- Justice rising, 12 amazing Black women in the Civil Rights Movement, written by Katheryn Russell-Brown ; illustrated by Kim Holt
- Wait! What? Albert Einstein was a dope?, Dan Gutman ; illustrated by Allison Steinfeld
- The best American science and nature writing, 2021, edited and with an introduction by Ed Yong ; series editor, Jaime Green
- The elephants come home, a true story of seven elephants, two people, and one extraordinary friendship, written by Kim Tomsic ; illustrated by Hadley Hooper
- Giving thanks, how Thanksgiving became a national holiday, words by Denise Kiernan ; pictures by Jamey Christoph
- Emperor of the ice, how a changing climate affects a penguin colony, Nicola Davies ; illustrated by Catherine Rayner
- The story of Russia, Orlando Figes
- If you were an elephant, written by Leslie Staub ; illustrated by Richard Jones
- All the birds in the world, David Opie
- Dinosaurs can't roar, the unbelievable true story about Rex and our dino friends!, words by Layla Beason ; pictures by Mariano Epelbaum
- The hidden company that trees keep, life from treetops to root tips, James B. Nardi
- You and the bowerbird, Maria Gianferrari ; illustrated by Maris Wicks
- Follow me to hell, McNelly's Texas Rangers and the rise of frontier justice, Tom Clavin
- The gravity tree, the true story of a tree that inspired the world, written by Anna Crowley Redding ; illustrated by Yas Imamura
- The botany of desire, our surprising relationship with plants, Michael Pollan with Richie Chevat
- Incredible jobs you've (probably) never heard of, by Natalie Labarre
- A game of birds and wolves, the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II, Simon Parkin
- Adelita, a sea turtle's journey, Jenny Goebel ; illustrated by Ana Miminoshvili
- The secret life of the red fox, Laurence Pringle ; illustrated by Kate Garchinsky
- Digestion! the musical, written by Adam Rex ; illustrated by Laura Park
- Yours 'til Niagara Falls, written by Brenda Z. Guiberson ; illustrated by William Low
- T, the story of testosterone, the hormone that dominates and divides us, Carole Hooven
- Let's get physical, how women discovered exercise and reshaped the world, Danielle Friedman
- Kapaemahu, by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson ; illustrated by Daniel Sousa
- Meditation station, Susan B. Katz ; illustrated by Anait Semirdzhyan
- Hooray for helpers!, first responders and more heroes in action, Mike Austin
- Stars of the night, the courageous children of the Czech Kindertransport, Caren Stelson ; illustrated by Selina Alko
- Vincent van Gogh, he saw the world in vibrant colors, written by Amy Guglielmo ; illustrated by Petra Braun
- Professor Wooford McPaw's history of astronomy, Elliot Krusynski
- Love is loud, how Diane Nash led the Civil Rights Movement, written by Sandra Neil Wallace ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Jack Knight's brave flight, how one gutsy pilot saved the U.S. Air Mail Service, by Jill Esbaum ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst
- I am Dolly Parton, Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- I'm a neutrino, tiny particles in a big universe, Dr. Eve M. Vavagiakis ; illustrated by Ilze Lemesis
- Little cloud, the science of a hurricane, Johanna Wagstaffe ; [illustrator], Julie McLaughlin
- Darwin's super-pooping worm spectacular, [[text] Polly Owen ; [illustrations] Gwen Millward]
- I'm a volcano!, by Bridget Heos ; illustrated by Mike Ciccotello
- One world, 24 hours on Planet Earth, Nicola Davies ; illustrated by Jenni Desmond
- The High Line, a park to look up to, Victoria Tentler-Krylov
- Unspeakable, the Tulsa Race Massacre, Carole Boston Weatherford ; Floyd Cooper
- A river of dust, the life-giving link between North Africa and the Amazon, by Jilanne Hoffmann ; illustrated by Eugenia Mello
- The first notes, the story of do, re, mi, by Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton ; art by Chiara Fedele
- Parkland speaks, survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas share their stories, edited by MSD teacher Sarah Lerner
- Listen to the birds, Donald Kroodsma, Léna Mazilu, Yoann Guény
- Honey, the dog who saved Abe Lincoln, written by Shari Swanson ; illustrated by Chuck Groenink
- Eggs from Red Hen Farm, farm to table with mazes and maps, Monica Wellington
- Lifting as we climb, Black women's battle for the ballot box, Evette Dionne
- Our world is a family, our community can change the world, words by Miry Whitehill and Jennifer Jackson ; illustrated by Nomar Perez
- Eleanor Roosevelt, her path to kindness, Helaine Becker ; illustrated by Aura Lewis
- Blue, a history of the color as deep as the sea and as wide as the sky, by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond ; illustrated by Daniel Minter
- The deep end, real facts about the ocean, Drew Sheneman