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May 2024 Children’s & YA New Releases

This May new releases list features over 40 books! Pre-order now. Publication dates may change.

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Picture Books



Your Legacy Begins: First Words to Empower

Schele Williams | Tonya Engel | Abrams Appleseed | May 7, 2024 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Olu’s Teacher: A Story About Starting Preschool

Jamel C. Campbell | Lydia Mba | Candlewick | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Here Are the Seeds

JaNay Brown-Wood | Olivia Amoah | Kids Can Press | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Summer Is Here

Renée Watson | Bea Jackson | Bloomsbury | May 7, 2024  | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Your House Is Not Just a House

Idris Goodwin | Lorraine Nam | Clarion Books | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


It’s Pride, Baby

Allen R. Wells | Dia Valle | Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


I’m Proud of You

Craig Melvin | Sawyer Cloud | Quill Tree Books | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


When I See You

Brynne Barnes | Brianna McCarthy | Denene Millner/Simon & Schuster | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



My Code Word: For When I’m Scared or Afraid

Lynn Joseph | Annalize McLean | Paw Prints | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


May You Love and Be Loved: Wishes for Your Life

Cleo Wade | Feiwel & Friends | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Sister Friend

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow | Shahrzad Maydani | Abrams BYR | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Peaches

Gabriele Davis | Kim Holt | Abrams BYR | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Ranger Hamza’s Eco Quest

Ranger Hamza | Kate Kronreif | Ivy Kids Eco | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Muhammad Ali (A Little Golden Book Biography)

Frank Berrios | Ken Daley | Golden Books | May 7, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


We Care: A First Conversation About Justice

Megan Madison | Jessica Ralli | Sharee Miller | Rise x Penguin Workshop | May 14, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


What the Garden Tells Me

Monica Mikai | Nancy Paulsen Books | May 14, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Ruby René Had So Much to Say

Ashley Iman | Gladys Jose | Kokila | May 14, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Dear You, Dream Big!

Baptiste Paul | Toni D. Chambers | Charlesbridge Publishing | May 14, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Bear, a Fish, and a Fishy Wish

Daniel Bernstrom | Brandon James Scott | Hippo Park | May 14, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston’s Emancipation Park

Tonya Duncan Ellis | Jenin Mohammed | HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray | May 14, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Aqua Boy

Ken Wilson-Max | Candlewick | May 21, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


On the Farm

Nikki Shannon Smith | Amanda Quartey | Crown BYR | May 28, 2024 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Emergency Quarters

Carlos Matias | Gracey Zhang | Katherine Tegen Books | May 28, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


When Isaac Hears the Rain

Julie Thompson | Leah Giles | WorthyKids | May 28, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop



Nana’s New Soul Food: Discovering Vegan Soul Food

Will Power | R. Gregory Christie | Crown BYR | May 28, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


If My Hair Had a Voice

Dana Marie Miroballi | Patricia Grannum | Beaming Books | May 28, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Let Us March On!: James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade

Yohuru Williams | Michael G. Long | Xia Gordon | Atheneum BYR | May 28, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Freedom on the Sea: The True Story of the Civil War Hero Robert Smalls and His Daring Escape to Freedom

Michael Boulware Moore | Bryan Collier | Godwin Books | May 28, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop


Chapter/Middle-Grade Books



Afro Unicorn: A Magical Parade

April Showers | Anthony Conley | Random House BYR | May 7, 2024 | ER | Amazon | Bookshop


May’s Big Messy Family!

A. T. Woehling | Felicia Whaley | Simon Spotlight | May 7, 2024 | ER | Amazon | Bookshop


How to Love a Kitten

Michelle Meadows | Sawyer Cloud | Random House BYR | May 7, 2024 | ER | Amazon | Bookshop


Frankie and Friends: The Big Protest

Christine Platt | Alea Marley | Walker Books | May 7, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop



Black History Heroes: Chadwick Boseman: King of Wakanda: A Hero on and Off the Screen

Chris Singleton | Ryan G. Van Cleave | Adriana Pérez Perales | Bushel & Peck | May 7, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


Black History Heroes: Mae Jemison: Shooting for the Stars: The First Black Woman in Space

Chris Singleton | Ryan G. Van Cleave | Adriana Pérez Perales | Bushel & Peck | May 7, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop


The Secret Library

Kekla Magoon | Candlewick | May 7, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Hoop Queens 2

Charles R. Smith Jr. | Candlewick | May 7, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop



The Boo Hag Flex (Tales from Cabin 23)

Justina Ireland | ‎Balzer + Bray | May 14, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Olive Blackwood Takes Action!

Sonja Thomas | Aladdin | May 14, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


With Just One Wing

Brenda Woods | Nancy Paulsen Books | May 14, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn (Onyeka, Bk. 3)

Tolá Okogwu | Margaret K. McElderry Books | May 14, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop


Young Adult Books



Blood at the Root

Ladarrion Williams | Labyrinth Road | May 7, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


The Poisons We Drink

Bethany Baptiste | Sourcebooks Fire | May 7, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Unboxing of a Black Girl

Angela Shanté | Page Street | May 7, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


It Waits in the Forest (Rick Riordan Presents)

Sarah Dass | Rick Riordan Presents | May 14, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


The Dangerous Ones

Lauren Blackwood | Wednesday Books | May 14, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop



Thirsty

Jas Hammonds | Roaring Brook Press | May 14, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Blood & Fury

Tessa Gratton | Justina Ireland | Razorbill | May 14, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


Minecraft: The Tournament

DaVaun Sanders | Random House Worlds | May 21, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


If You Knew My Name

Lisa Roberts Carter | Whitney Mitchell | Central Avenue Teen | May 28, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


The Race to Be Myself (YRE)

Caster Semenya | Norton Young Readers | May 28, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop


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1 Comment

  1. KARINA says:

    They switched the release date for The Poisons We Drink to April 30th now