Picture Book Month: A Preview of 2022 Picture Books by Black Authors
November 29, 2021
2022 Preview: YA Books by Black Authors
December 7, 2021
Show all

2022 Preview: Chapter & Middle-Grade Books by Black Authors

This fantastic list of 35 books features a preview of titles by Black authors releasing in 2022 from January-April. The list does not represent all the chapter and middle-grade books releasing from January-April. More titles will appear on our monthly new releases announcement posts. Go here to meet author Lisa Stringfellow whose middle-grade novel, A Comb of Wishes, releases on February 8th. 

What are your thoughts on the new chapter and middle-grade books coming in 2022? Leave a comment below. Happy Reading!



1. Lena and the Burning of Greenwood: A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story (Girls Survive)

Nikki Shannon Smith | Markia Jenai | Stone Arch Books | January 1 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


2. Ty’s Travels: Lab Magic

Kelly Starling Lyons | Nina Mata | HarperCollins | January 4 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


3. Operation Sisterhood  

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich | Crown BYR | January 4 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


4. Pizza My Heart: A Wish Novel

Rhiannon Richardson | Scholastic Inc. | January 4 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


5. The Girl in The Lake

India Hill Brown | Scholastic Press | January 4 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



6.  She Persisted: Coretta Scott King

Kelly Starling Lyons | Gillian Flint‎ | Philomel Books | January 4 | Chp Bk | Amazon | IndieBound


7. Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round: My Story of the Making of Martin Luther King Day 

Kathlyn J. Kirkwood | Steffi Walthall | Versify | January 4 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


8. Symbiosis (Shuri: A Black Panther Novel #3) 

Nic Stone | Scholastic Inc. | January 4 | MG | Amazon | IndieBound


9. Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist

Rosita Stevens-Holsey | Terry Catasús Jennings | Yellow Jacket  | January 4 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


10. How to Fight Racism: A Guide to Standing Up for Racial Justice (Young Reader’s Edition) 

Jemar Tisby | Josh Mosey | Zonderkidz | January 4 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound 



11. National Geographic Kids: Kamala Harris

Tonya K. Grant | National Geographic Kids | January 4 | Chp Bk | Amazon | IndieBound


12. Mango Delight : Mango All the Time (Bk.  3)

Fracaswell Hyman | Sterling Children’s Books | January 11 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


13. When Winter Robeson Came

Brenda Woods | Nancy Paulsen Books | January 11 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


14. Who Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?: Rosa Parks: A Who HQ Graphic Novel

Insha Fitzpatrick | Who HQ | Abelle Hayford | Penguin Workshop | January 11 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound 


15. VIP: Stacey Abrams: Voting Visionary

Andrea J. Loney | Shellene Rodney ‎| HarperCollins | January 18 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



16. The Witch’s Apprentice (Dragons in a Bag, Bk. 3)

Zetta Elliott | Cherise Harris ‎| Random House BYR | January 18 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


17. Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

Ibi Zoboi | Dutton BYR | January 25 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound 


18. Black Panther Spellbound  

Ronald L. Smith | Marvel Press | February 1 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


19. Just Right Jillian

Nicole D. Collier | Versify | February 1 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


20. Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms

Jamar J. Perry | Bloomsbury Children’s Books | February 1 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



21. Freewater

Amina Luqman-Dawson | Little, Brown BYR | February 1 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


22. When the World Turned Upside Down

K. Ibura | Scholastic | February 1 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


23. A Comb of Wishes

Lisa Stringfellow | Quill Tree Books | February 8 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


24. Bold Words from Black Women: Inspiration and Truths from 50 Extraordinary Leaders Who Helped Shape Our World 

Dr. Tamara Pizzoli | Monica Ahanonu | S&S/Millner | February 8 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


25. The Magnificent Makers #5: Race Through Space

Dr. Theanne Griffith | Reggie Brown | Random House BYR | February 22 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



26. Star Wars: the High Republic Adventures (V. 2)

Daniel Jose Older | Harvey Tolibao | IDW Publishing | February 22 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


27. Caprice

Coe Booth | Scholastic Inc. | March 1 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


28. Jada Jones: Nature Lover (Bk. #6)

Kelly Starling Lyons | Nneka Myers | Penguin Workshop | March 29 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


29. What Is Juneteenth? (What Was?)

Kirsti Jewel | Who HQ | Manuel Gutierrez | April 5 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


30. Simon B. Rhymin’ Takes a Stand (Simon B. Rhymin’, 2) 

Dwayne Reed | Little, Brown BYR | April 5 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



31. It’s the End of the World and I’m in My Bathing Suit

Justin A. Reynolds | Scholastic Press | April 5 | MG | Amazon | BookshopIndieBound


32. Fibbed 

Elizabeth Agyemang | Razorbill | April 5 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


33. Moonwalking

Zetta Elliott | Lyn Miller-Lachmann | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | April 12 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


34. The Lucky Ones

Linda Williams Jackson | Candlewick | April 12 | MG | Amazon | BookshopIndieBound


35. In the Key of Us

Mariama Lockington | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | April 26 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


Amazon/Bookshop/IndieBound Disclosure: BCBA is a participant in the Amazon, Bookshop, and IndieBound Affiliate Programs. The affiliate programs offer participants the opportunity to earn fees by linking to Amazon, Bookshop, and IndieBound websites. Clicking on the book links will direct you away from this site. Thanks for your support!

Comments are closed.