Children & Young Adult

2026-2027 Texas Bluebonnet Award List 2026 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Award Longlist Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2025 A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionFrom the acclaimed author of Sincerely Sicily, Tamika Burgess, comes a...

Learn to spot the power inside of you and all around you! This is a kids' book about power. Power isn't a mysterious thing that only a select few are born with - we all have power! And when we share that power with those around us, we can make change and...

A picture book bursting with life and flavors about a son and his father cooking up a beloved dish that originated in West Africa--jollof recipe included! Early in the morning while the sun is still rising, a young boy wakes his father for something...

A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout. When Walela...

What makes a phenomenal leader?Did you know that you already have the power to lead no matter how old you are? The Phenomenal Leader In Me: Africa Edition shows you that leadership begins with essential qualities-like honesty, patience, perseverance,...

Meet Jonah, a bright fourth grader who would rather stay home this summer and play games with his friendsthan go on a family trip to Money, Mississippi. Little does he know, a life-changing discovery awaits, revealing his family's remarkable ties to the...

Kwame needs to help save the world's source of magic, in the third installment of this action-packed early chapter book series perfect for fans of Dragon Masters! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line,...

It's 1913 in Oakland, California, and eight-year-old Ellen Jackson has white classmates who bully her and a teacher who believes Black children can't learn. Ellen's mother decides to move the family to Allensworth, the only town in California where...

The Borosai Tales: The Mirror of FaithBy Jerome Arab and Lord Osei-OforiIn this enchanting first installment of The Borosai Tales, part of the groundbreaking Rise of the Ancients (ROTA) franchise, readers are transported to the mystical continent of...

The Lazy Hunter's FollyA Traditional Tale of Consequences and WisdomThe Lazy Hunter's Folly is a captivating traditional tale set in the rolling hills of the western forests of the continent of Alkebulan, where the ancient people live in harmony with...

"Mighty baobabs from seedlings grow Trust your heart and you will glow"The Tirivhu Games are about to begin, but Team Tarirai is nowhere to be found! If they don't get together soon, they won't be able to take part!Could sneaky Tsuro be up to his...

The third title in a delightful new Level 2 I Can Read! series from acclaimed author Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and illustrator Lydia Mba, starring Makeda, an exuberant seven-year-old "maker" and problem solver who loves to create.Perfect for readers...