February is Black History Month, so stay tuned to this space for lots of great book ideas to honor and celebrate Black achievement, culture, and life. Until then, our monthly new releases list, while not as long as January’s, features children’s and young adult books that are just as compelling. Leave a comment below about which titles you find most interesting. Also, if you missed January’s list, go here to catch up.
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Carole Boston Weatherford | Floyd Cooper | Carolrhoda Books | February 2 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
She Persisted: Claudette Colvin (from the She Persisted series)
Lesa Cline Ransome | Gillian Flint | Philomel | February 2 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed the World
Rochelle Riley | Cristi Smith-Jones | Wayne State Univ Press | February 2 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
The Vanished (Shuri: A Black Panther Novel #2)
Nic Stone | Scholastic Inc | February 2 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
The Year I Flew Away
Marie Arnold | Versify | February 2 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Love Is a Revolution
Renée Watson | Bloomsbury USA | February 2 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Muted
Tami Charles | Scholastic Press | February 2 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Yesterday Is History
Kosoko Jackson | Sourcebooks Fire | February 2 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
We Wait for the Sun
Dovey Johnson Roundtree | Katie McCabe | Raissa Figueroa | Roaring Brook | February 9 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
The Gilded Ones
Namina Forna | Delacorte Press | February 9 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Reaper of Souls (Kingdom of Souls Bk. 2)
Rena Barron | HarperTeen | February 16 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Kingston and the Magician’s Lost and Found
Rucker Moses | Theo Gangi | Putnam | February 16 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
J.D. and the Great Barber Battle
J. Dillard | Akeem S. Roberts | Kokila | February 23 | ChBk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Some Other Now
Sarah Everett | HMH Books for Young Readers | February 23 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Like Home
Louisa Onomé | Delacorte Press | February 23 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
Nubia: Real One
L.L. McKinney | Robyn Smith | DC Comics | February 23 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
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Thanks so much for sharing!