Happy New Year! New books for 2024 are here, and there’s something for everyone to enjoy. The titles (over 50!) range from fiction and nonfiction topics about superheroes, real-life heroes, love, family, hip-hop, faith, and much, much more.
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Picture Books
My Block Looks Like
Janelle Harper | Frank Morrison | Viking | January 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Between Two Windows
Keisha Morris | Harper | January 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Ironheart Little Golden Book
Lois Evans | Jethro Unom | Golden Books | January 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Captain America: Sam Wilson
Frank Berrios | Anthony Conley | Golden Books | January 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
When I Wrap My Hair
Shauntay Grant | Jenin Mohammed | Quill Tree Books | January 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Like So
Ruth Forman | Raissa Figueroa | Little Simon | January 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote
Dinah Johnson | Jerry Jordan | Little, Brown/Ottaviano | January 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
We Dream a World: Carrying the Light From My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King
Yolanda Renee King | Nicole Tadgell | Orchard Books | January 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Colin Powell: A Little Golden Book Biography
Frank Berrios | Kristin Sorra | Golden Books | January 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Dear Ruby
Ruby Bridges | John Jay Cabuay | Orchard Books | January 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King | Barbara Reynolds | Ekua Holmes | Godwin Books | January 2, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Spark in You
Andrea Pippins | Random House Studio | January 9, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Love, Lah Lah
Nailah Blackman | Jade Orlando | Knopf BYR | January 9, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Homegrown
Deann Wiley | Henry Holt and Co | January 9, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Extraordinary Magic: The Writing Life of Virginia Hamilton
Nina Crews | Christy Ottaviano Books/Little Brown | January 9, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Do You Know Them?: Families Lost and Found After the Civil War
Shana Keller | Laura Freeman | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | January 9, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis
Lesa Cline-Ransome | James Ransome | Paula Wiseman Books | January 9, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Forever and Always
Brittany J. Thurman | Shamar Knight-Justice | Greenwillow | January 16, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Keep Dancing Through: A Boss Family Groove
Allison Holker Boss | Stephen “tWitch” Boss | Shellene Wright | Disney Hyperion | January 16, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
A World For Me and You: Where Everyone is Welcome
Uju Asika | Jennie Poh | Crocodile Books | January 16, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Old Boat (Board Book)
Jarrett Pumphrey | Jerome Pumphrey | Norton Young Readers | January 16, 2024 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Natural Me
MzVee | Lisbeth Checo | HarperCollins | January 23, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
I Shook Up The World, 20th Anniversary Edition
Maryum “May May” Ali | Patrick Henry Johnson | Beyond Words | January 23, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Elijah’s Easter Suit
Brentom Jackson | Emmanuel Boateng | Doubleday BYR | January 23, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Sala Mountain Warrior
Wakanyi Hoffman | Onyinye Iwu | Otter-Barry | January 23, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Kiki Finds Her Voice: Be True to You and Embrace Your God-Given Gifts
Kierra Sheard-Kelly | Paul Kellam | Zonderkidz | January 23, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Jimmy’s Rhythm and Blues
Michelle Meadows | Jamiel Law | HarperCollins | January 30, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Last Stand
Antwan Eady | Jerome Pumphrey | Jarrett Pumphrey | Knopf BYR | January 30, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chapter/Middle-Grade Books
Imani Finds the Right Notes
Cicely Lewis | Anastasia Magloire Williams | Lerner | January 1, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Imani Picks Up the Pieces
Cicely Lewis | Anastasia Magloire Williams | Lerner | January 1, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Imani the Superhero
Cicely Lewis | Anastasia Magloire Williams | Lerner | January 1, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Imani and the Great Hair Experiment
Cicely Lewis | Anastasia Magloire Williams | Lerner | January 1, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Imani Makes a Difference
Cicely Lewis | Anastasia Magloire Williams | Lerner | January 1, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Imani’s Recipe for Teamwork
Cicely Lewis | Anastasia Magloire Williams | Lerner | January 1, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Sadiq and the Cookie Crash
Siman Nuurali | Christos Skaltsas | Picture Window Books | January 1, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Sadiq and the Newspaper Problem
Siman Nuurali | Christos Skaltsas | Picture Window Books | January 1, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
The Great Explorer of Mammoth Cave: A Graphic Novel Biography of Stephen Bishop
Shawn Pryor | Alessandro Valdrighi | Capstone Press | January 1, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Ghost Roast (Graphic Novel)
Shawneé Gibbs | Shawnelle Gibbs | Emily Cannon | Versify | January 2, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Claudie Finds Her Talent (American Girl)
Bria Alston | Random House BYR | January 2, 2024 | Early Reader | Amazon | Bookshop
Courtesy of Cupid
Nashae Jones | Aladdin | January 2, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Changing Tunes (Love Puppies #5)
JaNay Brown-Wood | Scholastic | January 2, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Who Got Game?: Basketball: Amazing but True Stories!
Derrick D. Barnes | Jez Tuya | Workman Publishing Company | January 2, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Reckoning
Wade Hudson | Crown BYR | January 2, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
History Comics: Hip-Hop: The Beat of America
Jarrett Williams | Random House Graphic/First Second | January 2, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The War of the Witches (Dragons in a Bag)
Zetta Elliott | Random House | January 9, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Shark Teeth
Sherri Winston | Bloomsbury Children’s Books | January 16, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Story of Sojourner Truth
Anita Crawford Clark | Callisto Kids | January 16, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Between Two Brothers
Crystal Allen | Balzer + Bray | January 23, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”
Zora Neale Hurston | Ibram X. Kendi | Jazzmen Lee-Johnson | Amistad BYR | January 23, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Trickster in the Vase
Sophia Ezomoghene | Sanjay Charlton | Reycraft Books | January 24, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
In Search of Superpowers: A Fantasy Pin World Adventure
Briana Lawrence | Joanna Cacao | Andrews McMeel Publishing | January 30, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Grip (Book #3)
Marcus Stroman | Aladdin | January 31, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Young Adult Books
So Let Them Burn
Kamilah Cole | Little, Brown BYR | January 16, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Escaping Mr. Rochester
L.L. McKinney | Harperteen | January 16, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Beasts of War
Ayana Gray | Nancy Paulsen Books | January 16, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
Sherri L. Smith | Elizabeth Wein | Putnam | January 16, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Poemhood: Our Black Revival : History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology
Amber McBride | Erica Martin | Taylor Byas | Ashwin Writing, LLC | HarperTeen | January 30, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Wander in the Dark
Jumata Emill | Delacorte | January 30, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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