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 | Bookshop | IndieBound
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 | Bookshop | IndieBound
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)
