ABBAS, Marzieh. The Camel Library: A True Story from Pakistan. illus. by Anain Shaikh. Feiwel & Friends.

ADCOCK, Maria Wen. My Name Is Ai Lin. illus. by Yu Ting Cheng. Sleeping Bear.

ÁGUILA, María Dolores. Menudo Sunday: A Spanglish Counting Book. illus. by Erika Meza. Dial.

BAILEY, Linda. Lena the Chicken (But Really a Dinosaur!). illus. by K-Fai Steele. Tundra.

BAPTISTE, Tracey. Super Goat Girl. illus. by Dapo Adeola. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.

BARNES, Derrick. I Got You. illus. by Shamar Knight-Justice. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.

BIRDSONG, Bea. How to Grow a Family Tree. illus. by Jasu Hu. Holiday House/Neal Porter.

BLACKALL, Sophie. If We Were Dogs. Little, Brown.

BUTTERFIELD, Moira. Welcome to Our Playground: A Celebration of Games Children Play Everywhere. illus. by Harriet Lynas. Nosy Crow.
 

You Are a Burst of Color (Choi) ©2025 by Sook-Hee Choi

CHOI, Sook-Hee. You Are a Burst of Color. tr. from Korean by Jieun Kiaer & Sarah Kiaer. Charlesbridge.

CUEVAS, Mayra. My Abuela Is a Bruja. illus. by Lorena Alvarez Gómez. Knopf.

DATCHER, Michael. A Song for Two Homes. illus. by Charly Palmer. Random House Studio.

DOBBS, Alda P. The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia. illus. by Emily Mendoza. Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky.

DOUGLAS, Corlette. Leo Wakes Up Grumpy. Clavis.

FANG, X. Broken. Tundra.

FINE, Bex Tobin. Floor It! illus. by Federico Fabiani. Random.

GOADE, Michaela. Moon Song. Little, Brown.

HAN, Sally Soweol. Nightsong. Bloomsbury.

HANSEN, Amy S. & Wanda Díaz Merced. Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe. illus. by Rocío Arreola Mendoza. Charlesbridge.

HARE, John. Field Trip to Dinosaur Valley. Holiday House/Margaret Ferguson.

HARRIS, Shawn. Let’s Be Bees. Holiday House/Neal Porter.

HENN, Sophy. I Hate Everything! S. & S./Beach Lane.

HO, Joanna & Caroline Kusin. The Day the Books Disappeared. illus. by Dan Santat.

HORNE, Patrick. Bear and the Three Goldilocks. illus. by Dan Yaccarino. Holiday House.

KIM-MCCARTHY, Sojung. Binna’s Dalgona. Dial.

KINKZ, Eliza. Mistaco! Penguin/Kokila.

LANG, Suzanne. Archibald and the Furry Dinosaurs. illus. by Max Lang. Random House Studio.

LAROCHELLE, David. This Sheep Needs Your Help! Candlewick.

LAYMON, Kiese. City Summer, Country Summer. illus. by Alexis Franklin. Penguin/Kokila.

LIES, Brian. Cat Nap. Greenwillow.

White Winter (Lukešová) ©2025 by Kudlácek

LUKEŠOVÁ, Milena. White Winter. illus. by Jan Kudlácek. Albatros.

LUYKEN, Corinna. The Arguers. Penguin/Rocky Pond.

MATA, Niña. New. HarperCollins.

MILLER, Sharee. Jordan’s Perfect Haircut. Little, Brown.

MILUSICH, Janice. I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea. illus. by Chris Raschka. Random/Anne Schwartz.

MOLINEAUX, Jen-Ai Elena. A Friend for Lucy. Levine Querido.

MORRIS, Maren & Karina Argow. Beatrix Butterfly. illus. by Kelly Anne Dalton. Chronicle/Chroma.

NAYERI, Daniel. A Knot Is Not a Tangle. illus. by Vesper Stamper. Knopf.

NEWSOME, Malcolm. The Daddy-Daughter Dance. illus. by Jenin Mohammed. Holt.

PEÑA, Zeke. Sundust. Penguin/Kokila.

RAMSEY, Calvin Alexander. The Library in the Woods. illus. by R. Gregory Christie. Lerner/Carolrhoda.

RANSOME, James. A Place for Us. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.

RIDOLFI, Danielle. When the Dark Clouds Come. HarperCollins/Quill Tree.

RIM, Sujean. My Dog Smudge. Atheneum/Caitlin Dlouhy.

ROSIE, Tanya. The Night of the Hedgehog. illus. by Chuck Groenink. Candlewick.
 

Recess: A Picture Book (Smith) ©2025 by Lane Smith

SARDÀ, Júlia. The Witch in the Tower. Candlewick.

SCANLON, Liz Garton & Audrey Vernick. The Family Tree. illus. by Fiona Lee. S. & S./Beach Lane.

SMITH, Lane. Recess: A Picture Book. Abrams.

STEAD, Philip C. A Snow Day for Amos McGee. illus. by Erin E. Stead. Roaring Brook.

STERER, Gideon. If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone. illus. by Emily Hughes. HarperCollins/Clarion.

TEBO, Mary. Sparrow. illus. by E.B. Lewis. Astra.

THOMPKINS-BIGELOW, Jamilah. Together We Are Sunshine. illus. by Raissa Figueroa. Random House Studio.

TONATIUH, Duncan. Vida: The Mice, the Cat, and the Alebrije. Abrams.

VELASQUEZ, Eric. The Polar Bear and the Ballerina. Holiday House.

WALLACE, Gwendolyn. Dancing with Water. illus. by Tonya Engel. Penguin/Kokila.

WANLESS, Kathryn. What Do We Do In Preschool? Red Comet.

WEATHERFORD, Carole Boston. Family Feast! illus. by Frank Morrison. Crown.

WYNNE-JONES, Tim. King of the Dump. illus. by Scot Ritchie. Groundwood.

YUM, Hyewon. A Spoonful of the Sea. Norton.