This June new releases list features three books—two picture and one YA—that give readers a look into the Black Muslim experience: Salat in Secret, The Masjid Kamal Loves, and Fatima Tate Takes the Cake. Stay tuned for the “Debut You” feature of Khadijah L. VanBrakle, the author of Fatima Tate Takes the Cake, and Gwendolyn Wallace (Joy Takes Root). They will discuss the journey and joy of being a debut author. Explore over 40 fantastic books coming in June!
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Picture Books
This Train Is Bound for Glory
Alice Faye Duncan | Paul Kellam | WaterBrook | June 6, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
A Hero Like Me
Angela Joy | Jen Reid | Leire Salaberria | Frances Lincoln Children’s Books | June 6, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Salat in Secret
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow | Hatem Aly | Random House Studio | June 6, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
I Absolutely, Positively Love My Spots
Lid’ya C. Moore | Nina Mata | HarperCollins | June 6, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Dance with Oti: The Bird Jive
Oti Mabuse | Samara Hardy | Candlewick Entertainment | June 6, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Potty Party!
Dionna L Mann | Olivia Duchess | LB Kids | June 13, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Soul of Harmony: Runnin’ Away with the Rhythm
Craig Rex Perry | Cedar Grove Books | June 14, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Masjid Kamal Loves
Ashley Franklin | Aaliya Jaleel | Salaam Reads | June 20, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Joy Takes Root
Gwendolyn Wallace | Ashleigh Corrin | Kokila | June 20, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Cape
Kevin Johnson | Kitt Thomas | Roaring Brook Press | June 20, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
How to Babysit Your Grown Up: Activities to Do Together
Jean Reagan | JaNay Brown-Wood | Lee Wildish | Alfred A. Knopf BYR | June 20, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Ketanji: Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court
Kekla Magoon | Laura Freeman | HarperCollins | June 20, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Sam with Ants in His Pants
April Reynolds | Katie Kordesh | Anne Schwartz Books | June 20, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Roll, Roll, Little Pea
Cécile Bergame | Magali Attiogbé | Angus Yuen-Killick | Red Comet Press | June 20, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Coolest Beard
Betty Tekle | Nick Alexander | Albert Whitman | June 22, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The South African Alphabet of Affirmations
Nyasha Williams | Penguin Random House South Africa | June 27, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
I Am Somebody
Nyasha Williams | Ashley Evans | Running Press Kids | June 27, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Words of Wonder from Z to A
Zaila Avant-garde | Keisha Morris | Doubleday BYR | June 27, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chapter/MG Books
Nightmare Island
Shakirah Bourne | Scholastic Press | June 6, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Garvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel
Nikki Grimes | Theodore Taylor III | Wordsong | June 6, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Order of Things
Kaija Langley | Nancy Paulsen Books | June 6, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Lost in the Void
Liselle Sambury | Amulet Books | June 6, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Welcome to Fort Goode
Winsome Bingham | Colin Bootman | Reycraft Books | June 13, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
The Braid Girls
Sherri Winston | Little, Brown BYR | June 13, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Control Freaks
J.E. Thomas | Levine Querido | June 13, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Game On, Zhuri!: How to Defeat a Blob Monster (Bk. 1)
D. Zollicoffer | Andy Potts | Reycraft | June 30, 2023 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop
Conjure Island
Eden Royce | Walden Pond Press | June 27, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Probability of Everything
Sarah Everet | Clarion Books | June 27, 2023| MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Young Adult (YA) Books
The Secret Summer Promise
Keah Brown | Levine Querido | June 6, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Good as Gold
Candace Buford | Disney Hyperion | June 6, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
When It All Syncs Up
Maya Ameyaw | Annick Press | June 6, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Library of Broken Worlds
Alaya Dawn Johnson | Scholastic | June 6, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Ride or Die
Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu | Soho Teen | June 6, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
What She Missed
Liara Tamani | Greenwillow Books | June 13, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Fatima Tate Takes the Cake
Khadijah L. VanBrakle | Holiday House | June 13, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
This Town Is on Fire
Pamela N. Harris | Quill Tree Books | June 20, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight
Kalynn Bayron | Bloomsbury | June 20, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Sing Me to Sleep
Gabi Burton | Bloomsbury YA | June 27, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Invisible Son
Kim Johnson | Random House BYR | June 27, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
House Party
Justin A. Reynolds | Joy Revolution | June 27, 202 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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