This is the last book release list for 2022. If you’re a fan of Naomi Osaka, look out for The Way Champs Play. In the picture book, “Osaka shares key steps to becoming a true champ, including being kind, working as a team, doing your best, and most importantly, having fun.” Stacey Abrams follows up her New York Times best-seller, Stacey’s Extraordinary Words with Stacey’s Remarkable Books, “another inspiring tale, based on a true story from Stacey Abrams’s childhood, about the life-changing power of books.” Although there are only a few books on the list, the selections are fantastic. If you know of any we may have missed, leave a comment below.
Coming soon, a preview of books releasing in 2023.
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1. Love Is All Around (Brown Baby Parade)
Nikki Shannon Smith | Ronique Ellis | Crown BYR | December 6, 2022 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
2. Your Special Voice (Board Book)
Temi Adamolekun | Keisha Okafor | Little Simon | December 6, 2022 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
3. The Way Champs Play
Naomi Osaka | Kamala Nair | HarperCollins | December 6, 2022 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
4. Our Beautiful Colors (Little Golden Book)
Nikki Shannon Smith | Bea Jackson | Golden Books | December 6, 2022 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
5. Harriet Tubman
JaNay Brown-Wood | Robert Paul, Jr. | Golden Books | December 6, 2022 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
6. Keyana Loves Her Family
Natasha Anastasia Tarpley | Charnelle Pinkney Barlow | Little, Brown BYR | December 13, 2022 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
7. Stacey’s Remarkable Books
Stacey Abrams | Kitt Thomas | Balzer + Bray | December 13, 2022 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
8. Parker Grows a Garden: Ready-to-Read
Parker Curry | Jessica Curry | Brittany Jackson | Tajae Keith | Simon Spotlight | December 13, 2022 | Amazon | Bookshop
9. Together: A First Conversation About Love (First Conversations)
Megan Madison | Jessica Ralli | Anne/Andy Passchier | Rise x Penguin Workshop | December 27, 2022 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
10. Smart Sisters (Happy Hair)
Mechal Renee Roe | Doubleday BYR | December 27, 2022 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
11. Matchmaker (Miles Lewis, Bk. 3)
Kelly Starling Lyons | Wayne Spencer | Penguin Workshop | December 27, 2022 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
12. What Was Reconstruction?
Sherri L. Smith | Who HQ | Tim Foley | Penguin Workshop | December 27, 2022 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
13. A Child’s Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World’s Coolest Music
Jabari Asim | Jerrard K. Polk | Black Dog & Leventhal | December 27, 2022 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
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