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 | Bookshop | IndieBound
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 | Bookshop | IndieBound
35. In the Key of Us
Mariama Lockington | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | April 26 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
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