This list may not feature all of April’s 2019 new releases, and some titles are reprint paperback, board book, revised editions.
We Chose You: A Book about Adoption, Family, and Forever Love
Tony Dungy | Lauren Dungy | Guy Wolek | Harvest House Publishers | April 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
Fresh Princess
Denene Millner | Gladys Jose | HarperCollins | April 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
Going Down Home with Daddy
Kelly Starling Lyons | Daniel Minter| Peachtree Publishing Company | April 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me
Eloise Greenfield | Ehsan Abdollahi | Sourcebooks Jabberwocky | April 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Undefeated
Kwame Alexander | Kadir Nelson | Versify | April 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
Grandma’s Purse (Board Book Ed.)
Vanessa Brantley-Newton | Knopf BYR | April 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
Trace
Pat Cummings | HarperCollins | April 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer
Lamar Giles | Dapo Adeola | Versify | April 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
Mera: Tidebreaker
Danielle Paige | Stephen Byrne | DC Ink | April 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
High Rise Mystery
Sharna Jackson | Knights of Media | April 4
Home Girl
Alex Wheatle | Atom | April 4 | Amazon | IndieBound
It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Young Readers Ed.)
Trevor Noah | Delacorte BYR | April 9 | Amazon | IndieBound
Colorblind: A Story of Racism
Johnathan Harris | Garry Leach | Anthony Zuiker, PhD | Zuiker Press | April 16 | Amazon | IndieBound
Hair, It’s a Family Affair
Mylo Freeman | Cassava Republic Press | April 17 | Amazon | IndieBound
With the Might of Angels (Paperback Ed.)
Andrea Davis Pinkney | Scholastic Inc. | April 30 | Amazon | IndieBound
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