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May 2019 New Releases

This list may not feature all of May’s 2019 new releases.  Do you know of any that are not listed? Leave us a comment below!



Spies: James Armistead Lafayette

Kyandreia Jones | Chooseco | May 1 | Amazon | IndieBound


With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo | HarperTeen | May 7 | Amazon | IndieBound


Just South of Home

Karen Strong | Simon & Schuster BYR | May 7 | Amazon | IndieBound



Hair Love

Matthew A. Cherry | Vashti Harrison | Kokila | May 14 | Amazon | IndieBound


Nighttime Symphony

Timbaland | Christopher Myers | Kaa Illustration | Atheneum BYR | May 14 | Amazon | IndieBound


Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family

Elizabeth Zunon | Bloomsbury Children’s | May 21 | Amazon | IndieBound



Freedom Fire (Dactyl Hill Squad #2)

Daniel José Older | Arthur A. Levine Books | May 14 | Amazon | IndieBound


Jada Sly, Artist & Spy

Sherri Winston | Little, Brown BYR | May 14 | Amazon | IndieBound


Let Me Hear a Rhyme

Tiffany D. Jackson | Katherine Tegen Books | May 21 | Amazon | IndieBound



The Usual Suspects

Maurice Broaddus | Katherine Tegen Books | May 21 | Amazon | IndieBound


The Voice in My Head

Dana L. Davis | Inkyard Press | May 28 | Amazon | IndieBound


Bonus: The Dark Fantastic is not categorized as a children’s book, but as the description states, it “reveals the diversity crisis in children’s and young adult media as not only a lack of representation, but a lack of imagination…[and] is an engaging and provocative exploration of race in popular youth and young adult speculative fiction.” Therefore, BCBA believes it will be a great reference for those interested diverse and inclusive children’s literature.

The Dark Fantastic

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas | NYU Press | May 21 | Amazon | IndieBound


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