This is a list of picture books that are releasing in 2021. They include a wide-range of topics by well-known and debut authors. Some titles are not featured because the cover image or release date has not been provided yet. The titles are listed according to their release date. Sometimes, however, publishers may move a release date up or back. If you know of any picture books that have been assigned a release date and cover image but are not listed, please leave us a comment below. Also, leave your thoughts on which books you’re excited to pre-order now. Coming up next, “2021 Preview (Part 2): Chapter and Middle-Grade Books.
Baby Young, Gifted, and Black: With a Mirror! (Board Book)
Jamia Wilson | Andrea Pippins | Wide Eyed Editions | January 5 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
My Friend!
Taye Diggs | Shane W. Evans | Feiwel and Friends | January 5 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Song in a Rainstorm: The Story of Musical Prodigy Thomas Blind Tom Wiggins
Glenda Armand | Brittany Jackson | January 1 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
C Is for Country
Lil Nas X | Theodore Taylor III. | Random House | January 5 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
One Step Further: My Story of Math, the Moon, and a Mission
Katherine Johnson | Joylette Hylick | Katherine Moore | Charnelle Pinkney Barlow | January 5 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Stella’s Stellar Hair
Yesenia Moises | Imprint | January 5 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge
Ray Anthony Shepard | Keith Mallett | Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR | January 5 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy
Kekla Magoon | Laura Freeman | January 5 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Time for Kenny
Brian Pinkney | Greenwillow Books | January 12 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Off to See the Sea
Nikki Grimes | Elizabeth Zunon | Sourcebooks | January 12 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Watch Me: A Story of Immigration and Inspiration
Doyin Richards | Joe Cepeda | Feiwel and Friends | January 12 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston
Alicia D. Williams | Jacqueline Alcántara | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books | January 12 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Ambitious Girl
Meena Harris | Little, Brown BYR | January 19 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Together We March: 25 Protest Movements That Marched into History
Leah Henderson | Tyler Feder | Atheneum BYR | January 19 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book
Keila V. Dawson | Alleanna Harris | Beaming Books | January 26 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Carole Boston Weatherford | Floyd Cooper | Carolrhoda Books | February 2 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Jayden’s Impossible Garden
Mélina Mangal | Ken Daley | Free Spirit | February 2 | PB | IndieBound
Michelle’s Garden: How the First Lady Planted Seeds of Change
Sharee Miller | Little, Brown BYR | March 2 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Malaika’s Surprise (The Malaika Series, 3)
Nadia L. Hohn | Irene Luxbacher | Groundwood Books | March 2 | PB | Amazon | IndieBound
The Old Boat
Jarrett Pumphrey | Jerome Pumphrey | Norton Young Readers | March 2 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
The Electric Slide and Kai
Kelly J. Baptist | Darnell Johnson | Lee & Low Books | March 2 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Peace
Baptiste Paul | Miranda Paul | NorthSouth Books | March 2 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Dreams for a Daughter
Carole Boston Weatherford | Brian Pinkney | Atheneum BYR | March 9 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
My Day with the Panye
Tami Charles | Sara Palacios | Candlewick | March 16 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Game, Set, Sisters: The Venus and Serena Williams Story
Jay Leslie | Ebony Glenn| Henry Holt | March 30 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
America, My Love, America, My Heart
Daria Peoples-Riley | Greenwillow Books | April 6 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
A Neighborhood Walk, A Musical Journey
Pilar Winter Hill | Olivia Duchess | Albert Whitman & Company | April 1 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Your Mama
NoNieqa Ramos | Jacqueline Alcántara | Versify | April 6 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Coyote’s Soundbite: A Poem for the Planet
John Agard | Piet Grobler | Lantana Publishing | April 6 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope
Jodie Patterson | Charnelle Pinkney Barlow | Crown | April 13 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Glow (Board Book)
Ruth Forman | Geneva Bowers | Little Simon | May 4 | PB | Amazon | IndieBound
Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress
Alicia D. Williams | April Harrison | Anne Schwartz Books | June 1 | PB | Amazon | IndieBound
Becoming Vanessa
Vanessa Brantly Newton | Knopf BYR | June 15 | PB | Amazon | IndieBound
The Cot in the Living Room
Hilda Eunice Burgos | Gaby D’Alessandro | Kokila | June 1 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
My Voice Is a Trumpet
Jimmie Allen | Cathy Ann Johnson | Flamingo Books | PB | July 13 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
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