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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