- Vanguard, how Black women broke barriers, won the vote, and insisted on equality for all, Martha S. Jones
- A llama is not an alpaca, and other mistaken animal identities, written by Karen Jameson ; illustrated by Lorna Scobie
- The Einstein effect, how the world's favorite genius got into our cars, our bathrooms, and our minds, Benyamin Cohen
- The magic school bus explores human evolution, by Joanna Cole ; illustrated by Bruce Degen
- Small places close to home, a children's declaration of rights, written by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Kate Gardiner
- Last winter, the scientists, adventurers, journeymen, and mavericks trying to save the world, Porter Fox
- Pluto!, not a planet? not a problem!, by Pluto (with Stacy McAnulty) ; illustrated by Pluto (and Stevie Lewis)
- The bedtime book of incredible questions, Isabel Thomas ; illustrated by Aaron Cushley
- The magic of seasons, written and illustrated by Vicky Woodgate
- Critter chat, world wild web : what if animals used social media?, Jason Viola
- What was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?, by Kirsten Anderson ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- She persisted in science, brilliant women who made a difference, written by Chelsea Clinton ; illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
- How to make an apple pie from scratch, in search of the recipe for our universe, from the origins of atoms to the big bang, Harry Cliff
- Surviving the wild, by Remy Lai
- Emmet to the rescue, by Julia March
- Shall we dance?, Robin Page
- First friend, how dogs evolved from wolves to become our best friends, written by Kersten Hamilton ; illustrated by Jaime Kim
- Pizza!, a slice of history, Greg Pizzoli
- Frogs, what do frogs, toads, and tadpoles get up to all day?, Dr. Itzue W. Caviedes-Solis ; [illustrated by] Henry Rancourt
- Is this a house for Hermit Crab?, Megan McDonald ; pictures by Katherine Tillotson
- Who was Langston Hughes?, by Billy Merrell ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- The snow man, Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Jeanette Winter
- Look what I found at the beach, Moira Butterfield ; illustrated by Jesús Verona
- Where is Jerusalem?, by Ellen Morgan ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- My life with diabetes, by Mari Schuh ; art by Ana Sebastián
- I am money, words by Julia Cook and Garrett Gunderson ; pictures by Josh Cleland
- What is the Supreme Court?, by Jill Abramson ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Making more, how life begins, Katherine Roy
- A game of birds and wolves, the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II, Simon Parkin
- National geographic kids 5-minute shark stories, Alli Brydon
- The omnivore's dilemma, a natural history of four meals, Michael Pollan
- The magic school bus, in the time of the dinosaurs, Joanna Cole
- The view from the cheap seats, selected nonfiction, Neil Gaiman
- Unspeakable, the Tulsa Race Massacre, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrations by Floyd Cooper
- Night, Elie Wiesel ; translated from the French by Marion Wiesel ; [with a new preface by the author ; foreword by François Mauriac]
- The three-cornered war, the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West, Megan Kate Nelson
- My life with epilepsy, by Mari Schuh ; illustrated by Ana Sebastián
- Black-and-white thinking, the burden of a binary brain in a complex world, Kevin Dutton
- Surviving the wild, by Remy Lai
- Bodies are cool, by Tyler Feder
- The pirate's wife, the remarkable true story of Sarah Kidd, Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos
- Breath, the new science of a lost art, James Nestor
- Awesome heroes, by Rosie Peet
- All the living and the dead, from embalmers to executioners, an exploration of the people who have made death their life's work, Hayley Campbell
- How was that built?, Roma Agrawal ; illustrated by Katie Hickey
- Mario, Paige V. Polinsky
- Sun in my tummy, by Laura Alary ; illustrated by Andrea Blinick
- Impossible escape, a true story of survival and heroism in Nazi Europe, Steve Sheinkin
- I'm trying to love germs, words & pictures by Bethany Barton
- My life with tourette syndrome, by Mari Schuh ; illustrated by Ana Sebastián