Young Readers (9 - 13)

Welcome to Africa-a diverse, beautiful, and vast continent rich in cultures, languages, great minds, wildlife, and more! Hear the music, taste the food, see the sights, and meet the people. This personable nonfiction journey beckons readers to explore...

Kwame and Kwesi are brothers farming their first independent season in Tamale, northern Ghana. Kwame trusts his farming guidebooks. Kwesi trusts the soil, the indicator plants, and what the land has always said. When their seeds struggle and the rains...

With vivid illustrations by Kaylani Juanita, Samara Cole Doyon sings a carol for the plenitude that surrounds us and the self each of us is meant to inhabit.

A speculative middle grade novel about three generations of Black girls connected across time and space through a wormhole in their school locker. What if your locker was a wormhole through time? On the first day of eighth grade, Candace Wells opens her...

Young CeDell Davis learns to play the blues unlike anyone else--with his guitar upside down and a butterknife in his hand--and becomes a legendary musician. Renowned Black illustrator R. Gregory Christie brings the blues legend to life in this nonfiction...

Get ready for a journey into the extraordinary world of 'TWAS MORE THAN JUST A LITTLE KWANZAA by Harlem Holiday! In this electrifying tale, follow Ronnie and his family as they ignite the spirit of Kwanzaa, weaving a tapestry of unity, tradition, and...

Get ready for a journey into the extraordinary world of 'TWAS MORE THAN JUST A LITTLE KWANZAA by Harlem Holiday! In this electrifying tale, follow Ronnie and his family as they ignite the spirit of Kwanzaa, weaving a tapestry of unity, tradition, and...

Once, there was a man who rescued 20,000 boys from almost certain death. That man was my father. One of those boys was me. This is our story.During the Second Sudanese Civil War, thousands of boys were displaced or orphaned. In 1989, Mecak Ajang Alaak...

Maxi was born a perfect baby girl, but a terrible accident left her burned and scarred. Her family never talked about the scars, and soon Maxi forgot all about them.When Maxi went to school, she had a kind and thoughtful teacher, and no one pointed or...

Maxi was born a perfect baby girl, but a terrible accident left her burned and scarred. Her family never talked about the scars, and soon Maxi forgot all about them.When Maxi went to school, she had a kind and thoughtful teacher, and no one pointed or...

From award-winning author and spoken-word artist Harold Green III, a reminder of the power of language and an inspiring guide to "using our words" to effect the change we want to see--and be--in the world. Harold Green III's Words Are My Superpower...

From the award-winning author of Root Magic comes the story of a girl forced to spend the summer with a great-grandmother she's never met--only to discover she runs a school for Southern conjure magic. If you ask Delphinia Baker, she'd tell you she has...