On August 28, 1955, Emmett Louis Till was kidnapped and lynched in Mississippi. He had just turned 14 years old on July 25th. This year, Till would have celebrated his 71st birthday. Recently there has been a growing call by his family and activists to revisit his murder. Choosing Brave: Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett Till, and the Voice That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement is a new picture book releasing on August 9th. “In Choosing Brave, Angela Joy and Janelle Washington offer a testament to the power of love, the bond of motherhood, and one woman’s unwavering advocacy for justice.”
Other August releases offer a wide range of titles and topics, like shady babies, supernatural sequels, Stacey Abrams, and the Seton Girls from debut author Charlene Thomas. Also worth a mention is Sam’s Super Seats, a picture book by Keah Brown (the creator of #DisabledandCute) and Sharee Miller.
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1. Soccer Slowdown
Elliott Smith | Amanda Erb | Picture Window Books | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
2. Friendship Flowers (Jalen’s Big City Life)
Dorothy H. Price | Shiane Salabie | Picture Window Books | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
3. Museum Mix-Up (Jalen’s Big City Life)
Dorothy H. Price | Shiane Salabie | Picture Window Books | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
4. Sharing the Mound (Jalen’s Big City Life)
Dorothy H. Price | Shiane Salabie | Picture Window Books | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
5. Laundry Day Overload (Jalen’s Big City Life)
Dorothy H. Price | Shiane Salabie | Picture Window Books | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
6. Nicole’s Secret (Mr. Grizley’s Class)
Bryan Patrick Avery | Arief Putra | Picture Window Books | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
7. Rahma’s Gift (Mr. Grizley’s Class)
Bryan Patrick Avery | Arief Putra | Picture Window Books | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
8. Nathan’s New Moves (Mr. Grizley’s Class)
Bryan Patrick Avery | Arief Putra | Picture Window Books | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
9. Bobby’s Story (Mr. Grizley’s Class)
Bryan Patrick Avery | Arief Putra | Picture Window Books | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
10. Kamala Harris (Biographies)
Jehan Jones-Radgowski | Pebble Books | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
11. Amanda Gorman (Biographies)
Jehan Jones-Radgowski | Pebble Books | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
12. The Courageous Six Triple Eight: The All-Black Female Battalion of World War II (Graphic)
Artika R. Tyner | Cynthia Paul | Capstone | August 1 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
13. The Mouse Who Played Football
Brian Westbrook Sr. | Lesley Van Arsdall | Mr. Tom | Temple University Press | August 1 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
14. Barack Obama: A Little Golden Book Biography
Frank Berrios | Kristin Sorra | Golden Books | August 2 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
15. Just Like Jesse Owens
Andrew Young | Gordon C. James | Paula Young Shelton | Scholastic Inc. | August 2 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
16. Be a Bridge
Irene Latham | Charles Waters | Nabila Adani | Lerner/Carolrhoda| August 2 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
17. Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change!
Dr. Brittney Cooper | Cathy Ann Johnson | Scholastic | August 2 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
18. Future Hero (Future Hero, 1)
Remi Blackwood | Jasmine Richards | Scholastic | August 2 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
19. Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day
Kelly J. Baptist | Crown BYR | August 2 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
20. A Girl’s Guide to Love and Magic
Debbie Rigaud | Scholastic Press | August 2 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
21. I Rise
Marie Arnold | Versify | August 2 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
22. What’s Coming to Me
Francesca Padilla | Soho Teen | August 2 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
23. Black Boy, Black Boy
Ali Kamanda | Jorge Redmond | Ken Daley | Sourcebooks Explore | August 9 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
24. Choosing Brave: Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett Till, and the Voice That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Angela Joy | Janelle Washington | Roaring Brook | August 9 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
25. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky: The Graphic Novel
Kwame Mbalia | Robert Venditti | Olivia Stephens | Rick Riordan Presents | August 9 | MG | Amazon | IndieBound
26. Blood Like Fate (Blood Like Magic, Bk. 2)
Liselle Sambury | Margaret K. McElderry | August 9 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
27. How You Grow Wings
Rimma Onoseta | Algonquin Young Readers | August 9 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
28. The Undead Truth of Us
Britney S. Lewis | Disney-Hyperion | August 9 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
29. Khloe’s Beautiful Blues
Laketta Caldwell | Dionna L Hayden | Orange Hat Publishing | August 10 | PB | Amazon | IndieBound
30. Say Their Names
Caroline Brewer | Adrian Brandon | Reycraft Books | August 22 | Amazon | Bookshop
31. Shady Baby Feels: A First Book of Emotions (Board Book)
Gabrielle Union | Dwyane Wade | Tara Nicole Whitaker | HarperCollins | August 23 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
32. Hair to Share
Sylvia L. Walker | Rodale Kids | August 23 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
33. Sam’s Super Seats
Keah Brown | Sharee Miller | Kokila | August 23 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
34. Ours
Ruth Forman | Talia Skyles | Little Simon | August 30 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
35. Stacey Abrams and the Fight to Vote
Traci N. Todd | Laura Freeman | HarperCollins | August 30 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
36. The Case of the Missing Bicycles (Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court)
Milo Stone | Shawn Martinbrough | Joseph P Illidge | Christopher Jordan | Simon Spotlight | August 30 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
37. Honest June: The Show Must Go On
Tina Wells | Brittney Bond | Random House BYR | August 30 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
38. Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, Bk. 2)
B. B. Alston | Balzer + Bray | August 30 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
39. A Taste of Magic
J. Elle | Bloomsbury Children’s Books | August 30 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
40. Seton Girls
Charlene Thomas | Dutton BYR | August 30 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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Hello, I’m a new black author, and I would love and appreciate it if my book, “The Falling Star Repairman,” were listed on your website. I hope you’ll also consider adding me to your list of authors. It’s in preorder status on Amazon, and the release date is 8/9/2022. Thank you very much!