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

2. Friendship Flowers (Jalen’s Big City Life)

3. Museum Mix-Up (Jalen’s Big City Life)

4. Sharing the Mound (Jalen’s Big City Life)

5. Laundry Day Overload (Jalen’s Big City Life)

6. Nicole’s Secret (Mr. Grizley’s Class)

7. Rahma’s Gift (Mr. Grizley’s Class)

8. Nathan’s New Moves (Mr. Grizley’s Class)

9. Bobby’s Story (Mr. Grizley’s Class)

10. Kamala Harris (Biographies)

11. Amanda Gorman (Biographies)

12. The Courageous Six Triple Eight: The All-Black Female Battalion of World War II (Graphic)

13. The Mouse Who Played Football

14. Barack Obama: A Little Golden Book Biography

15. Just Like Jesse Owens

16. Be a Bridge

17. Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change!

18. Future Hero (Future Hero, 1)

19. Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day

20. A Girl’s Guide to Love and Magic

21. I Rise

22. What’s Coming to Me

23. Black Boy, Black Boy

24. Choosing Brave: Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett Till, and the Voice That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

25. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky: The Graphic Novel

26. Blood Like Fate (Blood Like Magic, Bk. 2)

27. How You Grow Wings

28. The Undead Truth of Us

29. Khloe’s Beautiful Blues

30. Say Their Names

31. Shady Baby Feels: A First Book of Emotions (Board Book)

32. Hair to Share

33. Sam’s Super Seats

34. Ours

35. Stacey Abrams and the Fight to Vote

36. The Case of the Missing Bicycles (Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court)

37. Honest June: The Show Must Go On

38. Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations, Bk. 2)

39. A Taste of Magic

40. Seton Girls

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Candido Bretto says:

July 27, 2022 at 12:36 am

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!

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