Juneteenth is our anniversary! We’re still here and turning ten this year, so get ready to celebrate with us. For June, look for books by Black authors to celebrate, observe, recognize, and honor Juneteenth, Father’s Day, Black Music Month, Pride Month, and more. Stay tuned for those titles, but for now, explore these exciting picture, chapter, middle-grade, and young adult books due out in June.
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Connie Schofield-Morrison | Shamar Knight-Justice | Bloomsbury | June 3, 2025 | PB
Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane
K.E. Lewis | Isabel Roxas | Clarion Books | June 3, 2025 | PB
Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis
Daria Peoples | Greenwillow | June 3, 2025 | PB
Scarecited on the First Day of School
Alliah L. Agostini | Lala Watkins | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | June 3, 2025 | PB
Ibi Zoboi | Juanita Londoño | HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray | June 3, 2025 | PB
Bernard Mensah | Elizabeth Zunon | Knopf BYR | June 3, 2025 | PB
Zadie Smith | Nick Laird | Magenta Fox | Viking BYR | June 10, 2025 | PB
Your Crown Shines: For Ketanji Brown Jackson and You
Jessica Care Moore | Dare Coulter | Amistad BYR | June 24, 2025 | PB
Ashley Iman | Gladys Jose | Kokila | June 24, 2025 | PB
Atinuke | Angela Brooksbank | Candlewick | June 24, 2025 | PB
Victoria Monét | Alea Marley | G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR | June 24, 2025 | PB
Juwanda G. Ford | Jada Jeni Bennett | Holiday House | June 24, 2025 | PB
Chapter/Middle-Grade
Nikki Grimes | Uzo Njoku | Reycraft Books | June 3, 2025 | Chp Bk
Disney Princess: Princesses Love School!
Bri Marie McNish | Random House/Disney | June 3, 2025 | Chp Bk
Neecy and Nay Nay and the Green Thumbs (Book, #3)
Simone Dankenbring | Syrone Harvey | Maya Henderson | little bee books | June 3, 2025 | Chp Bk
Adia Kelbara and the High Queen’s Tomb
Isi Hendrix | Storytide | June 3, 2025 | MG
Chanté Timothy | Nosy Crow | June 3, 2025 | MG
Erica Armstrong Dunbar | Candace Buford | Aladdin | June 3, 2025 | MG
Rucker Moses | Nancy Paulsen Books | June 3, 2025 | MG
Rosalyn Ransaw | Amulet Books | June 10, 2025 | MG
Kelly Starling Lyons | Niña Mata | HarperCollins | June 24, 2025 | Chp Bk
Rayleigh Mann and the Quest of Misfits
Ciannon Smart | HarperCollins | June 24, 2025 | MG
Young Adult
Jay Coles | Scholastic Press | June 3, 2025 | PB
The Last Session Vol. 1: Roll For Initiative
Jasmine Walls | Dozerdraws | Micah Myers | Maverick | June 3, 2025 | YA
Saturday Wars: The Manga Multiverse Crossover
Frederick L. Jones | Eddy Frye | Saturday AM | Rockport Publishers | June 3, 2025 | YA
Arriel Vinson | G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR | June 3, 2025 | YA
Quincredible: The Catalyst Compendium
Rodney Barnes | Selina Espiritu | Oni Press | June 10, 2025 | YA
Talia Tucker | Kokila | June 10, 2025 | YA
Jamar J. Perry | Bloomsbury | June 10, 2025 | YA
Rebecca Barrow | Margaret K. McElderry Books | June 17, 2025 | YA
K. Ibura | Quill Tree Books | June 24, 2025 | YA
In Search of the Pinmaker: A Fantasy Pin World Adventure (V. 2)
Briana Lawrence | Joanna Cacao | Andrews McMeel Publishing | June 24, 2025 | YA
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