- Divided we fall, Trent Reedy
- Harriet's reflections, written and illustrated by Marion Kadi
- The timeless one, James Riley
- The School for Good and Evil, Soman Chainani ; illustrations by Iacopo Bruno
- Lola Levine is not mean!, Monica Brown ; illustrated by Angela Dominguez
- On the night before kindergarten, Rosemary Wells
- Lola goes to school, Anna McQuinn ; illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw
- Heidi Heckelbeck gets glasses, by Wanda Coven ; illustrated by Priscilla Burris
- Travel team, Mike Lupica
- Ways to make sunshine, Renée Watson ; illustrated by Nina Mata
- Back to school, Backpack!, Simon Rich ; illustrated by Tom Toro
- Salt the water, by Candice Iloh
- All four stars, Tara Dairman
- My teacher is a monster! (no, I am not), Peter Brown
- Amelia Bedelia & friends mind their manners, by Herman Parish ; pictures by Lynne Avril
- Counting by 7s, Holly Goldberg Sloan
- Spy school at sea, a spy school novel, Stuart Gibbs
- Courage for beginners, by Karen Harrington
- Mindy Kim, class president, by Lyla Lee ; illustrated by Dung Ho
- Heidi Heckelbeck and the wacky tacky Spirit Week, by Wanda Coven ; illustrated by Priscilla Burris
- The one thing you'd save, by Linda Sue Park ; illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng
- Captain Underpants and the terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers, the ninth epic novel, by Dav Pilkey
- Buster gets back on track, Dale Earnhardt Jr. ; illustrated by Ela Smietanka
- Daughter of smoke & bone, Laini Taylor
- Squad, text by Maggie Tokuda-Hall ; illustrations by Lisa Sterle
- Mr. Monkey visits a school, Jeff Mack
- House party, a novel, edited by Justin A. Reynolds
- 1, 2, 3, off to school!, Marianne Dubuc ; translated by Yvette Ghione
- The queen of kindergarten, Derrick Barnes ; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- Piecing me together, by Renee Watson
- Lunch Lady and the author visit vendetta, Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Scrawl, a novel by Mark Shulman
- Firegirl, Tony Abbott
- When reason breaks, Cindy L. Rodriguez
- Four eyes, based on a true story, by Rex Ogle ; illustrated by Dave Valeza
- Pete the cat and the surprise teacher, by James Dean
- Professor Pitt is a nitwit!, Dan Gutman ; pictures by Jim Paillot
- The kindest red, a story of hijab and friendship, Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali ; art by Hatem Aly
- The friendship code, by Stacia Deutsch
- Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell
- The vanishing stair, Maureen Johnson
- I even funnier, a middle school story, James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein ; illustrated by Laura Park
- The Headmaster's List, Melissa de la Cruz
- The unteachables, Gordon Korman
- Yasmin the soccer star, written by Saadia Faruqi ; illustrated by Hatem Aly
- Crave, Tracy Wolff
- Ramona the pest, Beverly Cleary ; illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
- Dino pets go to school, Lynn Plourde ; illustrated by Gideon Kendall
- Diary of a wimpy kid, by Jeff Kinney
- Dixie and the big bully, story by Grace Gilman ; pictures by Sarah McConnell