Angie Thomas’s much anticipated middle-grade debut releases on April 4th. The Manifestor Prophecy is the first novel in the Nic Blake and the Remarkables fantasy trilogy. It’s described as “an inventive, hilarious, and suspenseful new contemporary fantasy trilogy inspired by African American history and folklore.” Sounds like a fun and adventurous read! If you missed our “Debut You 2023” feature of Alyssa Reynoso-Morris, read it here and find out about the book journey of Plátanos Are Love and what the author has coming out next.
This April new release list is a long one, with over 50 picture, chapter, middle-grade, and young adult books. Take a look and pre-order now!
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Picture Books
Dear Star Baby
Malcolm Newsome | Kamala Nair | Beaming Books | April 4, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Mermaid and Pirate
Tracey Baptiste | Leisl Adams | Algonquin YR | April 4, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
How to Write a Poem
Kwame Alexander | Deanna Nikaido | Melissa Sweet | Quill Tree Books | April 4, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Young, Gifted and Black Too: Meet 52 More Black Icons from Past and Present
Jamia Wilson | Andrea Pippins | Wide Eyed Editions | April 4, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Last Two Crayons
Leah Freeman-Haskin | Shantala Robinson | Groundwood Books | April 4, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?
Junauda Petrus | Kristen Uroda | Dutton BYR | April 4, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Ketanji Brown Jackson: A Justice for All
Tami Charles | Jemma Skidmore | Simon & Schuster BYR | April 4, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Let’s Celebrate Juneteenth (Board Book)
Tonya Abari | Tabitha Brown | Mudpuppy | April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Malola’s Museum Adventures: Career Day
Joelle Avelino | Tate Publishing | April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Fadya and the Song of the River
Laura Nsafou | Amélie-Anne Calmo | Ros Schwartz | Tate Publishing | April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Naming Ceremony
Seina Wedlick | Jenin Mohammed | Abrams BYR | April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Little Mermaid: Make a Splash
Ashley Franklin| Paul Kellam | Disney Press | April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
Carole Boston Weatherford | Frank Morrison | Candlewick | April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World
Leah Henderson | Magaly Morales | Abrams BYR| April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
I Want to Be Big!
Tiffany Golden | Sawyer Cloud | Page Street Kids | April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Plátanos Are Love
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris | Mariyah Rahman | Atheneum | April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Windrush Child: The Tale of a Caribbean Child Who Faced a New Horizon
John Agard | Sophie Bass | Candlewick | April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Maxie Wiz and Her Dragon
Michelle Meadows | Sawyer Cloud | Random House | April 11, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Happy With My Nappy
Gina Jarrell | Lhaiza Morena | Sleeping Bear Press | April 15, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Courage Out Loud: 25 Poems of Power
Joseph Coelho | Daniel Gray-Barnett | Wide Eyed Editions | April 18, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
An Earth Song (Petite Poems)
Langston Hughes | Tequitia Andrews | Cameron Kids | April 18, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chef Edna : Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis
Melvina Noel | Cozbi A. Cabrera | Cameron Kids | April 18, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Sandy Toes: A Summer Adventure
Shauntay Grant | Candice Bradley | Abrams Appleseed | April 25, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Hurry, Kate, or You’ll Be Late!
Janice N. Harrington | Tiffany Rose | Margaret Ferguson Books | April 25, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight
Shannon Gibney | Charly Palmer | University of Minnesota Press | April 25, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chapter & Middle-Grade
That Girl Lay Lay
Rhiannon Richardson | Deandra Hodge | Scholastic Inc. | April 4, 2023| Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Charles Drew: The Innovator of the Blood Bank
Aaron Talley | Subi Bosa | Children’s Press | Apr 4, 2023 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
She Persisted: Ella Fitzgerald
Andrea Davis Pinkney | Gillian Flint | Philomel | April 4, 2023 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
The Sister Switch
Sarah Mlynowski | Debbie Rigaud | Maxine Vee | Scholastic Press | April 4, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Honest June: Secrets and Spies
Tina Wells | Brittney Bond | Random House BYR | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Starting From Scratch
Jazz Taylor | Scholastic Inc. | April 4, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
Angie Thomas | Balzer + Bray | April 4, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Simon B. Rhymin’ Gets in the Game
Dwayne Reed | Little, BYR | April 4, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
School Trip
Jerry Craft | Quill Tree Books | April 4, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Little Mermaid: The Novelization
Faith Noelle | Disney Press | April 11, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Soccer Queens
Charles R. Smith | Candlewick | April 11, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Walk-Off
Derek Jeter | Paul Mantell | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman | April 18, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Rhythm of Time
Questlove | S. A. Cosby | G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR | April 18, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?
Caleb Gayle | Who HQ | Tim Foley | Penguin Workshop April 25, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Doodles from the Boogie Down
Stephanie Rodriguez | Kokila | April 25, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Young Adult
Blood Debts
Terry J Benton-Walker | Tor Teen | April 4, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Promposal
RaeChell Garrett | Poppy | April 4, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
I’m Still Here: Loving Myself in a World Not Made for Me (Adapted for Young Readers)
Austin Channing Brown | Convergent Books | April 4, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Rise: 1967 (Exploring Civil Rights)
Jay Leslie | Franklin Watts | April 4, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Rise: 1968 (Exploring Civil Rights)
Jay Leslie | Franklin Watts | April 4, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Little Mermaid: Against the Tide
J. Elle | Disney Press | April 11, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Making of Yolanda La Bruja
Lorraine Avila | Levine Querido | April 11, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Master of Souls
Rena Barron | HarperTeen | April 11, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Work with What You Got: A Memoir
Zion Clark | James S. Hirsch | Candlewick | April 11, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Song of Wrath
Sarah Raughley | Margaret K. McElderry Books | April 18, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
That Self-Same Metal
Brittany N. Williams | Abrams | April 25, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Money Out Loud: All the Financial Stuff No One Taught Us
Berna Anat | Monique Sterling | Quill Tree Books | April 25, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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