This list may not feature all of January’s new children’s and young adult releases by Black authors. Some books are paperback or revised editions. Which stories are you excited about? You can preorder now! If you know of any that are not listed, leave us a comment below.
Alice Faye Duncan | Xia Gordon | PB | Sterling Children’s Books | 1st
Fearless Mary: The True Adventures of Mary Fields, American Stagecoach Driver
Tami Charles | Claire Almo | PB | Albert Whitman & Company | 1st
The Journey of York: The Unsung Hero of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Hasan Davis | Alleanna Harris | PB | Capstone | 1st
Ruby Bridges: Get to Know the Girl Who Took a Stand for Education
M. Michelle Derosier |Capstone Press | 1st
John Lewis: Get to Know the Statesman Who Marched for Civil Rights
Jehan Jones-Radgowski | Capstone | 1st
Ann Fights for Freedom: An Underground Railroad Survival Story
Nikki Shannon Smith | Alessia Trunfio | Chapter Bk | Stone Arch Books | 1st
Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins
Michelle Meadows | Ebony Glenn | PB | 8th
Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color
Monique Fields | Yesenia Moises | PB | Imprint | 8th
Have I Ever Told You? (Revised Version)
Shani M. King | Anna Horváth | PB | Tilbury House | 8th
What Is Given from the Heart, Reaches the Heart
Patricia C. McKissack | April Harrison | PB | Schwartz & Wade | 8th
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop
Carole Boston Weatherford | Frank Morrison | PB | little bee books | 8th
Kamala Harris | Mechal Renee Roe | PB | Philomel | 8th
Jada Jones: Sleepover Scientist #3
Kelly Starling Lyons | Nneka Myers | Vanessa Brantley-Newton | Chapter Bk | 8th
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
Jo Ann Allen Boyce | Debbie Levy | MG | Bloomsbury | 8th
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
Brenda Woods | MG | Nancy Paulsen Books | 8th
Erica Armstrong Dunbar | Kathleen Van Cleve | MG | Aladdin | 8th
The Stars Beneath Our Feet (Paperback Edition)
David Barclay Moore | MG | Yearling (Paperback Ed.) | 8th
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
Ben Philippe | YA | Balzer + Bray | 8th
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America
Ibi Zoboi | YA | Balzer + Bray | 8th
Tonya Bolden | YA | Bloomsbury | 8th
James E. Ransome | PB | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy | 15th
Martellus Bennett | PB | Joe Books LTD | 15th
Alicia D. Williams | MG/YA | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy | 15th
Grandpa Stops a War: A Paul Robeson Story
Susan Robeson | Rod Brown | PB | Triangle Square | 22nd
Breanna J. McDaniel | Shane W. Evans | PB | Dial Books | 22nd
Malaika Adero | Chante Timothy | MG | Downtown Bookworks | 29th
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Tonya Bolden | MG | Scholastic | 29th
Lamar Giles | YA | Scholastic Press | 29th
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