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1. What Does Brown Mean to You?
Ron Grady | Nancy Paulsen Books | January 3, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
2. We Are Here
Tami Charles | Bryan Collier | Orchard Books | January 3, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
3. A Boy and His Mirror
Marchánt Davis | Keturah A. Bobo | Nancy Paulsen Books | January 3, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
4. All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Story from the Great Migration
Glenda Armand | Keisha Morris | Scholastic Press | January 3, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
5. Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes
Traci N. Todd | Shannon Wright | Orchard Books | January 3, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
6. An American Story
Kwame Alexander | Dare Coulter | Little, Brown | January 3, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
7. A Flag for Juneteenth
Kim Taylor | Neal Porter Books | January 3, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
8. You Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland
Carole Boston Weatherford | E. B. Lewis | Candlewick | January 10, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
9. Basketball Dreams
Chris Paul | Courtney Lovett | Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan) | January 10, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
10. The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music
Roberta Flack | Tonya Bolden | Hayden Goodman | Anne Schwartz Books | January 10, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
11. Put On Your Shoes and Get Ready!
Raphael G. Warnock | Temika Grooms | Philomel Books | January 10, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
12. The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship
Ibtihaj Muhammad | Hatem Aly | S.K. Ali | Little, Brown BYR | January 10, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
13. Lift Every Voice and Change: A Sound Book: A Celebration of Black Leaders and the Words that Inspire Generations
Charnaie Gordon | Aeron Cargill | becker&mayer! Kids | January 10, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
14. You So Black
Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D. | London Ladd | Millner/Simon & Schuster | January 10, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
15. Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement
Katheryn Russell-Brown | Kim Holt | Viking Books for Young Readers | January 10, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
16. Let’s Celebrate Juneteenth (Board Book)
Mudpuppy | Tonya Abari | Tabitha Brown | Galison | January 17, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
17. You Come from Greatness: A Celebration of Black History
Sara Chinakwe | Ken Daley | WaterBrook | January 17, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
18. To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights
Angela Dalton | Lauren Semmer | HarperCollins | January 17, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
19. Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better
Glenda Armand | Kim Freeman | Keith Mallett | Crown BYR | January 10, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
20. My Red, White, and Blue
Alana Tyson | London Ladd | Philomel Books | January 17, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
21. A is for Aretha (Board Book)
Leslie Kwan | Rachelle Baker | Kokila | January 24, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
22. Jump In!
Shadra Strickland | Bloomsbury Children’s Books | January 31, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
23. Plátanos Go with Everything
Lissette Norman | Sara Palacios | HarperCollins | January 31, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
24. Nell Plants a Tree
Anne Wynter | Daniel Miyares | HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray | January 31, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
25. That Flag
Tameka Fryer Brown | Nikkolas Smith | HarperCollins | January 31, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
26. You Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!: The Storied Life of Folk Artist Elijah Pierce
Chiquita Mullins Lee | Carmella Van Vleet | Jennifer Mack-Watkins | Kokila | January 31, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
27. Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll
Tonya Bolden | R. Gregory Christie | HarperCollins | February 14, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
28. Sugar Pie Lullaby: The Soul of Motown in a Song of Love
Carole Weatherford | Sawyer Cloud | Sourcebooks Explore | February 7, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
29. Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll
Charnelle Pinkney Barlow |Doubleday BYR | February 28, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
30. The Story of the Saxophone
Lesa Cline-Ransome | James E. Ransome |Holiday House | February 28, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
31. The Making of Butterflies (Board Book)
Zora Neale Hurston | Ibram X. Kendi | Kah Yangni | Amistad BYR | March 7, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
32. A Is for Ambitious
Meena Harris | Marissa Valdez | Little, Brown BYR | March 14, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
33. Everything a Drum
Sarah Warren | Camila Carrossine | Amicus Ink | March 14, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
34. Little Daymond Learns to Earn
Daymond John | Nicole Miles | Random House BYR | March 21, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
35. Mommy Time
Monique James-Duncan | Ebony Glenn | Candlewick | March 28, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
36. Big Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince
Alliah L. Agostini | Shamar Knight-Justice | FSG | March 28, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
37. The Mermaid Princesses
Maya Cameron-Gordon | Mirelle Ortega | HarperCollins | March 28, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
38. Daddy Dressed Me
Ava Gardner | Michael Gardner | Nadia Fisher | Aladdin | March 28, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
39. Mary Can!: Nothing Is Impossible
Mary J. Blige | Ashleigh Corrin | HarperCollins | March 28, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
40. The Coolest Beard
Betty Tekle | Nick Alexander | Albert Whitman | April 1, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
41. Dear Star Baby
Malcolm Newsome | Kamala Nair | Beaming Books | April 4, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
42. Mermaid and Pirate
Tracey Baptiste | Leisl Adams | Algonquin | April 4, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
43. Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?
Junauda Petrus | Kristen Uroda | Dutton BYR | April 4, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
44. Naming Ceremony
Seina Wedlick | Jenin Mohammed | Abrams BYR | April 11, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
45. How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
Carole Boston Weatherford | Frank Morrison | Candlewick | April 11, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
46. I Want to Be Big!
Tiffany Golden | Sawyer Cloud | Page Street Kids | April 11, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
47. Plátanos Are Love
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris | Mariyah Rahman | Atheneum | April 11, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
48. Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis
Melvina Noel | Cozbi A. Cabrera | Cameron Kids | April 18, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
49. Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight
Shannon Gibney | Charly Palmer | University of Minnesota Press | April 25, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
50. Hurry, Kate, or You’ll Be Late!
Janice N. Harrington | Tiffany Rose | Margaret Ferguson Books | April 25, 2023 | Amazon | Bookshop
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