Ibtihaj Muhammad (A) and S.K. Ali Hatem Aly (ILT)  

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Siblings  / Faith and Courage – 2019)

A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school–and two sisters on one’s first day of hijab–by Olympic medalist…

From Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind She Persisted, comes a new book featuring women athletes who overcame and inspired–just in time for the Olympics!

Throughout history, women have been told that they couldn’t achieve…

Jewell Parker Rhodes (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Family / Katrina Tragedy / Survival – 2012)

Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. She doesn’t have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the other kids on her street. But what she…

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…

Paula Young Shelton (A) and Ralu Colo (ILT)

List Price: $8.99  (Paperback – African American History / Civil Rights Era – 2009)

Two parents decide to return with their three daughters to the Deep South during the time of the Freedom Riders, the early 1960s, returning to Georgia…

Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

With the depression bearing down on her family, there isn’t much that Cassie Logan can count on anymore. 

But there is one thing that hasn’t changed—the whispering trees outside…

Edwidge Danticat (A) and Shannon Whright

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Mother’s Loving Care – 2019)

My Mommy Medicine is a picture book about the comfort and love a mama offers when her child isn’t feeling well, from renowned author Edwidge Danticat.

Whenever I am sick,
Or just feel kind of gloomy or sad,
I…

Ekiuwua Aire (A) and Alina Shabelnyk (ILT) 

List Price $24.99 (Hardcover – Africa / Queen IDIA of Benin – 2020)

Join Idia of the Benin Kingdom as she molds herself from the young and curious daughter of a village warrior to becoming the Queen of the ancient African Kingdom of Benin. Discover the journey…

Learn about the inspiring life and career of professional football player and activist Colin Kaepernick in the new Who HQ Now format featuring newsmakers and trending topics.

On August 14, 2016, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a protest when he refused to stand for the national anthem. He wanted…

Tameja Fryer Brown (A) and Shane Evans (ILT) 

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Sibling Story – 2013)

What color is your mood?

On a really good day, Jamie feels purple like the first bite of a juicy cold plum.

And with a crayon in his hand, Jamie eases into a green feeling–like a dragon dancing through…

Kadir Nelson (A) and Ntozake Shange (ILT)

List Price $17.99 (Hardcover – African American History / Civil Rights Leader – 2009)

Walking many miles to school in the dusty road, young Coretta knew, too well, the unfairness of life in the segregated south.

A yearning for equality began to grow.
Together with Martin…

Various Authors and Tom Feelings (EDIT) and ILT)

List Price: $8.99  (Paperback – Poetry / African American – 1999)

Artist Feelings invited poets whom he admired to compose original, short verses for these drawings, with breathtakingly rich and powerful results. Together they created a tribute to African-American creativity, the collection…

Naim Akbar (A)

List Price $14.00 (Paperback – Knowledge / Self – 1998)

This exciting book lays out guidelines for establishing a genuine curriculum in self-knowledge and plainly identifies that the development of consciousness of oneself is a process that emerges from exposure to the fields of knowledge that help people to…

A bold and colorful exploration of all the ways that people navigate through the spaces around them and a celebration of the relationships we build along the way.

We Move Together follows a mixed-ability group of kids as they creatively negotiate everyday barriers and find joy and connection in disability culture and community. A perfect…

Renee Watson (A) and Christian Robinson (ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover Singer / Harlem Renaissance – 2012)

From Caldecott Honor winner Christian Robinson and acclaimed author Renee Watson, comes the inspiring true story of Florence Mills.

Zora and Langston. Billie and Bessie. Eubie and Duke. If the Harlem Renaissance had a court, they were…

A “2020 NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People” Selection

A vibrantly illustrated and compelling collection of profiles about women and men who revolutionized politics, policy, commerce and activism.

You likely know that Barack Obama was the first African American president of the United States. And you…

The colors of Hispaniola burst into life in this striking, evocative debut picture book that celebrates the joy of being Dominican.

If Dominican were a color, it would be the sunset in the sky, blazing red and burning bright.
If Dominican were a color, it’d be the roar of the ocean…

Walter Dean Myers (A) and Guy A Sims (A) and Dawaud Anyabwile (ILT) 

List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – Juvenile Justice / Narrative – 1999)

A stunning graphic novel adaptation of Walter Dean Myers’s New York Times bestseller Monster.

Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story about Steve Harmon, a teenager awaiting trial for a murder and robbery.…

Fans of Princess Posey and Ivy and Bean will enjoy rooting for Jada Jones as she runs for student council in this easy-to-read chapter book.

As a candidate for class representative, Jada is ready to give the campaign her all. But when rumors start to fly about her secret fear of public speaking, she isn’t…

Kadir Nelson ( A and ILT)

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Finding Home / Being Grounded – 2014)

This simple story works on so many levels: as the tale of a bear who finds his way home with the help of his animal friends; as a reassuring way to show children how to…

Natasha Anastasia Tarpley (A) and  E. B. Lewis (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 ( Board Book – First Visit To The Barbershop – 2020)

Brenda C. Roberts (A), Frank Morrison (A) and (ILT)

List Price: $16.99 (Hardcover – Dancing / Friends – 2004)

Jazzy Miz Mozetta is the winner of the 2005 Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe New Talent Award

One fine evening, Miz Mozetta puts on her firecracker-red dress and heads outside to enjoy the…

Michale Mahin (A) and Jose Ramirez (ILT) 

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Legendary Rock Musician  – 2018)

Winner of a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor and a Robert F. Sibert Honor!

Celebrate music icon Carlos Santana in this vibrant, rhythmic picture book from the author of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book Muddy: The Story…

From New York Times bestselling author Tami Charles and rising star illustrator Sharon Sordo comes the second book in a charming picture book series about a fun, spunky girl with strong opinions, big ideas, and a huge heart!

Zuri Ray is back! And this time, she’s got a party to plan.…

Carmen Tafolla (A) and Magaly Morales (ILT)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – A Mexican Popsicle Treat – 2014)

As she strolls through her barrio, a young girl introduces readers to the frozen, fruit-flavored treat that thrills Mexican and Mexican-American children.
 
In this bilingual paperback edition, discover the joys of a <em…

Jeanette Winter (A and I) 

List Price: $17.99 (Hardcover – Sisters / International Tennis Champs – 2019)

Celebrated picture book biographer Jeanette Winter shares the story of champion tennis players—and sisters—Venus and Serena Williams.

Before they were famous tennis stars, Venus and Serena Williams were sisters with big dreams growing up in Compton,…

The Little Self Love Bundle Is Perfect for Babies and Toddlers

Includes the Following 6 Board Books

Brown Sugar Baby $9.99

“Brown sugar baby, dark eyes spark bright with glee…Pie of my eye, stay right here with me.” This lyrical first…

Deloris Jordan (A), Rosalyn M. Jordan (A) and Shane W. Evans (ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Family / Caring and Love – 2004)

This celebration of family love – created by the mother and sister of basketball superstar Michael Jordan – is a reassuring story about a mother and child…

Oldrich Ruzicka (A) And Tomas Tuma (ILT)

List Price: $16.95 ( Shape Books – Theme Egypt -2011)

The new Shape Books series brings the ancient world to three-dimensional life and reveals the most interesting topics from some of the world’s most important empires.

Each title is a self-boxed 3-D board book that replicates…

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A stunning repackage of a companion to Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson!

The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike…

Erica M. Burrell M.Ed (A and ILT)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover – Food Knowledge and Eating – 2022)

Elodie never eats school lunch like her classmates do and they want to know why. So she educates her friends about different types of food and how food is made. Do you know where…

Useni Eugene Perkins (A) and Laura Freeman (ILT)

List Price: $17.95 (Hardcover – 1st President of Ghana – 2021)

On a humid March night in 1957, Kwame Nkrumah made history. While thousands of people cheered, including dignitaries from round the world, he announced his country’s independence. After many years of British rule,…

From Super Bowl champion and literacy crusader Malcolm Mitchell comes an exciting new story that shows even reluctant readers that there is a book out there for everyone!

Meet Henley, an all-around good kid, who hates to read. When he’s supposed to be reading, he would rather do anything else. But one day, he gets…

Anthony T. Browder (A)

List Price: $25.00 (Paperback – Ancient African History / Nile Valley – 1992)

An in-depth examination of Nile Valley civilization and its influences on the development of modern culture.

Several customers recommended this book. True, it is a book on ancient African history and origins and it is one…

Kajara Nia Yaa Nebthet (A) and Kasmos Kari Black (ILT)

List Price: $11.99 (Paperback – Spirit and Oneness – 2017)

This is an excellent choice for introducing the concept of spirit and unity with nature. I am Mind, Body and spirit speaks about three main aspects of the self in a way that children can…

People, BIG DREAMS series Vol 27, discover the life of Wilma Rudolph, the remarkable sprinter and Olympic champion.

Wilma was born into a family with 22 brothers and sisters, in the segregated South. She contracted polio in her early years and her doctors said she would never walk again. But Wilma persisted with…

Mechal Renee Roe (A and ILT) 

List Price: $16.99  (Hardcover –  Hairstyles for Boys – 2020) 

Mechal Renee Roe, illustrator of Vice President Kamala Harris’s Super Heroes Are Everywhere, creates a joyful, positive, read-together book celebrating boys with natural black hair that will have kids everywhere chanting: “I am born to be awesome!”

When the stars shine, the…

Nikki Grimes (A) and E. B. Lewis (ILT)

List Price: $18.99 (Hardcover – Biography / Aviation Pioneer – 2002)

Learn how a young African-American woman living in an era of segregation achieved her dream of flying. When the Wright brothers took their historic flight, 11-year-old Bessie Coleman vowed to become…

Tony Hillery (A) and Jessie Hartland (ILT)

List Price $17.99 (Hardcover -He Built A New York City Garden – 2020)

As featured on Humans of New York
“Hartland’s joyful folk-art illustrations bop from the gray-toned jazzy vibrancy of a bustling city neighborhood to the colorful harvest of a lush urban farm.” —The New York…

Sherri Winston (A)

List Price: $8.99 (Paperback – Friendship and Politics – 2012)

When Brianna Justice’s hero, the famous celebrity chef Miss Delicious, speaks at her school and traces her own success back to being president of her fifth grade class, Brianna determines she must do the same. She just knows that becoming…

Frank Murphy (A) Nicole Tadgell (ILT)

List Price: $12.99 (Hardcover – Biography – 2019)

Learn about the abolitionist Frederick Douglass and his fight for freedom in this Step 3 Biography Reader!

Frederick Douglass was a keystone figure in the abolitionist movement, and his story has impacted generations of people fighting for civil…

Ta-Nehisi Coates (A) and Chris Sprouse  (ILT)

List Price: $15.99 (Paperback – Graphic Novel / Black Super Hero – 2017)

Dark times for the Black Panther, as Ta-Nehisi Coates chronicles the fi nal days of the kingdom of Wakanda! As Zenzi and the People poison Wakanda’s populace against their king, a cabal of…

Sharon M. Draper (A) and Jesse Joshua Watson (ILT)

List Price: $6.99 (Paperback – Adventure / Shadows of Caesar Creek – 2011)

After their counselors told them a story about spirits in the woods near the campsite, Ziggy and his friends get lost in that very place, known as Caesar’s Creek. When strange…

Dashka Slater (A)

List Price: $19.99 (Hardcover  – Hate Crime / Gender Issues / Teen Trajedy / Healing – 2018) 

One teenager in a skirt.
One teenager with a lighter.
One moment that changes both of their lives forever.

If it weren’t for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have…

Sadia Faruqi (A) and Hatem Aly (ILT) 

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – Explorer Girl – 2019) 

Every explorer needs a map! Baba encourages Yasmin to make one of her own.  But when Yasmin loses sight of Mama at the farmer’s market, can her map bring them back together? (32 pgs) Ages 5-8

Shaquille O’Neal (A) and Theodore Taylor III (ILT)

List Price: $9.99 (Hardcover – Basketball Star / Confidence – 2017)

This new story in the exciting series created by Shaquille O’Neal and illustrated by Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent award winner Theodore Taylor III, encourages kids to find their own true talents.

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Lamar Giles (A)