New year, new books!
What kind of children’s and YA stories are you hoping to see from Black authors in 2021, fantasy thrillers, verse novels, historical fiction, romantic comedies? Or maybe you love memoirs, biographies, happy hair tales, or fun-with-the-family picture books. Well, January’s 2021 new releases will not disappoint! This list features 40 awesome fiction and nonfiction selections from dear and debut authors. As always, this is not a complete list, so if you know of any new releases for January, leave a comment below. Also, let us know which books you are most interested in and ready to pre-order. Our stories matter.
Song in a Rainstorm: The Story of Musical Prodigy Thomas Blind Tom Wiggins
Glenda Armand | Brittany Jackson | Albert Whitman | January 1 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
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
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
She Persisted : Harriet Tubman
Andrea Davis Pinkney | Gillian Flint | Philomel Books | January 5 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Root Magic
Eden Royce | Walden Pond Press | January 5 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
Nikki Grimes | Bloomsbury Children’s Books | January 5 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter
Shani King | Bobby C. Martin Jr. | Tilbury House Publishers | January 5 | MG | Amazon | IndieBound
Star Wars The High Republic: A Test of Courage
Justina Ireland | Petur Antonsson | Disney Lucasfilm Press | January 5 | MG | Amazon | IndieBound
Lewis Latimer: Engineering Wizard
Denise Lewis Patrick | Daniel Duncan | HarperCollins | January 5 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues
Andrea Williams | Roaring Brook Press | January 5 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Happily Ever Afters
Elise Bryant | Balzer + Bray | January 5 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
The Life I’m In
Sharon G. Flake | Scholastic Press | January 5 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
One of the Good Ones
Maika Moulite | Maritza Moulite | Green Book | January 5 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Roman and Jewel
Dana L. Davis | Inkyard Press | January 5 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
The Awakening of Malcolm X
Ilyasah Shabazz | Tiffany Jackson | Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR | January 5 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
When You Look Like Us
Pamela Harris | Quill Tree Books | January 5 | YA | 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 | January 12 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
The Protest (Confetti Kids)
Samantha Thornhill | Shirley Ng-Benitez | Lee & Low | January 12 | ChBk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Angel of Greenwood
Randi Pink | Feiwel & Friends | January 12 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas | Balzer + Bray | January 12 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
The Meet-Cute Project
Rhiannon Richardson | Simon & Schuster BYR | January 12 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults)
Ta-Nehisi Coates | Delacorte Press | January 12 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Chlorine Sky
Mahogany L. Browne | Crown BYR | January 12 | YA | 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
Maryam’s Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani
Megan Reid | Aaliya Jaleel | January 19 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Amari and the Night Brothers
B. B. Alston | Balzer + Bray | January 19 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Your Corner Dark
Desmond Hall | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy | January 19 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic History
David Walker | Marcus Kwame Anderson | Ten Speed Press | January 19 | YA | 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
Take Back the Block
Chrystal D. Giles | Random House BYR | January 26 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Wings of Ebony
J. Elle | Denene Millner Books/S & S BYR | January 26 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
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