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Johnnie Christmas
Current price: $24.99
“Combines wonderful characters and history to create a story that will make you want to dive right in!” JERRY CRAFT, author of the Newbery Medal–winning New Kid A splashy, contemporary middle grade graphic novel from bestselling comics creator Johnnie Christmas! Bree can’t wait for her first day at ... Read More about
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From the creator of Sweet Potato Comfort Pie, this heartfelt family story shows how a grandmother's particular way of caring wraps her loved ones and her community in a cinnamon-scented hug. Marie and Landon bicker about many things, but on one topic they agree: their grandmother, "Mama," makes the ... Read More about
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Phoebe Sinclair
Current price: $18.99
A night of Halloween fun gone wrong has Jonas wondering if he’s really a wolf in disguise in this fast-paced fiction debut delving into accountability, relationships . . . and zines. For the past few years, twelve-year-old Jonas and his friends have competed to see how many bags of candy they can g ... Read More about
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Joshunda Sanders
Current price: $18.95
"I'm so glad Joshunda is telling our stories." --Jacqueline Woodson In summertime, intrepid eight-year-old journalist Ava Murray and her best friend, Marisol, love to play hopscotch and double Dutch. But the hot asphalt of the sidewalk in their neighborhood makes them sweaty and burns their feet thr ... Read More about
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Matthew A. Cherry
Current price: $8.99
An alphabet board book inspired by the bestselling HAIR LOVE, from the original award–winning author and illustrator duo—and perfect for baby gift baskets. A is for Afro, N is for Natural, and W is for Waves. Letter by letter, follow Zuri and her father in their joy-filled journey through the kinks ... Read More about
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There Are Dinosaurs in the Library is a richly illustrated picture book for children ages 4 to 10. In the book, Mrs. Barker wants to take her third-grade class to the library. When her student Alyssa objects, Mrs. Barker whispers to her, "There are dinosaurs in the library." Boy, are Alyssa and the ... Read More about
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Maya Cameron-Gordon
Current price: $18.99
A magical story starring three Black mermaid sisters who each wish to wear the underwater crown! Perfect for fans of Little Mermaid and Oona. Anaya, Shante, and Kianna are sisters. And these mermaid princesses couldn’t be more different! One day, when a problem too big for any of them to solve alone ... Read More about
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Amina Luqman-Dawson
Current price: $16.99
Winner of the John Newbery Medal Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award  An Indiebound Bestseller A New York Times Bestseller Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many w ... Read More about
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Alicia D. Williams
Current price: $18.99
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor winner! As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, ready to take on the world, he first must have that very difficult conversation far too familiar to so many Black and Brown Americans in this gentle and ultimately hopeful picture book. Jay’s most favorite things are ... Read More about
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Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, Dawud Anyabwile
Current price: $22.95
Winner of the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award Finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature A Coretta Scott King Award Author and Illustrator Honor Book A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly ... Read More about
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CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR AWARD WINNER! A stunning and deeply moving picture book based on the popular spiritual from an award-winning author and critically acclaimed illustrator. The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African Am ... Read More about
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Michelle Edwards
Current price: $18.99
CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR HONOR AWARD WINNERCHARLOTTE ZOLOTOW AWARD WINNER All the highs and lows of having a bossy, protective, and loving older sibling are depicted in this heartwarming picture book by a critically acclaimed author and award-winning illustrator.  Meet Lee, a little boy who w ... Read More about
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Richard Conyngham
Current price: $24.95
A Kirkus Reviews Best YA Book of 2022 A USBBY 2023 Outstanding International Book A 2022 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner (Graphic Novels & Comics Category) Honorable mention, 2023 Children's Africana Book Awards2022 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Overfloweth honoreeNominated for the TLA Maveri ... Read More about
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Niki Daly
Current price: $17.95
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A 2023 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book Winner of the 2022 South African Literary Awards Children's Literature Award Honorable mention, 2023 Children's Africana Book Awards A Cooperative Children's Book Center 2023 Choices Pick From award winning chi ... Read More about
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Tolá Okogwu
Previous price: $18.99 Current price: $17.99
Black Panther meets X-Men in this “fast-paced, action-packed, and empowering” (A. F. Steadman, New York Times bestselling author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief) middle grade adventure about a British Nigerian girl who learns that her Afro hair has psychokinetic powers—perfect for fans of Amari and ... Read More about
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Mamle Wolo
Current price: $16.99
This rags-to-riches story by an award-winning Ghanaian author has page-turning appeal with luminous literary resonance.  Writing with effortlessly engaging prose, Wolo showcases the interweaving layers of Ghanaian culture to create a prismatic, multifaceted world in which two young girls, against al ... Read More about
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A Junior Library Guild Selection Meet Jerry Lawson, the Black engineer who revolutionized the video game industry, in this engaging picture book biography perfect for fans of Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions and Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History. Before Xbo ... Read More about
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