- The airport, the inside story, [John Walton ; illustrator, Hannah Abbo]
- Reptile, written by Colin McCarthy
- One million oysters on top of the mountain, Alex Nogués, Miren Asiain Lora ; translated by Lawrence Schimel
- What was the Donner Party?, by Ben Hubbard ; illustrated by Tim Foley
- Together, a first conversation about love, words by Megan Madison & Jessica Ralli ; art by Anne/Andy Passchier
- It is time, the life of a caterpillar, Lizzy Rockwell
- 1,000 facts about space, Dean Regas
- Natural disasters, written by Claire Watts ; consultant Trevor Day
- Powers and thrones, a new history of the Middle Ages, Dan Jones
- The Middle Ages, Michael Burgan ; illustrated by Carmen Sanchez
- The Underground Railroad, Kate Messner and Gwendolyn Hooks ; illustrated by Damon Smyth
- Not a butterfly alphabet book, it's about time moths had their own book!, Jerry Pallotta ; Shennen Bersani
- The bug girl, (a true story), by the Bug Girl herself, Sophia Spencer with Margaret McNamara ; illustrated by Kerascoët
- Moon!, Earth's best friend, by Stacy McAnulty ; illustrated by Stevie Lewis
- Stubby, a true story of friendship, Michael Foreman
- The vegetables we eat, by Gail Gibbons
- One day by the numbers, a book of infographics, Steve Jenkins
- Rise to the sky, how the world's tallest trees grow up, Rebecca E. Hirsch ; illustrated by Mia Posada
- We say #never again, reporting by the Parkland student journalists, edited by MSD teachers Melissa Falkowski and Eric Garner
- Native nations, a millennium in North America, Kathleen DuVal
- The elements, written by Adrian Dingle
- Land of giants, the biggest beasts that ever roamed the Earth, Clive Gifford ; illustrated by Howard Gray
- Indigenous ingenuity, a celebration of traditional North American knowledge, Deidre Havrelock and Edward Kay ; with illustrations by Kalila Fuller
- The big book of bling, ritzy rocks, extravagant animals, sparkling science, and more!, Rose Davidson
- Giant otter vs. caiman, by Kieran Downs
- Pluto!, not a planet? not a problem!, by Pluto (with Stacy McAnulty) ; illustrated by Pluto (and Stevie Lewis)
- Step into your power, written by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins
- Hello, hedgehog, by Laura Buller
- What was World War I?, by Nico Medina ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- What is the story of Romeo and Juliet?, by Max Bisantz ; illustrated by David Malan
- LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan, who would win?, Keith Elliot Greenberg
- Hurricane & tornado, written by Jack Challoner
- Little kids first big book, rocks, minerals, and shells, Moira Rose Donohue
- The hospital, the inside story, [author, Dr. Christle Nwora ; illustrator, Ginnie Hsu]
- Everybody has a body, Molli Jackson Ehlert ; illustrated by Lorian Tu
- The maps book, Joanne Bourne
- What's your favorite food?, Eric Carle and friends: Aki, Isabelle Arsenault, Brigette Barrager, Matthew Cordell, Benji Davies, Karen Katz, Laurie Keller, Juliet Menéndez, Greg Pizzoli, Misa Saburi, Felicita Sala, Dan Santat, Shannon Wright
- Machines in motion, the amazing history of transportation, by Tom Jackson ; illustrated by Chris Mould
- American history, a visual encyclopedia, by David C. King
- What do we know about crop circles?, by Ben Hubbard ; illustrated by Andrew Thomson
- Helping hospital, a community helpers book, Lindsay Ward
- What your ribbon skirt means to me, Deb Haaland's historic inauguration, by Alexis Celeste Bunten ; illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt
- Stolen justice, the struggle for African American voting rights, Lawrence Goldstone ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- The coolest stuff on Earth, a closer look at the weird, wild, and wonderful, Brenda Scott Royce
- Madness, race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum, Antonia Hylton
- Bug Bonanza!, by Andrea Beaty and Dr. Theanne Griffith ; illustrations by Steph Stilwell
- Eid al-Adha, by Mariam Mohamed
- The Wager, a tale of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder, David Grann
- Hardcourt, stories from 75 years of the National Basketball Association, by Fred Bowen ; illustrated by James E. Ransome
- I am money, words by Julia Cook and Garrett Gunderson ; pictures by Josh Cleland