Happy New Year! In 2025, look forward to many exciting, amazing, thrilling, historical, funny, mysterious, and fantastic picture, chapter, middle-grade, and young adult books by Black authors. Let’s get started with this new list for January. Browse and explore over 60 titles for young and older readers.
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Picture Books
The Glam World Tour
Rachel Werner | Octavia Ink | Capstone | January 1, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Baking Up Love
Alan Page | Kamie Page | David Geister | Page Education Foundation | January 1, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Akua Goes to the Post Office
Dr. Artika R. Tyner | Planting People Growing Justice Press | January 1, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Amazing Foods of Africa: A to Z
Artika R. Tyner | Dorthy Gbolo | Planting People Growing Justice Press | January 1, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Numbers 123 in English—Twi
Artika R. Tyner | Bilal Karaca | Planting People Growing Justice Press | January 1, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chicken Soup for the Soul BABIES: Big Emotions (Bubble Up)
Andrea J. Loney | Irene Chan | Charlesbridge Publishing | January 7, 2025 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Hello, Sun!
Lala Watkins | Random House BYR | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Saturday Morning at the ‘Shop
Keenan Jones | Ken Daley | Beach Lane Books | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Lily’s Dream: A Fairy Friendship
Bea Jackson | Aladdin | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
When Alexander Graced the Table
Alexander Smalls | Denene Millner | Frank Morrison | Millner/S & S BYR | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
On Our Way! What a Day!
JaNay Brown-Wood | Tamisha Anthony | Nancy Paulsen Books | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Patty Dream
Nadia Hohn | Sahle Robinson | Owlkids | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Captain America: Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You
Kwame Mbalia | Nikkolas Smith | Marvel Press | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Girls on the Rise
Amanda Gorman | Loveis Wise | Viking Children’s Books | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Black Joy: Love Yourself, Love Your Culture
Charnaie Gordon | Lhaiza Morena | becker&mayer! kids | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Sharing the Dream
Shelia P. Moses | Keith Mallett | Nancy Paulsen Books | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
When I Hear Spirituals
Cheryl Willis Hudson | London Ladd | Holiday House | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Make a Pretty Sound: A Story of Ella Jenkins—The First Lady of Children’s Music
Traci N. Todd | Eleanor Davis | Chronicle Books | January 7, 2025 |PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark
Allen R. Wells | DeAndra Hodge | Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher
Ruby Bridges | Trudy Tran | Orchard | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Maya Angelou: A Little Golden Book Biography
Anne Wynter | Courtney Lovett | Golden Books | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
And She Was Loved
Andrea Davis Pinkney | Daniel Minter | Little, Brown BYR | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer
Quartez Harris | Gordon C. James | Little, Brown | January 7, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The ABCs of Women’s History
Rio Cortez | Lauren Semmer | Workman | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Wash Day with Mama
Monica Mikai | Crown BYR | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Night: A Children’s Fable
Katherine L. Jumbe | Shana Dixon | Levine Querido | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Oshún and Me: A Story of Love and Braids
Adiba Nelson | Alleanna Harris | Feiwel & Friends | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
How Sweet the Sound
Kwame Alexander | Charly Palmer | Little, Brown BYR | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Dear Black Boy
Martellus Bennett | Frances Lincoln Children’s Books | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Greatness
Regis Bethencourt | Kahran Bethencourt | Little, Brown BYR | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds
Nancy Johnson James | Diana Ejaita | Abrams BYR | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Make Your Mark: The Empowering True Story of the First Known Black Female Tattoo Artist
Jacci Gresham | Sherry Fellores | David Wilkerson | Dial Books | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Let’s Fly!: Barrington Irving’s Record-Breaking Flight Around the World
Barrington Irving | Chana Stiefel | Shamar Knight-Justice | Dial Books | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Our Differences Make Us Stronger: How We Heal Together
La June Montgomery Tabron | TeMika Grooms | Disruption Books | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
My Grief Comfort Book: Creative Activities to Help Kids Cope with Loss and Keep Memories Alive
Brie Overton | Jesse White | Storey Publishing | January 14, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Through Sand and Salt: A Tale of Discovery Across the Sahara
Elizabeth Zunon | Bloomsbury | January 21, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Space for Everyone
Seina Wedlick | Camilla Sucre | Random House Studio | January 21, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince
Laura Obuobi | Olivia Duchess | HarperCollins | January 21, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
You Can Be ABCs
Robert Samuel White II | Robert Samuel White III | Robert Paul Jr. | Philomel | January 28, 2025 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Jollof Day
Bernard Mensah | Annalise Barber-Opp | Dial Books | January 28, 2025 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chapter/Middle-Grade Books
Carl Walker: The Sound of Justice
Majeste Phillip | Chasity Hampton | Planting People Growing Justice Press | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Change
Tonya Allen | Chasity Hampton | Planting People Growing Justice Press | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Kojo Goes to the Library
Dr. Artika R. Tyner | Bilal Karaca | Planting People Growing Justice Press | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
My Gray Whale Migration Journey
Jamee-Marie Edwards | Paula Zorite | Picture Window Books | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
My Monarch Butterfly Migration Journey
Jamee-Marie Edwards | Mari Lobo | Picture Window Books | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Hitting Her Way to the Negro Leagues: A Graphic Novel Biography of Toni Stone
Myra Faye Turner | Markia Jenai | Capstone | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Discovering Sources of Water in Max Axiom’s Lab
Myra Faye Turner | Erik Doescher | Capstone | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Examining the Scientific Method in Max Axiom’s Lab
Myra Faye Turner | Alessandro D’urso | Capstone | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Mailing Himself to Freedom: A Graphic Novel Biography of Henry “Box” Brown
Elliott Smith | Dante Ginevra | Capstone | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Imani and Isaiah (Hair Magic)
Cicely Lewis | Anastasia Magloire Williams | Lerner | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Imani and the Ghost (Hair Magic)
Cicely Lewis | Anastasia Magloire Williams | Lerner | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Imani’s New Dog (Hair Magic)
Cicely Lewis | Anastasia Magloire Williams | Lerner | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Imani at the Beach (Hair Magic)
Cicely Lewis | Anastasia Magloire Williams | Lerner | | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Tales of the Tiny Folk: Flor’s Garden Show Chaos
Kiara Valdez | Ludovic Salle | Stone Arch Books | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Tales of the Tiny Folk: Lulu Has a Field Day
Kiara Valdez | Ludovic Salle | Stone Arch Books | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Bo and the Baking Disaster
Elliott Smith | Subi Bosa | Lerner | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Bo and the Clubhouse Crew
Elliott Smith | Subi Bosa | Lerner | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Bo and the Talent Show Trouble
Elliott Smith | Subi Bosa | Lerner | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Bo the Street Artist
Elliott Smith | Subi Bosa | Lerner | January 1, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
The Cook Who Defended Pearl Harbor: A Graphic Novel Biography of Doris “Dorie” Miller
Shawn Pryor | Alessandro Valdrighi | Capstone | January 1, 2025 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Afro Unicorn: Afronia Academy
April Showers | Anthony Conley | Andrews McMeel Publishing | January 7, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Love from Anna Hibiscus
Atinuke | Lauren Tobia | Candlewick | January 7, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Melody 1964: My Diary
Denise Lewis Patrick | American Girl Publishing | January 7, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
The Story of Fannie Lou Hamer
Margeaux Weston | Callisto Kids | January 7, 2025 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Radiant
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson | Dutton BYR | January 7, 2025 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Stories of the Spirit of Justice
Jemar Tisby | Zonderkidz | January 7, 2025 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Operation Sisterhood: Stealing the Show!
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich | Crown BYR | January 14, 2025 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Will’s Race for Home
Jewell Parker Rhodes | Little, Brown BYR | January 14, 2025 | MG| Amazon | Bookshop
A Kids Book About Systemic Racism
Jordan Thierry | DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) | January 21, 2025 | Amazon | Bookshop
The Sinister Sisters and Other Terrifying Tales (Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
Roseanne A. Brown | Shazleen Khan | Bill Masuku | Gigi Murakami | Abrams Fanfare | January 21, 2025 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Danilo Was Here
Tamika Burgess | HarperCollins | January 21, 2025 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Vanished Ones
Chad Lucas | Amulet | January 28, 2025 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Young Adult Books
As You Wish
Nashae Jones | Aladdin | January 7, 2025 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
MegaGhost
Gabe Soria | Gideon Kendall | Albatross Funnybooks | January 7, 2025 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Bemused
Farrah Rochon | Disney Press | January 7, 2025 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Togetha (A Pritty Novel)
Keith F. Miller, Jr. | HarperCollins | January 7, 2025 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
King: A Life (Young Adult Edition)
Yohuru Williams | Michael G. Long | Jonathan Eig | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | January 7, 2025 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Brewed with Love
Shelly Page | Joy Revolution | January 14, 2025 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Queen’s Spade
Sarah Raughley | HarperCollins | January 14, 2025 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Love on Paper
Danielle Parker | Joy Revolution | January 21, 2025 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Hammer (V. 5)
Jey Odin | Rockport Publishers | January 28, 2025 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Scorpion Queen
Mina Fears | Flatiron Books | January 28, 2025 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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