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