- The principal's on the roof, by Elizabeth Levy ; illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein
- Back to school for Rotten Ralph, written by Jack Gantos ; illustrated by Nicole Rubel
- Pretty dead queens, Alexa Donne
- Amelia Bedelia shapes up, by Herman Parish ; pictures by Lynne Avril
- Take a kiss to school, by Angela McAllister ; illustrated by Sue Hellard
- The places we sleep, Caroline Brooks DuBois
- Frindle, Andrew Clements
- The disastrous magical wishes of Classroom 13, by Honest Lee & Matthew J. Gilbert ; art by Joelle Dreidemy
- Play it again, Mallory, by Laurie Friedman ; illustrations by Jennifer Kalis
- It's backward day!, by Jane O'Connor ; cover illustrations by Robin Preiss Glasser ; interior illustrations by Ted Enik
- First grade, here I come!, Nancy Carlson
- Ella the Elegant Elephant, by Carmela and Steven D'Amico
- Lola Levine, drama queen, Monica Brown
- Just Grace and the super sleepover, written and illustrated by Charise Mericle Harper
- Danny's doodles, the jelly bean experiment, David A. Adler
- Mr. Klutz is nuts!, Dan Gutman ; pictures by Jim Paillot
- Welcome to unicorn school, Pip Bird ; illustrated by David O'Connell
- Chicken in school, by Adam Lehrhaupt ; illustrated by Shahar Kober
- Babymouse, the musical, by Jennifer and Matthew Holm
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling ; illustrated by Jim Kay
- Pete the cat, rocking in my school shoes, story by Eric Litwin ; art by James Dean
- Cam Jansen and the mystery of the carnival prize, David A. Adler ; illustrated by Susanna Natti
- Mrs. Lizzy is dizzy!, Dan Gutman ; pictures by Jim Paillot
- The terrible two, Jory John, Mac Barnett ; illustrated by Kevin Cornell
- Mockingbird, Kathryn Erskine
- 101 ways to bug your teacher, Lee Wardlaw
- Bitter, Akwaeke Emezi
- I funny TV, a middle school story, James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein ; illustrated by Laura Park
- Just Grace walks the dog, written and illustrated by Charise Mericle Harper
- The chameleon wore chartreuse, from the tattered casebook of Chet Gecko, private eye, written and illustrated by Bruce Hale
- The second siege, written and illustrated by Henry H. Neff
- Lunch Lady and the video game villain, Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- The cool code 2.0, the switch glitch, Deirdre Langeland ; illustrated by Sarah Mai
- All our broken pieces, by L.D. Crichton
- Proud mouse, by Cara Mentzel and Idina Menzel ; illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett
- Joshua Dread, Lee Bacon
- I [heart] band!, by Michelle Schusterman
- The dot, Peter H. Reynolds
- How to start kindergarten, by Cathy Hapka and Ellen Titlebaum ; illustrated by Debbie Palen
- We are thankful, written by Margaret McNamara ; illustrated by Mike Gordon
- Layla and Dancer, Julie Sykes ; illustrated by Lucy Truman
- Darius the Great deserves better, Adib Khorram
- Nikki Tesla and the ferret-proof death ray, Jess Keating
- First grade dropout, written by Audrey Vernick ; illustrated by Matthew Cordell
- Room one, a mystery or two, Andrew Clements ; illustrations by Chris Blair
- Mascot, Charles Waters and Traci Sorell
- Six months later, Natalie D. Richards
- The skin I'm in, Sharon G. Flake
- Jaclyn Hyde, by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White
- School!, adventures at the Harvey N. Trouble Elementary School, written by Kate McMullan ; inspired and illustrated by George Booth