African Americans
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Blood at the Root
$20.99 Add to cartA teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he never knew he needed at an HBCU for the young, Black, and magical. Enroll in this fresh fantasy debut un… [more below]
- Series: Blood at the Root
- Author: Williams, Ladarrion
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0593711920
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King Jr. (Spanish Edition)
$8.99 Read moreThis beautiful Spanish-language book, translated from the hugely popular Little People, BIG DREAMS series, can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers and those learning the language, whether at home or… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams en Español #33
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284733
- Language: Spanish
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We Are Family
$17.99 Read moreKids have big dreams. And when those dreams are on the line, how far are they willing to go to achieve them?
When Jayden and his teammates find out there’s not going to be a Hoop Group this year–and m
- Author: James, Lebron
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 0062971093
- Language: English
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The Orange Wall: An Acorn Book (Rainbow Days #3)
$5.99 Add to cartZoya and her puppy Coco are excited for a glittery bedroom makeover in this full-color book perfect for beginning readers!
Pick a book. Grow a Reader!
This series is part of Scholastic’s early reader li
- Series: Rainbow Days
- Author: Bolling, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1338805991
- Language: English
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And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems
$19.00 Add to cartMaya Angelou’s unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: August 12 1978
- ISBN10: 0394502523
- Language: English
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Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Toeshoe Trouble
$6.99 Add to cartThe second book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg–now featuring brand-new illustrations!
At the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem, young dancer- Series: Sugar Plum Ballerinas #2
- Author: Goldberg, Whoopi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0316168254
- Language: English
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Dutchman and the Slave: Two Plays
$15.99 Add to cart“Dutchman is designed to shock–its basic idea, its language and its murderous rage.” —New York Times
Centered squarely on the Negro-white conflict, both Dutchman and The Slave are shocking plays–in
- Author: Jones, Leroi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 01 1971
- ISBN10: 0688210848
- Language: English
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Mr. George Baker
$7.99 Read moreA best-selling author and illustrator pay tribute to the power of language and intergenerational bonds.
George Baker and Harry don’t seem the likeliest of friends. Yet, sitting side by side on George’- Series: Reading Rainbow Books
- Author: Hest, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 12 2007
- ISBN10: 0763633089
- Language: English
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Ashes
$8.99 Add to cartReturn to the American Revolution in this blistering conclusion to the middle grade Seeds of America trilogy.
As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon have narrowly escaped Valley Forge–b- Series: Seeds of America Trilogy
- Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 29 2017
- ISBN10: 141696147X
- Language: English
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Autobiography of My Dead Brother
$15.99 Add to cartA powerful National Book Award Finalist from the acclaimed, bestselling author of Monster. “This novel is like photorealism; it paints a vivid and genuine portrait of life that will have a palpable ef
- Author: Myers, Walter Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 31 2006
- ISBN10: 0060582936
- Language: English
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Until I Met You
$15.99 Add to cartEscape to the Caribbean in this fun, sexy tropical romantic comedy by Amber Rose Gill, winner of Love Island UK!
“Fresh and flirty…(a) charming romance.” — Publisher’s Weekly
Will a tropical esca
- Author: Gill, Amber Rose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 000860861X
- Language: English
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Long Gone, Come Home
$18.99 Read moreGoodReads, Time Travel with Summer’s Biggest Historical Fiction Novels
The Root, June 2023 Books By Black Authors We Can’t Wait to Read
Ms. Magazine, June 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us
88 Upcoming Books- Author: Chenault-Kilgore, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 1525804766
- Language: English
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John Henry: An American Legend
$8.99 Add to cartCaldecott Medalist Ezra Jack Keats’s vibrant retelling of the popular African American folk ballad.
Have you heard the tale? John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand. He was taller and stronger t- Author: Keats, Ezra Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 12 1987
- ISBN10: 394890523
- Language: English
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All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories
$17.99 Add to cartThree years after the publication of his much-heralded, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Known World, Edward P. Jones returned with an elegiac, luminous masterpiece, All Aunt Hagar’s Children. In the
- Author: Jones, Edward P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0060557575
- Language: English
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Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly
$8.99 Add to cart“A compelling account. A perfect blend of well-written text and well-executed illustrations.” (School Library Journal starred review)
Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers, together with illustrator L
- Author: Myers, Walter Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 23 2003
- ISBN10: 60562013
- Language: English
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Behind Closed Doors
$16.99 Add to cartRegina Moore and Karen Jackson, lifelong best friends, are living the kind of life most women only fantasize about. With beautiful homes, fulfilling careers, and two adoring husbands, their joy could
- Author: Roby, Kimberla Lawson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: September 21 2004
- ISBN10: 0060593652
- Language: English
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Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
$24.99 Add to cartWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, this biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. covers the entire life of the leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert
- Series: Perennial Classics
- Author: Garrow, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: January 06 2004
- ISBN10: 0060566922
- Language: English
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Celebrate Kwanzaa
$7.99 Add to cartCelebrate Kwanzaa continues the spectacular Holidays Around the World series by focusing on this African-American holiday, which falls during the festive, gift-giving season and is celebrated by famil… [more below]
- Series: Holidays Around the World
- Author: Otto, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1426328494
- Language: English
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I Got Somebody in Staunton: Stories
$17.99 Add to cartIn twelve graceful, sensual stories, William Henry Lewis traces the line between the real and the imaginary, acknowledging the painful ghosts of the past in everyday encounters. Written in a style tha
- Author: Lewis, William Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0060536667
- Language: English
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Super Gremlin 2
$16.95 Add to cartMARKIO EARL has $5 million in cold hard cash that belongs to a Chicago heroin kingpin, and his refusal to return it has led to a deadly string of shootings that leaves local police and federal agents
- Author: Rio, King
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: June 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1960993224
- Language: English
