If you love reading nonfiction stories about historical and present-day figures, this list has plenty. Look for books about the life of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, Barrington Irving, Lorraine Hansberry, and more. Acclaimed CEO of Ariel Investments, Mellody Hobson, shares some Priceless Facts about Money with young readers. Discover new titles from debut and award-winning authors. For more 2024 book releases, see New Releases.
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Picture Books
My Friend LeVar
Ezra Edmond | Jenna Nahyun Chung | Charlesbridge | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Life Is Beautiful
Winsome Bingham | Molly Mendoza | Beach Lane Books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Getting Us to Grandma’s
Nadia L. Hohn | TeMika Grooms | Groundwood Books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron’s
Carole Boston Weatherford | Savanna Durr | Abrams Appleseed | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Our Joyful Noise
Gabriele Davis | Craig Stanley | Atheneum BYR | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
How to Sing a Song
Kwame Alexander | Randy Preston | Melissa Sweet | Quill Tree Books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Toypurina: Japchivit Leader, Medicine Woman, Tongva Rebel
Cheyenne M. Stone | Glenda Armand | Katie Dorame | little bee books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
My Hair Is My Friend
Myrce’tez Gowan-Perkins | Danielle Arrington | Soaring Kite Books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA’s First Black Superstar
Ty Chapman | John Coy | Lonnie Olivierre | Lerner/Millbrook | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Giving Good
Aaron Boyd | Albert Whitman & Company | October 3, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets
Irene Latham | Charles Waters | Mercè López | Carolrhoda Books | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
We Are Free, You and Me
Colin Kaepernick | Nessa Diab | Gladys Jose | Scholastic | October 1, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Xavier’s Voice
Ashley Franklin | Tatiana Gardel | Innovation Press | October 8, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
My Hair Is Like Yours
St. Clair Detrick-Jules | Tabitha Brown | Chronicle Books | October 8, 2024 | Bd Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
My Smock Is a Story
Reuben Nantogmah | Samantha Cleaver | Keisha Okafor | HarperCollins | October 8, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
A Kids Book About Diversity
Charnaie Gordon | DK Children | October 8, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Marvelous to Me
Keb’ Mo | MF James | Flowerpot Press | October 15, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
When Black Girls Dream Big
Tanisia Moore | Robert Paul, Jr. | Scholastic Press | October 15, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Let’s Fly!: Barrington Irving’s Record-Breaking Flight Around the World
Barrington Irving | Chana Stiefel | Shamar Knight-Justice | Dial Books | October 15, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Bella Ballerina
Sharon M. Draper | Ebony Glenn | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books | October 15, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Finding Rebecca: The Forgotten Life of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Shani Mahiri King | Nicole Tadgell | Tilbury House | October 15, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Tiana’s Perfect Plan
Anika Noni Rose | Olivia Duchess | Disney Hyperion | October 22, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Black Artists Shaping the World
Sharna Jackson | Marilyn Esther Chi | Zoé Whitley | Thames & Hudson | October 22, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
What I Must Tell the World: How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice
Jay Leslie | Loveis Wise | Zando – Hillman Grad Books | October 22, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Missing Momma
Winsome Bingham | Rahele Jomepour-Bell | Abrams BYR | October 29, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Goodnight, Starry Night: Bedtime Poems Inspired by Works of Art
Joseph Coelho | Allison Colpoys | Thames & Hudson | October 29, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Willie Mays: A Little Golden Book Biography
Anne Wynter | Bea Jackson | Golden Books | October 29, 2024 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chapter/Middle-Grade Books
Boy 2.0
Tracey Baptiste | Algonquin YR | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
A Split Second
Janae Marks | Quill Tree Books | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Spider-Man: Stories from the Spider-Verse
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé | Frederick Joseph | Ronald L. Smith, et al. | Marvel Press | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Onyx & Beyond
Amber McBride | Feiwel & Friends | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Priceless Facts about Money
Mellody Hobson | Caitlin Stevens | Candlewick | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Worst Friends Forever (Leon, Bk. 2)
Jamar Nicholas | Graphix | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Instafamous
Erika J. Kendrick | Little, Brown BYR | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Disney Christmas Cookbook: 50 Delicious Recipes!
Joy Howard | Disney Books | Disney Press | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek
Kwame Mbalia | Freedom Fire | October 1, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Beti and the Little Round House
Atinuke | Emily Hughes | Candlewick | October 8, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Rise of the Wrecking Crew (The Vanquishers, Bk. 3)
Kalynn Bayron | Bloomsbury | October 8, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Into the Uncut Grass
Trevor Noah | Sabina Hahn | One World | October 8, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister (Dork Diaries, Bk. 16)
Rachel Renée Russell | Aladdin | October 15, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Best Friend Bracelet
Nicole D. Collier | HarperCollins | October 15, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Melanin Magic: A Young Mystic’s Guide to African Spirituality
Dossé-Via Trenou | Catmouse James | Running Press Kids | October 15, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Who Is Cynthia Erivo?
Crystal Hubbard | Gregory Copeland | Penguin Workshop | October 15, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Pied
Avione Lee | Simon & Schuster BYR | October 15, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Bird Nerd
Jennifer Ann Richter | Holiday House | October 22, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Rise of Issa Igwe
Shanna Miles | Union Square Kids | October 22, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut
Charles F. Bolden, Jr. | Tonya Bolden | Candlewick | October 22, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Shape of Lost Things
Sarah Everett | HarperCollins | October 22, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Team Green! (Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files #6)
Andrea Beaty | Dr. Theanne Griffith | Amulet Books | October 29, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Saving Kenny
Corinne Gaile | Charlesbridge Moves | October 29, 2024 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Loser (Dyamonde Daniels)
Nikki Grimes | Uzo Njoku | Reycraft Books | October 30, 2024 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Young Adult (YA) Books
The Dead Will Never Haunt Me (Murder, She Wrote #3)
Stephanie Kuehn | Scholastic | October 1, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Only for the Holidays
Abiola Bello | Soho Teen | October 8, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Under All the Lights
Maya Ameyaw | Annick Press | October 8, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . a LOVE story
Jason Reynolds | Atheneum Books | October 8, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The Dividing Sky
Jill Tew | Joy Revolution | October 8, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Tangleroot
Kalela Williams | Feiwel & Friends | October 15, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
I Was Told There Would Be Romance
Marie Arnold | Little, Brown BYR | October 15, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Under the Heron’s Light
Randi Pink | Feiwel & Friends | October 15, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
A French Girl in New York
Anna Adams | Wattpad Books | October 15, 2024 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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