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October Children’s & YA New Releases

If you love reading nonfiction stories about historical and present-day figures, this list has plenty. Look for books about the life of  Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, Barrington Irving, Lorraine Hansberry, and more. Acclaimed CEO of Ariel Investments, Mellody Hobson, shares some Priceless Facts about Money with young readers. Discover new titles from debut and award-winning authors.  For more 2024 book releases, see New Releases.

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Picture Books



My Friend LeVar

Ezra Edmond | Jenna Nahyun Chung | Charlesbridge | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Life Is Beautiful

Winsome Bingham | Molly Mendoza | Beach Lane Books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Getting Us to Grandma’s

Nadia L. Hohn | TeMika Grooms | Groundwood Books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron’s

Carole Boston Weatherford | Savanna Durr | Abrams Appleseed | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Our Joyful Noise

Gabriele Davis | Craig Stanley | Atheneum BYR | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


How to Sing a Song

Kwame Alexander | Randy Preston | Melissa Sweet | Quill Tree Books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Toypurina: Japchivit Leader, Medicine Woman, Tongva Rebel

Cheyenne M. Stone | Glenda Armand | Katie Dorame | little bee books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


My Hair Is My Friend

Myrce’tez Gowan-Perkins | Danielle Arrington | Soaring Kite Books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA’s First Black Superstar

Ty Chapman | John Coy | Lonnie Olivierre | Lerner/Millbrook | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Giving Good

Aaron Boyd | Albert Whitman & Company | October 3, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets

Irene Latham | Charles Waters | Mercè López | Carolrhoda Books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


We Are Free, You and Me

Colin Kaepernick | Nessa Diab | Gladys Jose | Scholastic | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Xavier’s Voice

Ashley Franklin | Tatiana Gardel | Innovation Press | October 8, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


My Hair Is Like Yours

St. Clair Detrick-Jules | Tabitha Brown | Chronicle Books | October 8, 2024 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


My Smock Is a Story

Reuben Nantogmah | Samantha Cleaver | Keisha Okafor | HarperCollins | October 8, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



A Kids Book About Diversity

Charnaie Gordon | DK Children | October 8, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Marvelous to Me

Keb’ Mo | MF James | Flowerpot Press | October 15, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


When Black Girls Dream Big

Tanisia Moore | Robert Paul, Jr. | Scholastic Press | October 15, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Let’s Fly!: Barrington Irving’s Record-Breaking Flight Around the World

Barrington Irving | Chana Stiefel | Shamar Knight-Justice | Dial Books | October 15, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Bella Ballerina

Sharon M. Draper | Ebony Glenn | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books | October 15, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Finding Rebecca: The Forgotten Life of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler

Shani Mahiri King | Nicole Tadgell | Tilbury House | October 15, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop



Tiana’s Perfect Plan

Anika Noni Rose | Olivia Duchess | Disney Hyperion | October 22, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Black Artists Shaping the World

Sharna Jackson | Marilyn Esther Chi | Zoé Whitley | Thames & Hudson | October 22, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


What I Must Tell the World: How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice

Jay Leslie | Loveis Wise | Zando – Hillman Grad Books | October 22, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Missing Momma

Winsome Bingham | Rahele Jomepour-Bell | Abrams BYR | October 29, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Goodnight, Starry Night: Bedtime Poems Inspired by Works of Art

Joseph Coelho | Allison Colpoys | Thames & Hudson | October 29, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Willie Mays: A Little Golden Book Biography

Anne Wynter | Bea Jackson | Golden Books | October 29, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Chapter/Middle-Grade Books



Boy 2.0

Tracey Baptiste | Algonquin YR | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


A Split Second

Janae Marks | Quill Tree Books | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Spider-Man: Stories from the Spider-Verse

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé | Frederick Joseph | Ronald L. Smith, et al. | Marvel Press | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop



Onyx & Beyond

Amber McBride | Feiwel & Friends | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Priceless Facts about Money

Mellody Hobson | Caitlin Stevens | Candlewick | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Worst Friends Forever (Leon, Bk. 2)

Jamar Nicholas | Graphix | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop



Instafamous

Erika J. Kendrick | Little, Brown BYR | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


The Disney Christmas Cookbook: 50 Delicious Recipes!

Joy Howard | Disney Books | Disney Press | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek

Kwame Mbalia | Freedom Fire | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop



Beti and the Little Round House

Atinuke | Emily Hughes | Candlewick | October 8, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Rise of the Wrecking Crew (The Vanquishers, Bk. 3)

Kalynn Bayron | Bloomsbury | October 8, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Into the Uncut Grass

Trevor Noah | Sabina Hahn | One World | October 8, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop



Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister (Dork Diaries, Bk. 16)

Rachel Renée Russell | Aladdin | October 15, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


The Best Friend Bracelet

Nicole D. Collier | HarperCollins | October 15, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Melanin Magic: A Young Mystic’s Guide to African Spirituality

Dossé-Via Trenou | Catmouse James | Running Press Kids | October 15, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop



Who Is Cynthia Erivo?

Crystal Hubbard | Gregory Copeland | Penguin Workshop | October 15, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Pied

Avione Lee | Simon & Schuster BYR | October 15, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Bird Nerd

Jennifer Ann Richter | Holiday House | October 22, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop



The Rise of Issa Igwe

Shanna Miles | Union Square Kids | October 22, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut

Charles F. Bolden, Jr. | Tonya Bolden | Candlewick | October 22, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


The Shape of Lost Things

Sarah Everett | HarperCollins | October 22, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop



Team Green! (Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files #6)

Andrea Beaty | Dr. Theanne Griffith | Amulet Books | October 29, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Saving Kenny

Corinne Gaile | Charlesbridge Moves | October 29, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Loser (Dyamonde Daniels)

Nikki Grimes | Uzo Njoku | Reycraft Books | October 30, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Young Adult (YA) Books




The Dead Will Never Haunt Me (Murder, She Wrote #3)

Stephanie Kuehn | Scholastic | October 1, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Only for the Holidays

Abiola Bello | Soho Teen | October 8, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Under All the Lights

Maya Ameyaw | Annick Press | October 8, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop



Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . a LOVE story

Jason Reynolds | Atheneum Books | October 8, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


The Dividing Sky

Jill Tew | Joy Revolution | October 8, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Tangleroot

Kalela Williams | ‎Feiwel & Friends | October 15, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop



I Was Told There Would Be Romance

Marie Arnold | Little, Brown BYR | October 15, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Under the Heron’s Light

Randi Pink | Feiwel & Friends | October 15, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


A French Girl in New York

Anna Adams | Wattpad Books | October 15, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


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