemerov
- Coretta, the autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, by Coretta Scott King with the Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes
- The view from the cheap seats, selected nonfiction, Neil Gaiman
- My stinky summer by S. Bug, Paul Meisel
- Kapaemahu, by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson ; illustrated by Daniel Sousa
- Archaeologists on a dig, Sue Fliess ; illustrated by Mia Powell
- Thank a farmer, Maria Gianferrari ; illustrated by Monica Mikai
- 300 arguments, Sarah Manguso
- The creative lives of animals, Carol Gigliotti
- Jovita llevaba pantalones, la historia de una mexicana que luchó por la libertad, Aida Salazar ; arte de Molly Mendoza
- Rock, Rosetta, rock! Roll, Rosetta, roll!, presenting sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll, written by Tonya Bolden ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Lunar New Year, Natasha Yim ; illustrated by Jingting Wang
- I am the shark, written by Joan Holub ; illustrated by Laurie Keller
- I am John Lewis, Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- Moon!, Earth's best friend, by Stacy McAnulty ; illustrated by Stevie Lewis
- How to bake a universe, Alec Carvlin ; illustrated by Brian Biggs
- Because of you, John Lewis, the true story of a remarkable friendship, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Keith Henry Brown
- Narwhal on a sunny night, by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by AG Ford
- Night, Elie Wiesel ; translated from the French by Marion Wiesel
- Bridges, engineering masterpieces, Dan Zettwoch
- Frogs, what do frogs, toads, and tadpoles get up to all day?, Dr. Itzue W. Caviedes-Solis ; [illustrated by] Henry Rancourt
- How Tickles saved Pickles, a true story, by Maddie Johnson