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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