Children & Young Adult

In a world where dark skin and textured hair have not always been celebrated, Dipped in Chocolate highlights the beauty of dark skin and the diversity of textured hair. This stunning, rhyming picture book encourages children to love and embrace their...

Winner of the Michael L. Printz Medal ★"King's narrative concerns are racism, patriarchy, colonialism, white privilege, and the ingrained systems that perpetuate them. . . . [Dig] will speak profoundly to a generation of young people who are waking...

Different Like Me is a book that speaks to our black youth and serves as an aid for families to navigate conversations of racial differences, being considered "different," and loving ourselves for our differences. The book also introduces an avenue to...

What if there was a way you could educate your child about a hard topics like diversity or racism but in a fun and engaging story?Most of the parents face difficulties in explaining their smart and curious kids the concept of diversity or racism, and...

What if there was a way you could educate your child about hard topics like diversity or racism, but in a fun and engaging story?Most of the parents face difficulties in explaining their smart and curious kids the concept of diversity or racism, and many...

Deloris and Roslyn M. Jordan, mother and sister of basketball superstar Michael Jordan, celebrate family in this reassuring picture book about the many special ways we cherish those we love. Apart or together, near or far, day or night, from childhood to...

My father says that a journey should always change your life in some way. Well, when you have nothing, I suppose a journey promises everything. Diamonds for everyone. That's what fifteen-year-old Patson Moyo hears when his family arrives in the Marange...

A William C. Morris Award Finalist Killing isn't supposed to be easy. But it is. It's the after that's hard to deal with. Nate was eight the first time he stabbed someone; he was eleven when he earned his red laces--a prize for spilling blood for "the...

A William C. Morris Award Finalist. Like a teen American History X, S, here is a gut-wrenching, thought-provoking, highly-readable YA novel that explores the plague of white supremacy American culture. Nate was eight the first time he stabbed someone;...

In this utterly gripping thriller, Sarah, the fearless heroine of indie bestseller Orphan Monster Spy, hunts a rogue German doctor in Central Africa who might be a serial murderer. It's 1940, and Sarah Goldstein is hiding in plain sight as Ursula Haller,...

Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College Storytelling World Honor Award, Storytelling WorldDestiny loves words, and her favorite place in the world is Mrs. Wade's bookstore, where words abound...

"I love this book! Khim Fam's illustrations bring Desmond Tutu's enduring quote to life, while Matt Meyer cleverly navigates the metaphor to teach young readers about the power of community action." --Innosanto Nagara, author and illustrator of A is for...