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April 2022 Children’s & YA New Releases

Award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison debuts as an author with his picture book, Kick Push, described as “a heartwarming, dynamic celebration of self-expression, inspired by his own journey through fatherhood.” That’s sure to be an exciting one! Poet Van G. Garrett debuts with a different “kick.” His Kicks is “a love letter to sneakers…the flyest, floatiest, you-est kicks you can get–the ones that let you soar!” Check out those awesome titles along with other fantastic picture, middle-grade, and young adult April offerings.



1. Me and My Mama (Board Book)

Carole Boston Weatherford | Ashleigh Corrin | Sourcebooks Jabberwocky | April 5 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


2. Show the World!

Angela Dalton | Daria Peoples | Viking BYR | April 5 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


3. I Color Myself Different

Colin Kaepernick | Eric Wilkerson | Scholastic Press | April 5 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


4. Simon B. Rhymin’ Takes a Stand (Simon B. Rhymin’, Bk. 2)

Dwayne Reed | Little, Brown BYR | April 5 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



5. It’s the End of the World and I’m in My Bathing Suit

Justin A. Reynolds | Scholastic Press | April 5 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


6. Witchlings

Claribel Ortega | Scholastic Press | April 5 | MG | Amazon | BookshopIndieBound


7. What Is Juneteenth? (What Was?)

Kirsti Jewel | Who HQ | Manuel Gutierrez | Penguin Workshop | April 5 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


8. Saving Earth: Climate Change and the Fight for Our Future

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich | Tim Foley | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | April 5 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



9. Nothing Burns as Bright as You

Ashley Woodfolk | Versify | April 5 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


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11. You Are More Than Magic: The Black and Brown Girls’ Guide to Finding Your Voice

Minda Harts | Dial Books | April 5 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


12. Chicken Soup for the Soul Babies: Me. You. Us. (Whose Turn?) (Board Book)

JaNay Brown-Wood | Jade Orlando | Charlesbridge | April 12 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



13. Chicken Soup for the Soul Babies: Fast and Slow (Both Just Right!)

JaNay Brown-Wood | Jade Orlando | Charlesbridge | April 12 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


14. Black: The Many Wonders of My World

Nancy Johnson James | Constance Moore | Cameron Kids | April 12 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


15. Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond | Daniel Minter | Knopf BYR | April 12 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


16. Moonwalking

Zetta Elliott | Lyn Miller-Lachmann | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | April 12 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



17. The Lucky Ones

Linda Williams Jackson | Candlewick | April 12 | MG | Amazon | BookshopIndieBound 


18. High Spirits

Camille Gomera-Tavarez | Levine Querido | April 12 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


19. The Peach Pit Parade: A World War I Story (Tales of Young Americans)

Shana Keller | Margeaux Lucas | Sleeping Bear Press | April 15 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


20. Kicks

Van G. Garrett | Reggie Brown | Versify | April 19 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



21. Kick Push: Be Your Epic Self

Frank Morrison | Bloomsbury Children’s Books | April 19 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


22. Unfadeable

Maurice Broaddus | Katherine Tegen Books | April 19 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


23. Shuri And T’Challa: Into the Heartlands (An Original Black Panther Graphic Novel)

Roseanne A. Brown | Dika Araújo | ‎Graphix | April 19 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


24. Bloom (Board Book)

Ruth Forman | Talia Skyles | Little Simon| April 26 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



25. Always with You, Always with Me

Kelly Rowland | Jessica McKay | Fanny Liem | Penguin Kids | April 26 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


26. Together We Ride

Valerie Bolling | Kaylani Juanita | Chronicle Books | April 26 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


27. Izzy Hawthorne: Destiny Awaits

Bethany Baptiste | Disney Press | April 26 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


28. In the Key of Us

Mariama Lockington | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | April 26 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


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*Although the cover image is still present for #10, The Blood Trials by N. E. Davenport ‎(Harper Voyager, 2022) was removed from April’s New Releases list because is not categorized as a YA book. BCBA apologizes for the error. (Edited on October 26, 2022)

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