August is National Black Business Month and back-to-school time. Click on the links to find book lists featuring entrepreneurs, inventors, and fun titles for going to school. Books by Black authors, available now and coming soon in August, are listed below.
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—Book genre abbreviations: Bd Bk/Board Book, PB/Picture Book, ER/Early Reader, Chp Bk/Chapter Book, MG/Middle-Grade, YA/Young Adult
My Super Duper Me
Malcolm Mitchell | Deise Lino | Orchard Books | August 4, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Love Lives On
Dorena Williamson | Ana Latese | Magination Press | August 4, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
A Night for the Rice Carriers
Carmen Rubin | Matt Williams | Rise x Penguin Workshop | August 4, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Poppy’s Family Recipes
Lauren Semmer | Crown BYR | August 11, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Power of Our
Zora Neale Hurston | Ibram X. Kendi | Diana Ejaita | Amistad BYR | August 18, 2026 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Daisy Helps with the Dress
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich | Charis Jackson Barrios | S&S/Millner | August 18, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Brunch Shift
Adrienne Thurman | Mags DeRoma | Random House Studio | August 25, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Face to Face
Dinah Johnson | Kayla Mahaffey | HarperCollins | August 25, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Anansi and the Talking Cloth
Caroline Brewer | Kwasi Asare | Ekua Holmes | Charlesbridge | August 25, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Freedom to Read: The Story of Teacher Mary Peake and One Mighty Oak Tree
Lesa Cline-Ransome | James E. Ransome | Paula Wiseman/Beach Lane | August 25, 2026 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Messy Meeboll (The Cosmos Family)
Bryan Patrick Avery | Vincent Batignole | Picture Window | August 1, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
The Painted Pooch (The Cosmos Family)
Bryan Patrick Avery | Vincent Batignole | Picture Window | August 1, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
The Solarball Slip-Up (The Cosmos Family)
Bryan Patrick Avery | Vincent Batignole | Picture Window | August 1, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
The Tricky Time Capsule (The Cosmos Family)
Bryan Patrick Avery | Vincent Batignole | Picture Window | August 1, 2026 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Shook
Julian Randall | Nathan Walker | Henry Holt | August 4, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Level Up
Daka Hermon | Scholastic | August 4, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Ghost in the Night
Tiffany D. Jackson | Scholastic | August 4, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
How the Rivermaid Grew Her Tail and Other West African and Caribbean Myths
Jessica Wilson | Sophie Bass | Words & Pictures | August 4, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Roi and Me and the Double V: A WWII Story
Sandra W. Headen | Holiday House | August 4, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Who Got Game? Football
Derrick D. Barnes | John John Bajet | Workman Kids | August 18, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Looking for Clouds (Weather Hunters)
Al Roker | Simon Spotlight | August 25, 2026 | ER | Amazon | Bookshop
The Windy Day (Weather Hunters)
Al Roker | Simon Spotlight | August 25, 2026 | ER | Amazon | Bookshop
Ford: Let’s Race!
Sarah Jospitre | Jesga Machado | Penguin Young Readers | August 25, 2026 | ER | Amazon | Bookshop
Firebird Waltz
Misty Copeland | Aladdin | August 25, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Rikki & Rai: The Everyday and Sometimes Epic Adventures of the Tucker Sisters
Tiffany Golden | Lee & Low Books | August 25, 2026 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Find My Way Down to You
Julian Winters | Viking BYR | August 4, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
A Clash of Carnivores
Liselle Sambury | Margaret K. McElderry | August 4, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Stepping Up
Kiara Valdez | Diana Tsai Santos | HarperAlley | August 4, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Death Card
Jasmine Smith | G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR | August 11, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Bound by Fury
Noelle Monét | Margaret K. McElderry | August 18, 2026 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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