There is plenty to love on June’s new releases list. If the young readers you know love books about nature, hair, music, fantasy, or history, now is the time to check out the titles coming in June and pre-order.
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Soul Step
Jewell Parker Rhodes | Kelly McWilliams | Briana Mukodiri Uchendu | Little, Brown BYR | June 4, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Cesaria Feels the Beat
Denise Adusei | Priscila Soares | Roaring Brook Press | June 4, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Shake It Off!
Vanessa Brantley-Newton | Nancy Paulsen Books | June 4, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Beach Hair
Ashley Woodfolk | Nina Mata | Simon & Schuster BYR | June 4, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Getting Ready for Kindergarten: My First Day of School
Vera Ahiyya | Debby Rahmalia | Random House BYR | June 4, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Me and My Hair
Kimberley Kinloch | Jessica Gibson | Sandra Becker Borrée | Usborne | June 4, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
I See Color
Valerie Bolling | Kailei Pew | Laylie Frazier | HarperCollins | June 4, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Sparrow Loves Birds
Murry Burgess | Tamisha Anthony | Little, Brown/Ottaviano | June 11, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Saturday Magic: A Hoodoo Story
Nyasha Williams | Kenda Bell-Spruill | Sawyer Cloud | Running Press Kids | June 11, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
My Daddy Is a Cowboy
Stephanie Seales | C. G. Esperanza | Abrams BYR | June 11, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Abuela’s Library
Lissette Norman | Jayri Gómez | HarperCollins | June 11, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Patrick and the Not-So-Perfect Party
Anne Wynter | Shirley Hottier | Little Bee Books | June 11, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Brandon and the Baby
Brian Pinkney | Greenwillow Books | June 18, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!)
Taraji P. Henson | Paul Kellam | Zonderkidz | June 18, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Be, Black Girl, Be
Taylor Darks | Sharee Miller | Balzer & Bray | June 18, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Poppy’s Family Patterns
Lauren Semmer | Crown BYR | June 18, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Legends of Hip-Hop: Biggie Smalls
Pen Ken | Saxton Moore | HarperFestival | June 18, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
What Love Looks Like
Laura Obuobi | Anna Cunha | HarperCollins | June 18, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Hello, Beech Tree!
Rasha Hamid | Sofia Moore | Free Spirit Publishing | June 25, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Boy Who Found His Voice
Tyler Gordon | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | June 25, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chapter/Middle-Grade
Zara’s Wash Day
Zenda M. Walker | Princess Karibo | Running Press Kids | June 4, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
The Kids Book of Black History in Canada
Rosemary Sadlier | Arden Taylor | Kids Can Press | June 4, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Cookie Crumbles
Tracy Badua | Alechia Dow | Quill Tree Books | June 11, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
A Place to Shine
Marie Arnold | Versify | June 11, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Makeda Makes a Home for Subway
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich | Lydia Mba | Balzer & Bray | June 18, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Young Adult
Better Must Come
Desmond Hall | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy | June 4, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Louder Than Words
Ashley Woodfolk | Lexi Underwood | Scholastic | June 4, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Four Eids and a Funeral
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé | Adiba Jaigirdar | Feiwel & Friends | June 4, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Storm: Dawn of a Goddess
Tiffany D. Jackson | Random House BYR | June 4, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Barda
Ngozi Ukazu | DC Comics | June 4, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Rapunzella, Or, Don’t Touch My Hair
Ella McLeod | Yellow Jacket | June 11, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Color of a Lie
Kim Johnson | Random House BYR | June 11, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orisha, 3)
Tomi Adeyemi | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) | June 25, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Sleep Like Death
Kalynn Bayron | Bloomsbury | June 25, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Apple Black Origins: The Spectrum and the Spectre
Odunze Oguguo | Whyt Manga | Stephanie Williams | Rockport Publishers | June 25, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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