February’s new releases list is here! Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney add another book to their Bright Brown Baby board book series, Peek-A-You!. The late editor and author, Bernette Ford, also has two new board books for young readers. There are several stories that celebrate God’s creation, grace, and having faith and hope. With Black History Month approaching, historian and prolific writer, Carole Boston Weatherford, introduces readers to Miss Hamilton. Get familiar with the work of creatives from the Black Diaspora with releases from Dapo Adeola, Layla Saad, Alex Wheatle, and more.
If you love supporting new authors, see the “Debut You” features of these authors debuting this month, Lisa Stringfellow, Laila Sabreen, Antwan Eady, and Nicole D. Collier. Erica Martin’s feature is coming soon.
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1. One Black Cat and Other Numbers (Board Book)
Bernette Ford | Britta Teckentrup | Boxer Books | February 1 | PB | Amazon | IndieBound
2. Teddy, Truck and Other First Words (Board Book)
Bernette Ford | Britta Teckentrup | Boxer Books | February 1 | PB | Amazon | IndieBound
3. Peek-A-You! (A Bright Brown Baby Board Book)
Andrea Davis Pinkney | Brian Pinkney | Cartwheel Books | February 1 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
4. Dear Mama’s Loving Arms
Ceece Kelley | Sawyer Cloud | February 1 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
5. I Am You: A Book About Ubuntu
Refiloe Moahloli | Zinelda McDonald | Amazon Crossing Kids | February 1 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
6. Marley and the Family Band
Cedella Marley | Tracey Baptiste | Tiffany Rose | Random House BYR | February 1 | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
7. Smile with African Style (Macy’s World)
Mylo Freeman | Cassava Republic Press | February 1 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
8. Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman’s Case for Equality and Respect
Carole Boston Weatherford | Jeffery Boston Weatherford | Millbrook Press | February 1 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
9. Why! A Conversation About Race
Taye Diggs | Shane W. Evans | Feiwel & Friends | February 1 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
10. Hey You!: An Empowering Celebration Of Growing Up Black
Dapo Adeola | Nancy Paulsen Books | February 1 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
11. Black Men in Science: A Black History Book for Kids (Biographies for Kids)
Bryan Patrick Avery | Rockridge Press | February 1 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
12. Just Right Jillian
Nicole D. Collier | Versify | February 1 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
13. Black Panther Spellbound
Ronald L. Smith | Marvel Press | February 1 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
14. Freewater
Amina Luqman-Dawson | Little, Brown BYR | February 1 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
15. When the World Turned Upside Down
K. Ibura | Scholastic | February 1 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
16. Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms
Jamar J. Perry | Bloomsbury Children’s Books | February 1 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
17. And We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in Poems
Erica Martin | Philomel | February 1 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
18. Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman
Kristen R. Lee | Crown BYR | February 1 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
19. Murder of Crows (Lethal Lit, Novel #1)
K. Ancrum | Scholastic Inc. | February 1 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
20. Me and White Supremacy: Young Readers’ Ed.
Layla Saad | Sourcebooks Explore | February 1 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
21. Kemosha of the Caribbean
Alex Wheatle | Black Sheep | February 2 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
22. Crowned with Glory
Dorena Williamson | Shellene Rodney | WaterBrook | February 8 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
23. American Girl: Melody Lifts Her Voice (Step into Reading)
Bria Alston | Random House BYR | February 8 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
24. A Comb of Wishes
Lisa Stringfellow | Quill Tree Books | February 8 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
25. You Truly Assumed
Laila Sabreen | Inkyard Press | February 8 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
26. Cherish Farrah
Bethany C. Morrow | Dutton Books | February 8 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
27. Olu and Greta
Diana Ejaita | Rise x Penguin Workshop | February 15 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
28. How High is Heaven
Linsey Davis | Lucy Fleming | Zonderkidz| February 15 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
29. Mardi Gras Almost Didn’t Come This Year
Kathy Z. Price | Carl Joe Williams | Atheneum BYR | February 15 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
30. Nigel and the Moon
Antwan Eady | Gracey Zhang | Katherine Tegen Books | February 15 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
31. Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as wide as the Sky
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond | Daniel Minter | February 15 | PB | Amazon | IndieBound
32. A Spoonful of Faith
Jena Holliday | HarperCollins | February 15 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
33. Climb On!
Baptiste Paul | Jacqueline Alcántara | NorthSouth Books | February 22 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
34. The Magnificent Makers #5: Race Through Space
Dr. Theanne Griffith | Reggie Brown | Random House BYR | February 22 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
35. Star Wars: the High Republic Adventures (V. 2)
Daniel Jose Older | Harvey Tolibao | IDW Publishing | February 22 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
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