February is Black History Month! Stay tuned for some great lists featuring picture book biographies, happy hair tales, and titles that affirm and celebrate our beautiful Black children. But first, February’s new releases are here and ready for preview and preorders.
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I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy
Mychal Threets | Lorraine Nam | Random House BYR | February 3, 2026 | PB
Alicia D. Williams | Anna Cunha | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books | February 3, 2026 | PB
A Bear, a Man, and a Donut Van
Daniel Bernstrom | Brandon James Scott | Hippo Park | February 3, 2026 | PB
Seven Million Steps: The True Story of Dick Gregory’s Run for the Hungry
Derrick Barnes | Christian Gregory | Frank Morrison | Amistad BYR | February 3, 2026 | PB
Baptiste Paul | Miranda Paul | Christopher Silas Neal | Clarion | February 3, 2026 | PB
As You Are: A Hope for Black Sons
Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle | David Wilkerson | Magination Press | February 3, 2026 | PB
Gloria Steinem | Leymah Gbowee | Kah Yangni | Orchard Books | February 3, 2026 | PB
Remember Her Name!: Debbie Allen’s Rise to Fame
Tami Charles | Meredith Lucius | Charlesbridge | February 10, 2026 | PB
Andrea Pippins | Random House Studio | February 17, 2026 | PB
Benjamin Zephaniah | Melissa Castrillón | Clarion Books | February 17, 2026 | PB
Yvette R. Murray | Tonya Engel | Free Spirit Publishing | February 17, 2026 | PB
Baseball for Breakfast: A (Mostly) True Story
Judy Campbell-Smith | Maggie Carroll | Charlesbridge | February 17, 2026 | PB
Terry Crews | Tanisha Cherislin | Little, Brown BYR | February 24, 2026 | PB
Maya’s Journey: A Story of Two Great-Grandmothers
Marcella White Campbell | Olivia Smith | Kalaniot Books | February 24, 2026 | PB
Teresa Rodrigues | Jamiel Law | Atheneum BYR | February 24, 2026 | PB
Chapter/Middle-Grade
Kwame Alexander | Kitt Thomas | Little, Brown BYR | February 3, 2026 | Chp Bk
Not So Neurotypical: A Fun and Illustrated Celebration of 30 Influential People with ADHD
Terrance Crawford | Rachel Cash | Andrews McMeel Publishing | February 3, 2026 | MG
Space Chasers: To the Moon (Space Chasers, Bk. 2)
Leland Melvin | Joe Caramagna | Alison Acton | First Second | February 3, 2026 | MG
Joseph Coelho | Hyun Song We | Candlewick | February 3, 2026 | MG
First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth
Angélique Roché | Alvin Epps | Millicent Monroe | Bex Glendining | Oni Press | February 3, 2026 | MG
Invasion of the Mutant Plications (McGill and Lee, Bk. 1)
Bridgett McGill | Florenza Lee | Abi Fox | February 10, 2026 | Chp Bk
Opal Watson: A Case Most Fowl (Opal Watson, Bk. 2)
Brittany J. Thurman | Storytide | February 10, 2026 | MG
Time for a Change (The Rhythm of Time, 2)
Questlove | S. A. Cosby | Godwin Akpan | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | February 17, 2026 | MG
Wild Ride (A Dyamonde Daniel Book, Book #6)
Nikki Grimes | Uzo Njoku | Reycraft Books | February 23, 2026 | Chp Bk
Korobá: The Case of the Missing Kolo
Àlàbá Ònájìn | Holiday House | February 24, 2026 | Chp Bk
Amari and the Metalwork Menace (Supernatural Investigations, 4)
B. B. Alston | Storytide | February 24, 2026 | MG
Tracey Baptiste | Little, Brown BYR | February 24, 2026 | MG
Young Adult
J.D. Myall | Wednesday Books | February 3, 2026 | YA
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight
Alechia Dow | Feiwel & Friends | February 3, 2026 | YA
Liara Tamani | Greenwillow Books | February 3, 2026 | YA
Natasha Bowen | Random House BYR | February 10, 2026 | YA
Channelle Desamours | Wednesday Books | February 17, 2026 | YA
Issaka Galadima | Frederick L. Jones | Saturday AM | Rockport Publishers | February 17, 2026 | YA
Coming Home (Adapted for Young Adults)
Brittney Griner | Michelle Burford | February 17, 2026 | YA
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