This list may not feature all of September’s 2019 new releases. If you know of any that are not listed, leave us a comment below.
The Women Who Caught The Babies: A Story of African American Midwives
Eloise Greenfield | Daniel Minter | Alazar Press | September 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Escape of Robert Smalls: A Daring Voyage Out of Slavery
Jehan Jones-Radgowski | Poppy Kang | September 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
Astro Girl
Ken Wilson-Max | Candlewick | September 3 | Amazon | IndieBound
New Friends for Zaza
Mylo Freeman | Clavis | September 3 | Amazon | IndieBound
Some Places More Than Others
Renée Watson | Bloomsbury Children’s Books | September 3 | Amazon | IndieBound
I Am Yours: Prayers for God’s Girl
Wynter Pitts | Harvest House Publishers | September 3 | Amazon | IndieBound
Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963)
Sharon Robinson | Scholastic Press | September 3 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Jumbie God’s Revenge
Tracey Baptiste | Algonquin Young Readers | September 3 | Amazon | IndieBound
Kingdom of Souls
Rena Barron | HarperTeen | September 3 | Amazon | IndieBound
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
Maika Moulite | Maritza Moulite | Inkyard Press | September 3 | Amazon | IndieBound
Home Girl
Alex Wheatle | Black Sheep | September 3 | Amazon | IndieBound
Things That Make White People Uncomfortable (Adapted for Young Adults)
Michael Bennett | Dave Zirin | Haymarket Books | September 3 | Amazon | IndieBound
Bitty Brown Babe (Board Book)
Deborah LeFalle | Keisha Morris | Beaming Books | September 10 | Amazon | IndieBound
Get Up, Stand Up
Bob Marley | Cedella Marley | John Jay Cabuay | Chronicle Books | September 10 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
Ibtihaj Muhammad | Hatem Aly | S. K. Ali | Little, Brown BYR | September 10 | Amazon | IndieBound
Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide (The Coin Slot Chronicles)
Rashad Jennings | Zonderkidz | September 10 | Amazon | IndieBound
Hope Is Our Only Wing
Rutendo Tavengerwei | Soho Teen | September 10 | Amazon | IndieBound
How to Be Remy Cameron
Julian Winters | Interlude Press | September 10 | Amazon | IndieBound
Pet
Akwaeke Emezi | Make Me a World | September 10 | Amazon | IndieBound
Octopus Stew
Eric Velasquez | Holiday House | September 17 | Amazon | IndieBound
Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History
Gloria Respress-Churchwell | Laura Freeman | Charlesbridge | September 17 | Amazon | IndieBound
Becoming Beatriz
Tami Charles | Charlesbridge Teen | September 17 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
Junauda Petrus | Dutton BYR | September 17 | Amazon | IndieBound
Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson | Riverhead Books | September 17 | Amazon | IndieBound
One Person, No Vote: How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally
Carol Anderson | Tonya Bolden | September 17 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Crossover Graphic Novel
Kwame Alexander | Dawud Anyabwile | HMH BYR | September 24 | Amazon | IndieBound
Slay
Brittney Morris | Simon Pulse | September 24 | Amazon | IndieBound
Who Put This Song On?
Morgan Parker| Delacorte Press | September 24 | Amazon | IndieBound
A Dream So Dark
L.L. McKinney | Imprint | September 24 | Amazon | IndieBound
Obviously: Stories from My Timeline
Akilah Jones | Razorbill | September 24 | Amazon | IndieBound
Correction: September 18, 2019
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson is an adult novel.
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