- Moon over Manifest, Clare Vanderpool
- Sugar, Jewell Parker Rhodes ; [interior art by Neil Brigham]
- Front desk, Kelly Yang
- Tiger daughter, Rebecca Lim
- Mirette & Bellini cross Niagara Falls, Emily Arnold McCully
- Yossel's journey, Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Johnson Yazzie
- The Bone Sparrow, Zana Fraillon
- A different pond, written by Bao Phi ; illustrated by Thi Bui
- Nora's chicks, Patricia MacLachlan ; illustrated by Kathryn Brown
- Dumpling dreams, how Joyce Chen brought the dumpling from Beijing to Cambridge, written by Carrie Clickard ; illustrated by Katy Wu
- We belong, Cookie Hiponia Everman ; illustrations by Abigail Dela Cruz
- Maizy Chen's last chance, Lisa Yee
- At Ellis Island, a history in many voices, by Louise Peacock ; illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop
- Fatima's great outdoors, by Ambreen Tariq ; illustrated by Stevie Lewis
- We came to America, Faith Ringgold
- Rosa's song, by Helena Ku Rhee ; illustrated by Pascal Campion
- Planet Jupiter, Jane Kurtz
- Sugar in milk, by Thrity Umrigar ; illustrated by Khoa Le
- Kirsten and the Chippewa, by Janet Shaw ; illustrations, Renée Graef ; vignettes, Philip Hood, Susan McAliley
- When clouds touch us, Thanhhà Lại
- Mi perro solo habla español, Andrea Cáceres
- Dreamers, Yuyi Morales
- Lolo's sari-sari store, Sophia N. Lee ; illustrated by Christine Almeda
- Inside out & back again, Thanhha Lai
- Where are you from?, by Yamile Saied Méndez ; illustrated by Jaime Kim
- Hello, mandarin duck!, written by Bao Phi ; illustrated by Dion MBD
- Tomatoes in my lunchbox, written by Costantia Manoli ; illustrated by Magdalena Mora
- The rhino in right field, Stacy Dekeyser
- A thousand white butterflies, Jessica Betancourt-Perez & Karen Lynn Williams ; illustrated by Gina Maldonado
- Saffron ice cream, by Rashin Kheiriyeh
- Joy-Grace and the dress dilemma, Joy-Grace y el dilema del vestido, by Tseganesh Chala and Joy Ugwu ; illustrated by Joy Ingram
- The samosa rebellion, Shanthi Sekaran
- The madman of Piney Woods, Christopher Paul Curtis
- Rettie and the Ragamuffin Parade, a Thanksgiving story, written by Trinka Hakes Noble & illustrated by David C. Gardner
- Hear my sorrow, the diary of Angela Denoto, a shirtwaist worker, by Deborah Hopkinson
- Last flight, by Kristen Mai Giang ; illustrations by Dow Phumiruk
- El día en que descubres quién eres, Jacqueline Woodson ; ilustrado por Rafael López ; traducido por Teresa Mlawer
- A coal miner's bride, the diary of Anetka Kaminska, Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Hanukkah hamster, by Michelle Markel and illustrated by André Ceolin
- A charmed life, by Gladys E. Barbieri ; illustrations by Lisa Fields ; Spanish translation, Carolina E. Alonso = Una vida con suerte / por Gladys E. Barbieri ; ilustraciones de Lisa Fields ; traduccion al espanol de Carolina E. Alonso
- Jimena Pérez puede volar, por Jorge Argueta ; Ilustraciones de Fabricio Vanden Broeck ; traducción al inglés de Elizabeth Bell = Jimena Pérez can fly / by Jorge Argueta ; illustrations by Fabricio Vanden Broeck ; English translation by Elizabeth Bell
- Letters from Cuba, Ruth Behar
- In the beautiful country, Jane Kuo
- Gittel's journey, an Ellis Island story, story by Leslea Newman ; pictures by Amy June Bates
- The kaya girl, Mamle Wolo
- Grandfather's journey, written and illustrated by Allen Say
- Santiago's road home, Alexandra Diaz
- Front desk, Kelly Yang
- Barefoot dreams of Petra Luna, Alda P. Dobbs
- Granny came here on the Empire Windrush, written by Patrice Lawrence ; illustrated by Camilla Sucre