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August 2022 Children’s & YA New Releases

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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1 Comment

  1. 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!