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April 2023 Children’s & YA New Releases

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 | AmazonBookshop


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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