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The Case of the Missing Ankh
Earnie and Kid Caramel visit the art museum to check out The Crystal Ankh, a special exhibit. A lot of...
Juvenile Fiction Dwayne Ferguson
The Day You Begin
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices!...
Juvenile Fiction Jacqueline Woodson
The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes
"As a girl coming of age during the Civil Rights Movement, Patricia Bath made it her mission to become a...
Biography, Girl Main Character, Juvenile Fiction, STEM Julia Finley Mosca
The King of Kindergarten
A New York Times bestseller! A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten, by the Newbery...
Juvenile Fiction Derrick Barnes
The Last Chance for Logan County
In this third Legendary Alston Boys adventure from Edgar Award-nominated author Lamar Giles, Otto and Sheed have to team up...
Juvenile Fiction Lamar Giles
The Last Last-Day-Of-Summer
The Hardy Boys meets The Phantom Tollbooth, in the new century! When two adventurous cousins accidentally extend the last day...
Juvenile Fiction Lamar Giles
The Last Mirror on the Left
Otto and Sheed, The Legendary Alston Boys of Logan County, are ordered by Missus Nedraw to bring a fugitive to...
Juvenile Fiction Lamar Giles
The New Kid
"Third-grader Gavin and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new boy in their class, Khufu. He doesn't...
Juvenile Fiction Karen English
The Night is Yours
From a vantage point high in their apartment, a parent narrates as Amani plays hide-and-seek at night with her friends...
Juvenile Fiction Abdul-Razak Zachariah
The Parker Inheritance
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother,...
Juvenile Fiction Varian Johnson
The Power of Her Pen
“A powerful story.” —The Horn Book “A worthy addition to children’s biography collections.” —Booklist “A solid treatment of an important...
Biography, Girl Main Character, Juvenile Nonfiction Lesa Cline-Ransome
The Princess and the Pea
When a prince sets out to find a princess to marry, he soon discovers this is not a simple task....
Juvenile Fiction Rachel Isadora
The Roots of Rap
Explore the roots of rap in this stunning, rhyming, triple-timing picture book! A generation voicing stories, hopes, and fears founds...
Juvenile Nonfiction Carole Boston Weatherford
The Snowy Day
The magic and wonder of winter’s first snowfall is perfectly captured in Ezra Jack Keat’s Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. This...
Juvenile Fiction Ezra Jack Keats
The Space Mission Adventure
Ziggy and his friends blast off to space camp in this freshly repackaged chapter book from bestselling author Sharon Draper!...
Juvenile Fiction Sharon M. Draper
The STEAM Chasers
Shar, Terrence, Ebony, Akiya, Marcus and Chase go on an adventure around town finding the ways Black American inventors have...
Doresa Jennings
The Supadupa Kid
Javon Williams was a normal kid living a normal life until a freak accident gave him and Hoody, the neighborhood...
Juvenile Fiction Ty Allan Jackson
The Teachers March!
FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! Booklist Editor's Choice NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the...
Juvenile Nonfiction Sandra Neil Wallace
The Toothpaste Millionaire
A young girl describes how her school friend made over a million dollars by creating and marketing a cheaper and...
Juvenile Fiction Jean Merrill
The Undefeated
Winner of the 2020 Caldecott Medal A 2020 Newbery Honor Book Winner of the 2020 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award...
Juvenile Nonfiction Kwame Alexander