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August 2023 Children’s & YA New Releases

This month’s new releases list features lots of book series, including Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Jalen’s Big City Life, Hair Love, Miles Lewis, Abby in Orbit, and Stuntboy. Not only does Valerie Bolling have a second book in her Rainbow Days series, but she also has two picture books coming in August. The YA section has some exciting titles. This is a big list, with over 50 books!

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Picture Books



Halloween Friends

Nikki Shannon Smith | DeAndra Hodge | Crown BYR | August 1, 2023 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Brown Sugar Baby Christmas Joy

Kevin Lewis | Jestenia Southerland | Cottage Door Press | August 1, 2023 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


The Little Mermaid

Lois Evans | Disney Storybook Art Team | August 1, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Frank Berrios | Golden Books | August 1, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Ashley Franklin | Bea Jackson | Marvel Press | August 1, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Window Fishing

D.K. Dyson | Rudy Gutierrez | Knopf BYR | August 1, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Jayden’s Secret Ingredient

Mélina Mangal | Ken Daley | Free Spirit Publishing | August 1, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Lean on Me

Bill Withers | Rachel Moss | Akashic Books | August 1, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



One Little Word

Joseph Coelho | Allison Colpoys | August 1, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Good Things

Maryah Greene | Alleanna Harris | Razorbill | August 1, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Blue: The Many Ways I Feel

Nancy Johnson James | Constance Moore | Cameron Kids | August 1, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Justice Ketanji: The Story of US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Denise Lewis Patrick | Kim Holt | Orchard Books | August 1, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Bing, Bop, Bam: Time to Jam!

Valerie Bolling | Sabrena Khadija | Abrams Appleseed | August 8, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Julie and the Mango Tree

Sadé Smith | Sayada Ramdial | Feiwel & Friends | August 8, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


The Stars of Din

Jayri Gómez | Lil’ Libros | August 15, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Together We Swim

Valerie Bolling | Kaylani Juanita | Chronicle | August 15, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



A Song So Black, So Proud!

R.J. Owens | Keisha Okafor | Sleeping Bear Press | August 15, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


A Place of Our Own

Joshunda Sanders | Charly Palmer | Six Foot Press | August 22, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


One

Ruth Forman | Katura Gaines | Little Simon | August 29, 2023 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Hair Love ABCs

Matthew A. Cherry | Vashti Harrison | Kokila | August 29, 2023 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop



Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever

Don Tate | Cherise Harris | S & S/Paula Wiseman | August 29, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Broken Crayons Still Color

Toni Collier | Whitney Bak | Natalie Vasilica | Tommy Nelson | August 29, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


A Toni Morrison Treasury

Toni Morrison | Slade Morrison | Various Illustrators | Paula Wiseman | August 29, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Rooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector

Janice N. Harrington | Theodore Taylor III | Calkins Creek | August 29, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Chapter/Middle-Grade Books



Baking Buddies

Dorothy H. Price | Shiane Salabie | Picture Window Books | August 1, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Moving Day Helpers

Dorothy H. Price | Shiane Salabie | Picture Window Books | August 1, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Onstage Jitters

Dorothy H. Price | Shiane Salabie | Picture Window Books | August 1, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


The Park Cleanup

Dorothy H. Price | Shiane Salabie | Picture Window Books | August 1, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop



Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: This is Moon Girl

Tonya Leslie | Marvel Press Artist | Marvel Press | August 1, 2023 | Early Reader | Amazon | Bookshop


Alijah’s Garden

Bryan Patrick Avery | Arief Putra | Picture Window Books | August 1, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Jackie Robinson Takes the Field

Elliott Smith | Charles Stewart III | Capstone | August 1, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Essie and the March on Selma: A Bloody Sunday Survival Story

Anitra Butler-Ngugi | Wendy Tan Shiau Wei | Stone Arch Books | August 1, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop



Claudia in the Storm: A Hurricane Katrina Survival Story

Denise Walter McConduit | Francesca Ficorilli | Stone Arch Books | August 1, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Moving and Grooving to Fillmore’s Beat

Rachel Werner | Jerrard Polk | Capstone | August 1, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Fighting for Freedom Along the Underground Railroad

Shawn Pryor | Capstone | August 1, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Juneteenth Celebrates Freedom

Myra Faye Turner | Markia Jenai | Capstone | August 1, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop



Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song

Austin Paramore | Sarah Bollinger | Marika Cresta | Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou |  August 1, 2023  | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: One Girl Can Make a Difference

Michelle Meadows | Marvel Press | August 1, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Piggy: The Cure

Terrance Crawford | Scholastic | August 1, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


All Systems Whoa (Abby in Orbit, Bk. 3)

Andrea J. Loney | Fuuji Takashi | Albert Whitman & Company | August 3, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop



A Child’s Introduction to Hip-Hop: The Beats, Rhymes, and Roots of a Musical Revolution

Jordannah Elizabeth | Markia Jenai | Black Dog & Leventhal | August 8, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


The Gold Bowl: An Acorn Book (Rainbow Days #2)

Valerie Bolling | Kai Robinson | Scholastic Inc. | August 15, 2023 | Early Reader | Amazon | Bookshop


Confessions of a Candy Snatcher

Phoebe Sinclair | Theodore Taylor III | Candlewick | August 15, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Chilling with Ghosts: A Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural

Insha Fitzpatrick | Quirk Books | August 15, 2023 | MG  | Amazon | Bookshop



Track Star (Miles Lewis, Bk. 4)

Kelly Starling Lyons | Wayne Spencer | Penguin Workshop | August 29, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Salsa Magic

Letisha Marrero |  Levine Querido | August 29, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Stuntboy, In-Between Time

Jason Reynolds | Raúl the Third | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books | August 29, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Yohuru Williams | Michael G. Long | Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR | August 29, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Young Adult (YA) Books



True True

Don P. Hooper | Nancy Paulsen Books | August 1, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


The Dark Place

Britney S. Lewis | Disney Hyperion | August 8, 2023  | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama

Ray Anthony Shepard | R. Gregory Christie | Calkins Creek | August 8, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Forgive Me Not

Jennifer Baker | Nancy Paulsen Books | August 15, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop



Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali

Marc Bernardin | Ron Salas | First Second | August 15, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults): My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars

Hakeem Oluseyi | Joshua Horwitz | Delacorte Press | August 15, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Sign of the Slayer

Sharina Harris | Entangled Teen | August 29, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


House of Marionne

J. Elle | Razorbill | August 29, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop



Marvel-Verse: Ironheart

Eve L. Ewing | Brian Michael Bendis | Kevin Libranda | Outreach/New Reader | August 29, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

Jamison Shea | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) | August 29, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight

Shelly Page | Alex Brown | Wednesday Books | August 29, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


All You Have to Do

Autumn Allen | Kokila | August 29, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


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