Children & Young Adult

This book is number 5 in the series called The Twins Adventures. It's a continued story-line of a good time! The exciting adventures will keep any kid excited about reading. The good old fashion house games that friends and cousins would play while in...

The second installment of the action-packed, fantasy-adventure series, The Jumbies. Deep beneath the waves, a great enemy awakens . . . Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven't exactly gone back to normal in her...

A powerful biography in poems​ about a trailblazing artist and a pillar of the Harlem Renaissance--with an afterword by the curator of the Art & Artifacts Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Augusta Savage was arguably...

From New York Times bestselling illustrator Theodore Taylor III comes a vibrant ode to street art, a picture book about a child discovering all of the beauty--and art--her new neighborhood has to offer.Shapes moving in every direction, letters weaving in...

From the Desk of Zoe Washington meets Ways to Make Sunshine in this "noteworthy" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade novel about a determined young girl who must rely on her ingenuity and scientific know-how to save her beloved cat...

Black Sands is the most popular independent book series in the black community and it is clear why.War has broken out in the Mediterranean as Sparta invades mainland Minoa.Ausar realizes his original mission no longer stands. He now must rally his allies...

"Smart girls, friendship, and fun: a winning combination." --Kirkus"A wonderful book." --School Library JournalCece loves science and adventure In this STEM-themed Girls in Science picture book, Cece and her Adventure Girls troop use science, technology,...

"What's going through your head lately?" Michelle's mind whirls as she searches for an answer. She's met with some help from Bernie the Brain Investigator and Brain Girl, who knows her mind best. As Bernie begins the investigation of Michelle's brain, he...

A haunting and mesmerizing story about sisterhood, family, love, and loss by literary luminary Edwidge Danticat.Giselle Boyer and her identical twin, Isabelle, are as close as sisters can be, even as their family seems to be unraveling. Then the Boyers...

Hair Like Mine is the first book in the Kids Like Mine Series. It is a fun and easy read following a little girl who doesn't like that her naturally curly hair looks different from the other kids around her. On her quest to find someone with hair like

Delphine Denise likes things BIG. And what's bigger than a Mardi Gras prize?"Kids will connect with Delphine's holiday excitement, even when it causes trouble, and learn from the mistakes she makes."--BooklistEvery year, Delphine Denise Debreaux and her...

The scariest and most heart-pounding installment of the highly praised and popular Jumbies series! Huracan summons the wind and rain and wields lightning like a sword. He doesn't miss and he never falters. He will destroy everything in his path if he...

"I couldn't put Dear Haiti, Love Alaine down!" --New York Times bestselling author Jasmine GuilloryCo-written by sisters Maika and Maritza Moulite, this exceptional debut novel captures a sparkling new voice and irrepressible heroine in a story sure to...

"Immersive and gorgeously written" (Buzzfeed), Jordan Ifueko's Redemptor is the highly anticipated sequel to Raybearer, the instant New York Times bestselling fantasy sensation that set the world on fire. For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits...

How It Happens follows the story of author Jean Alicia Elster's maternal grandmother, Dorothy May Jackson. Born in Tennessee in 1890, Dorothy May was the middle daughter of Addie Jackson, a married African-American housekeeper at one of the white...