I’m Amazing by Keb’ Mo’ and I Am Amazing by Alissa Holder and Zulekha Holder-Young are two of the titles on July’s amazing list of new releases. The list includes a new chapter book series from Kelly Starling Lyons, the creator of Jada Jones. Next month, you’ll meet Lyons’s Miles Lewis in King of the Ice and Whiz Kid. Kwame Alexander’s middle-grade Booked will release as a graphic title, along with something for a younger audience, Mimi and the Cutie Catastrophe: A Graphix Chapters Book by Shauna J. Grant. From picture books to young adult reads, these titles are sure to please—just in time for summer reading.
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1. I’m Amazing (Board Book)
Keb’ Mo’ | Chris Saunders | Flowerpot Press | July 5 | Picture Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
2. Let Your Light Shine (Board Book)
Keb’ Mo’ | Chris Saunders | Flowerpot Press | July 5 | Picture Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
3. Chester Keene Cracks the Code
Kekla Magoon | Wendy Lamb Books | July 5 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
4. Ransoming The Captive
Traci L Jones | Black Rose Writing | July 7 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
5. Granny’s Kitchen
Sadé Smith | Ken Daley | Feiwel and Friends | July 12 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
6. Be Real, Macy Weaver
Lakita Wilson | Viking BYR | July 12 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
7. Booked (Graphic Novel) (The Crossover Series)
Kwame Alexander | Dawud Anyabwile | Etch/Clarion Books | July 12 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
8. Oblivion Rouge: The Hakkinen (Volume 1)
Pap Souleye Fall | Saturday AM | July 12 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
9. H Is for Harlem
Dinah Johnson | April Harrison | Christy Ottaviano Books| July 19 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
10. King of the Ice (Miles Lewis, Bk. 1)
Kelly Starling Lyons | Wayne Spencer | Penguin Workshop | July 19 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
11. Whiz Kid (Miles Lewis, Bk. 2)
Kelly Starling Lyons | Wayne Spencer | Penguin Workshop | July 19 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
12. Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files #2: All About Plants! (The Questioneers)
Andrea Beaty | Dr. Theanne Griffith | David Roberts | Amulet Books | July 19 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
13. Mimi and the Cutie Catastrophe: A Graphix Chapters Book (Mimi #1)
Shauna J. Grant | Graphix | July 19 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
14. The Royal Trials (Last Gate of the Emperor #2)
Kwame Mbalia | Prince Joel Makonnen | Scholastic Press | July 19 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
15. The Elephant Girl
Ellen Banda-Aaku | James Patterson | Sophia Krevoy | jimmy patterson | July 25 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
16. Crayola: Follow That Line! Magic at Your Fingertips
JaNay Brown-Wood | Robert Justus | Running Press Kids | July 26 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
17. I Am Amazing
Alissa Holder | Zulekha Holder-Young | Nneka Myers | Flamingo Books | July 26 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
18. More Than Peach: Changing the World One Crayon at a Time
Bellen Woodard | Fanny Liem | Scholastic Inc. | July 26 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
19. Quilting a Legacy (The Invincible Girls Club)
Steph B. Jones | Rachele Alpine | Addy Rivera Sonda | Aladdin | July 26 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
20. The Witchery
S. Isabelle | Scholastic Press | July 26 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
21. Twice as Perfect
Louisa Onomé | Feiwel & Friends | July 26 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
22. Beasts of Ruin
Ayana Gray | G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR | July 26 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
23. Love Times Infinity
Lane Clarke | Little, Brown/Poppy | July 26 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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