This list may not feature all of October’s 2019 new releases. If you know of any that are not listed, leave us a comment below.
M Is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child
Tiffany Rose | little bee books | October 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
Light a Candle / Tumaini pasipo na Tumaini
Godfrey Nkongolo | Eric Walters | Eva Campbell | Orca | October 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
Ona Judge Outwits the Washingtons: An Enslaved Woman Fights for Freedom
Gwendolyn Hooks | Simone Agoussoye | Capstone | October 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
The ABCs of AOC: A Picture Book about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Jamia Wilson | Krystal Quiles | Little, Brown BYR | October 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight to Walk
Meredith Davis | Rebeka Uwitonze | Scholastic | October 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
Reach for the Skai: How to Inspire, Empower, and Clapback
Skai Jackson | Crown BYR | October 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Good Luck Girls
Charlotte Nicole Davis | Tor Teen | October 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
I’m Not Dying with You Tonight
Kimberly Jones | Gilly Segal | Sourcebooks Fire | October 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance
Bethany Morrow | Arthur A. Levine Books | October 1 | Amazon | IndieBound
Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician
Lesa Cline-Ransome | Raúl Colón | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman | October 8 | Amazon | IndieBound
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds | Alexander Nabaum | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy | October 8 | Amazon | IndieBound
By Any Means Necessary
Candice Montgomery | Page Street Kids | October 8 | Amazon | IndieBound
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir
Nikki Grimes | Wordsong | October 8 | Amazon | IndieBound
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment
Parker Curry | Jessica Curry | Brittany Jackson | Aladdin | October 15 | Amazon | IndieBound
Sulwe
Lupita Nyong’o | Vashti Harrison | Simon & Schuster BYR | October 15 | Amazon | IndieBound
Love and the Rocking Chair
Diane Dillon | Leo Dillon | The Blue Sky Press | October 15 | Amazon | IndieBound
Happy Hair
Mechal Renee Roe | Doubleday BYR | October 15 | Amazon | IndieBound
Hope: Project Middle School (Bk. 1)
Alyssa Milano | Debbie Rigaud | Eric S. Keyes | Scholastic Inc. | October 15 | Amazon | IndieBound
Mo’s Bows: A Young Person’s Guide to Startup Success: Measure, Cut, Stitch Your Way to a Great Business
Moziah Bridges, Tramica Morris | Running Press Kids | October 15 | Amazon | IndieBound
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace
Ashley Bryan | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy | October 15 | Amazon | IndieBound
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Kwame Mbalia | Rick Riordan Presents | October 15 | Amazon | IndieBound
Jackpot
Nic Stone Crown BYR | October 15 | Amazon | IndieBound
War Girls
Tochi Onyebuchi | Razorbill | October 15 | Amazon | IndieBound
Double Bass Blues
Andrea J. Loney | Rudy Gutierrez | Knopf BYR | October 22 | Amazon | IndieBound
Saturday
Oge Mora | Little, Brown BYR | October 22 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Dragon Thief (Dragons in a Bag 2)
Zetta Elliott | Geneva B | Random House BYR | October 22 | Amazon | IndieBound
Light It Up
Kekla Magoon | Henry Holt and Co. | BYR | October 22 | Amazon | IndieBound
Henry and Bea
Jessixa Bagley | Neal Porter Books | October 29 | Amazon | IndieBound
Girls Like Us
Randi Pink | Feiwel & Friends | October 29 | Amazon | IndieBound
Full Disclosure
Camryn Garrett | Knopf BYR | October 29 | Amazon | IndieBound
A River of Royal Blood
Amanda Joy | G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR | October 29 | Amazon | IndieBound
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