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April 2024 Children’s & YA New Releases

Renowned author and poet Carole Boston Weatherford has two picture book biographies coming in April. A Crown of Stories and Outspoken tell the stories of Toni Morrison and Paul Robeson, respectively. Please take a few minutes to check out those two books, as well as the many others on the list. Get your pre-orders in now!

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Picture Books



All I Need to Be

Rachel Ricketts | Luana Horry | Tiffany Rose | Simon & Schuster BYR | April 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


I Am More Than

LeBron James | Niña Mata | HarperCollins | April 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


A Crown of Stories: The Life and Language of Beloved Writer Toni Morrison

Carole Boston Weatherford | Khalif Thompson | Quill Tree Books | April 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Marley’s Pride

Joëlle Retener | DeAnn Wiley | Barefoot Books | April 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Our World: Kenya

Maïmouna Jallow | Lulu Kitololo | Barefoot Books | April 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


The Juneteenth Cookbook: Recipes and Activities for Kids and Families to Celebrate

Alliah L. Agostini | Chef Taffy Elrod | Sawyer Cloud | Becker & Mayer | April 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Juneteenth Is

Natasha Tripplett | Daniel J. O’Brien | Chronicle | April 9, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Tasha’s Voice

Carmen Bogan | Floyd Cooper | Daria Peoples | Yosemite Conservancy | April 9, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



The Heart Never Forgets

Ana Ot | Hayden Goodman | Atheneum BYR | April 16, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


For Our Daughters

Mel Nyoko | Joelle Avelino | Random House Studio | April 16, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Mori’s Family Adventures, Rio

Geiszel Godoy | David Lenormand | Black Sands Entertainment | April 16, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Cute Toot

Breanna J. McDaniel | Olivia de Castro | Henry Holt BYR | April 23, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Back Home: Story Time with My Father

Arlène Elizabeth Casimir | Ken Daley | Candlewick | April 23, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Not My Cat

Stacey Patton | Acamy Schleikorn | S&S/Denene Millner Books | April 23, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


I Would Love You Still

Adrea Theodore | Ken Wilson Max | Holiday House | April 30, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Outspoken: Paul Robeson Ahead of His Time: A One-Man Show

Carole Boston Weatherford | Eric Velasquez | Candlewick | April 30, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


I Heard: An American Journey

Jaha Nailah Avery | Steffi Walthall | Charlesbridge Publishing | April 30, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Chapter/Middle-Grade Books



The Orange Wall: An Acorn Book (Rainbow Days #3)

Valerie Bolling | Kai Robinson | Scholastic | April 2, 2024 | Early Reader | Amazon | Bookshop


Mission: Moon (Abby in Orbit, Bk. 4)

Andrea J. Loney | Wendy Tan | Albert Whitman & Company | April 4, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Rockin’ Robots! (Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files #5)

Andrea Beaty | Theanne Griffith | April 2, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


The Life-Changing Magic of Chess: A Beginner’s Guide with Grandmaster Maurice Ashley

Maurice Ashley | Denis Angelov | Magic Cat | April 2, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop



The Equinox Test (School for Unusual Magic #1)

Liz Montague | Scholastic Press | April 2, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Running in Flip-Flops from the End of the World

Justin A. Reynolds | Scholastic | April 2, 2024| MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Timid: A Graphic Novel

Jonathan Todd | Graphix | April 2, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Wreck and Roll!

Stephanie Williams | Asia Simone | Graphix | April 2, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop



Fort Goode: The Goode Life

Winsome Bingham | Colin Bootman | Reycraft Books | April 16, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Mid Air

Alicia D. Williams | Danica Novgorodoff | Atheneum Books | April 23, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Rica Baptista: A Week of Shenanigans

Janet Costa Bates | Gladys Jose | Candlewick | April 30, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Young Adult Books



Fate Be Changed: A Twisted Tale

Farrah Rochon | Disney Hyperion | April 2, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Something Kindred

Ciera Burch | Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR | April 2, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories

Desiree S. Evans | Saraciea J. Fennell | Flatiron | April 2, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


This Night Is Ours

Ronni Davis | Little, Brown BYR | April 16, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop



The Lady of Rapture (Bones of Ruin Trilogy, Bk. 3)

Sarah Raughley | Margaret K. McElderry | April 16, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


King of Dead Things

Nevin Holness | Atheneum B | April 16, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


How Do I Draw These Memories? (A Graphic Memoir)

Jonell Joshua | Levine Querido | April 16, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Punk Rock Karaoke

Bianca Xunise | Viking BYR | April 23, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop



Saint-Seducing Gold (The Forge & Fracture Saga, Bk. 2)

Brittany N. Williams | Amulet Books | April 23, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Blood Justice (Blood Debts, Bk. 2)

Terry J. Benton-Walker | Tor Teen | April 23, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Where Was Goodbye?

Janice Lynn Mather | Simon & Schuster BYR | April 30, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


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