Nominated books are:
- Waylon! One Awesome Thing by Sara Pennypacker
- Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
- The Lion Who Stole My Arm by Nicola Davies
- Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
- Maxi’s Secret by Lynn Plourde
- The Mask That Sang by Susan Currie
- The Sign of the Cat by Lynne Jonell
- Half a World Away by Cynthia Kadohata
- The Seventh Wish by Kate Messner
- Ghost by Jason Reynolds
- Took by Mary Downing Hahn
- The Skeleton Tree by Iain Lawrence