- Astonishing Color of After, The by Emily X.R. Pan
- Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States (English and Spanish Edition) by Compiled by Warren Binford for Project Amplify
- Bibliophile: Diverse Spines by Jane Mount, Jamise Harper
- Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen
- How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
- You So Black by Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.
- Saints of the Household by Ari Tison
- I Am One by Susan Verde
- La Noche Before Three Kings Day by Sheila Colón-Bagley
- Big by Vashti Harrison
- Chef Edna by Melvina Noel
- How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford
- There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds
- Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson
- Tree and the River, The by Aaron Becker
- Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King by Coretta Scott King
- Summer Is Here by Renée Watson
- Yellow Bus, The by Loren Long
- Man Made Monsters by Andrea Rogers
- Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
- Akeem Keeps Bees! by Kamal E. Bell
- What Are You? by Ilduce Brandão-DaSilva
- Mighty Long Way (Adapted for Young Readers), A by Carlotta Walls LaNier, Lisa Frazier Page
- Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
- You're So Amazing! by James Catchpole, Lucy Catchpole
- Secret Garden on 81st Street, The by Ivy Noelle Weir
- Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello
- Wild Wishes and Windswept Kisses by Maya Prasad
- Sallie Bee Writes a Thank-You Note by Susan Verde, Courtney Sheinmel
- Few Beautiful Minutes, A by Kate Allen Fox
- Isabel in Bloom by Mae Respicio
- Love, the Earth by Frances Stickley
- Mighty Pollinators, The by Helen Frost
- Frankie and Friends: The Big Protest by Christine Platt
- Libertad by
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