Listed below is a fantastic selection of new books releasing this month. Young and older readers can explore a wide range of topics, from cowgirls and country music to friendships and frenemies. Enjoy these great titles for summer reading!
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Helping Daddy
Angel Dike | Ebony Glenn | Nosy Crow | May 5, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Brave Like a Lion!: How a Puppeteer Found Her Voice
Megan Piphus | Niña Mata | Dial Books | May 5, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Cowgirl Dreaming: A Picture Book
R. J. Owens | Charnelle Pinkney Barlow | Abrams BYR | May 5, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Black Girl, Bloom Bright
Mahogany L. Browne | Sawyer Cloud | Roaring Brook Press | May 5, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Black Boy, Take Flight
Mahogany L. Browne | Sawyer Cloud | Roaring Brook Press | May 5, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Isaiah Johnson and the Big Game
Esau McCaulley | Emmanuel Boateng | Convergent Children’s | May 5, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
When We Go Home
Heather Beaumont | Nátali de Mello | Kids Can Press | May 5, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Color Me Country: A Celebration of Black Women Who Shaped Country Music
Kelly McCartney (Ed.) | Rissi Palmer (Ed.) | Rhiannon Giddens | Candlewick Studio | May 5, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Mama Says I’m Fine
Brittney Cooper | Tamisha Anthony | Orchard Books | May 5, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Dad
Christian Robinson | Balzer + Bray | May 12, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Under the Clam Moon
Kaitlyn Wells | Mariyah Rahman | Roaring Brook Press | May 12, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Dumped Truck
Daniel Bernstrom | Marcelo Verdad | HarperCollins | May 19, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Honeybird Blue
Taunya English | Raissa Figueroa | HarperCollins | May 19, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Big Once-a-Year Broussard-Bouchard Family Reunion
Karen English | Annalise Barber-Opp | Candlewick | May 19, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
A Song for Juneteenth
Zetta Elliott | Noa Denmon | Little, Brown BYR | May 19, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Spendin’ Time
Gary R. Gray Jr. | Rahele Jomepour Bell | HarperCollins | May 26, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Where Is My Sister?
Shannon Gibney | Huy Voun Lee | Univ of Minnesota Press | May 26, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish
Carole Boston Weatherford | Bagram Ibatoulline | Candlewick | May 26, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chapter/Middle-Grade/Young Adult
The Brainstormerz: Money Talks
Kwame Alexander | Cassidy Dyce | Rashad Doucet | Little, Brown Ink | May 5, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Farewell Friends (Fort Goode, Book #3)
Winsome Bingham | Colin Bootman | Reycraft Books | May 12, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Love from America
Sarah Jospitre | Amandine Thomas | Grosset & Dunlap | May 12, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Camp Frenemies: Bunkmates for Never
Liz Montague | Random House Studio | May 12, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
TIME for Kids: Sharks
Sarah Jospitre | Penguin Young Readers | May 19, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Disney Descendants: A Lost Revenge
Kalynn Bayron | Asiah Fulmore | Abrams Fanfare | May 19, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Four Seasons of Florence Wallace (American Stories for Gutsy Girls)
Kirstie Myvett | Alisha Monnin | Tommy Nelson | May 26, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Listen to the Girls
Chrystal D. Giles | Random House BYR | May 5, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Summer Scrapbook
Florence Migga | Carolrhoda Books | May 5, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Beckett Effect
Nashae Jones | Simon Pulse | May 5, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
In Between Days
Camryn Garrett | Disney Hyperion | May 12, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Queerleaders
Olivia A. Cole | Ashley Woodfolk | Simon & Schuster BYR | May 19, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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