Spring things are happening all around. The grass is getting greener, the air feels warmer, the ground is almost just right for planting seedlings, and in a few days, we’ll spring forward one hour. It’s the perfect time to explore books about gardens and growing. There are a few on March’s new releases list. Check those out, along with all the other picture, chapter, middle-grade, and young adult books available now or coming soon.
It’s Women’s History Month, so stay tuned for some fantastic stories of amazing Black women trailblazers, history-makers, contemporary creatives, and future leaders.
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Love That Baby Hair!
Alliah L. Agostini | Sawyer Cloud | Charlesbridge | March 3, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Put Your Records On
Corinne Bailey Rae | Gillian Eilidh O’Mara | Rocky Pond Books | March 3, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Maya’s Big Question (Ambitious Girl, Bk. 3)
Meena Harris | Marissa Valdez | Little, Brown BYR | March 3, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Grandma, Cho Cho and Me
Morgan Christie | Paulica Santos | Groundwood Books | March 3, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Other Side of the Garden
Sili Recio | Elena Djome Lawrence | Brianna McCarthy | Millner/S&S | March 3, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Planting Hope
Frederick Joseph | Paul Kellam | Candlewick | March 3, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Learn Baby Learn: The Shindana Toy Factory’s Legacy of Black Pride
Charlotte Watson Sherman | Esther Stimphat | Reycraft Books | March 10, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Better Than a Touchdown
Jalen Hurts| Nneka Myers | Flamingo Books | March 10, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Ramadan Rain
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow | Aliaa Betawi | Random House Studio | March 10, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Emeka, Eat Egusi!
Candice Iloh | Bea Jackson | Atheneum BYR | March 17, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Songbird in the Light
Billy Porter | Chris Clarkson | Charly Palmer | Abrams BYR | March 17, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Big Green: A Story About the Great Green Wall of Africa
Ken Wilson-Max | Candlewick | March 17, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Mari and the Great Market Swap
Janelle Springer-Willms | Juliana Eigner | Barefoot Books | March 24, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
While We’re Here
Anne Wynter | Micha Archer | Clarion Books | March 24, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Hazel’s Best Day: A Story of Community, Accessibility, and Pride in Being Yourself
Adiba Nelson | DeAnn Wiley | Feiwel & Friends | March 24, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Heart of Our Home
Janelle Washington | Roaring Brook Press | March 24, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Toy Plane
Cherise Harris | S&S/Denene Millner | March 31, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Pecosita’s Freckly Freckle Face
Aliya King Neil | Shane Paul Neil | Eric Velasquez | S&S/Denene Millner | March 31, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chapter/Middle-Grade
Trouble at the Hair Salon
Tanya Wright | Ashley Evans | Sourcebooks Young Readers | March 3, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Harper Sharp: Kid Detective
Jarrett Williams | Random House Graphic | March 3, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Aku: Journey to Ibra
Micah Johnson | Random House BYR | March 3, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Here Lies a Ghost
Shakirah Bourne | Scholastic | March 3, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Cosmic Girls
Manuel Godoy | Joshua Bullock | Black Sands Entertainment | March 3, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
For the Win: Poems Celebrating Phenomenal Athletes
Irene Latham | Charles Waters | Carolrhoda Books | March 3, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
My Bicentennial Summer: True Adventures from the Most Epic Family Road Trip of All Time
G. Neri | Corban Wilkin | Candlewick | March 3, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Harlow’s Harmonica
Crystal Rae | Robert Paul | Crystal Rae Productions | March 10, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Milkshake the Disappearing Milk Snake (Class Pet Ghost Detective, Bk. 2)
Akeem S. Roberts | Kokila | March 17, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Olivia Gray Will Not Fade Away
Ciera Burch | McElderry Books | March 17, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
World Soccer Kings
Charles R. Smith Jr. | Candlewick | March 24, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Uncommonly Curious, Eternally Autistic
Rasha Hamid | Rachael Corcutt | Phillippa Corcutt | Free Spirit | March 31, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Young Adult
When I Was Death
Alexis Henderson | G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR | March 3, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
She Drinks the Light
Yasmin Angoe | Feiwel & Friends | March 3, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Free Verse Society
Delali Adjoa | Peachtree Teen | March 10, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Charmed and Dangerous
Shelly Page | Joy Revolution | March 24, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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