Picture Books
Square / Mac Barnett
I Am a Cat / Galia Bernstein
Alpaca Lunch / John Churchman
Love / Matt De La Pena
A Lion is a Lion / Polly Dunbar
A House that Once Was / Julie Fogliano
I Really Want to See You, Grandma / Taro Gomi
Yodel the Yearling / Mary Holland
Be Kind / Pat Zietlow Miller
Drawn Together / Minh Le
All Are Welcome / Alexandra Penfold
Honey / David Ezra Stein

Children’s Fiction
Rebound / Kwame Alexander
Heartseeker / Melinda Beatty
Willa of the Wood / Robert Beatty
The Alcatraz Escape / Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
The Boggart Fights Back / Susan Cooper
The Door to the Lost / Jaleigh Johnson
The Ghost and Whatshisface / Gordon Korman
Bob / Wendy Mass
Auggie & Me: three Wonder stories / R.J. Palacio
Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas / Dav Pilkey (graphic novel)

Children’s Nonfiction
The Whydah: a pirate ship feared, wrecked, and found / Martin W. Sandler
Video Animation and Photography / Anastasia Suen
Rad Girls Can: stories of bold, brave, and brilliant young women / Kate Schatz
The Confidence Code for Girls: taking risks, messing up, & becoming your amazingly imperfect, totally powerful self / Katty Kay & Claire Shipman

For Teens
Champion / Marie Lu
Prodigy / Marie Lu
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School football team / Steve Sheinkin
Archival Quality / Ivy Noelle Weir (graphic novel)
Boots on the Ground: America’s war in Vietnam / Elizabeth Partridge