From a renowned editor of The New York Times comes a moving memoir that recounts his life from its start. Beginning with his turbulent childhood as an African American coming of age in the 1950s and 1960s, Mel Watkins pens a poignant and powerful memoir...

Carrie, a business manager who always wanted to be a dancer, has two commitments today. She made a promise to her late father to move Cousin Ella, a former Paris café dancer, from her condemned Harlem apartment to a safe place. She's also committed to...

The neighborhood has come alive for the Navaratri nights that lead up to the festival of Dussehra. Everyone is dusting off their dandiya sticks and practicing their Garba moves. This is Aarti's first time going to this biggest neighborhood festival of...

Jada Jones is back for the fourth book of this popular, celebrated series perfect for STEM fans! Readers who love Ivy and Bean or Katie Woo will want to meet Jada Jones. --School Library Journal When the student council decides to host a dance as their...

"I had two husbands. . . . I am surrounded by the things Salvatore gave me or did for me. But, God forgive me, as I lie alone now in my bed, it is Paolo I remember." The discovery of long-hidden love letters leads New York caterer Cara Serafini on a...

Dancing in the Dash tells the inspiring and compelling story of a woman whose experiences have taken her around the world. Lauri Fitz-Pegado has had a remarkable life performing in the arts, embracing activism and advocacy, and working in the world of...

Winner of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book In soaring words and stunning illustrations, Margarita Engle and Rafael López tell the story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln. As a...

What Charlie Parker was to the saxophone, Bud Powell (1924-1966) was to the piano: No jazz pianist can rival his brilliance. But his life was filled with tragedy, including years of electroshock therapy in psychiatric institutions, illnesses, physical...

What happens when a fifteen-year-old secret between three best friends is exposed? Celeste Harper seems to be happily married and living life to its fullest. That's what she wants everyone to believe, but her failure to conceive a baby and the critical...

Rafik Schami's award-winning novel. In the classical Arab tradition of tale-telling, here is a magical book that celebrates the power of storytelling, delightfully transformed for modern sensibilities by an award-winning author. The time is present-day...

An illuminating journey to racial reconciliation experienced by two Americans--one black and one white. The 1919 Elaine Race Massacre, arguably the worst in our country's history, has been widely unknown for the better part of a century, thanks to the...

Damaged Goods celebrates the whirlwinds of life through a collection of Spokenword and poetry written by Tonika Yvonne Wheeler. "Damaged Goods" is her debut 'Spokenword' book. The author illustrates the dark sides of life with momentary illumination...

In today's adventure, Dahlia comes up with a great idea for kids of any age to get access to all the toys in the world. This story encourages young readers to explore entrepreneurship through bartering.Dahlia & Friends is a series that follows the...

The ultimate daddy by default--stuck paying child support for a kid who isn't his--is now an advocate for fathers who are being victimized by the system. In this follow-up to Daddy By Default, it's five years since Parker Redman's life changed...

Larry Jackson, better known as Daddy Cool, is a ruthlessly efficient black hit man, equally effective with a gun or a knife in nailing his prey. The only thing that can melt his icy heart is his love for his teenage daughter Janet. But when the smooth...