Children & Young Adult

Travel to Africa is meant to inspire children of African descent to visit Africa when they get older, to learn, experience, and appreciate the beauty and wonder of the home of their ancestors. This book was inspired by a trip the author took to Africa...

Nya could not help but to think of the angel that visited her when Eni died. She wondered if the Creator had been watching Saint-Domingue. She wondered if He knew of all this chaos, the lives lost, the bloodshed. She recalled the angel's words to her...

When Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny boarded a train to help the Reddimus's Society return a stolen treasure, they didn't plan on traveling around the world. But after a close call with the society's archrivals -- the Argents -- it's now up to the...

"We are all taking a trip to Thailand!" These are the words Lenox's dad excitedly exclaimed over dinner. Never having been out of the country or even to the airport, Lenox will finally get to accomplish his dream of boarding an airplane and traveling to...

In this heartfelt middle-grade novel from debut author Nicole D. Collier, fifth-grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school's academic competition and keep her promise to her grandmother. Fifth-grader Jillian will...

On the Great Grassy African Plain Handsome Hog had a beautiful smooth coat and an extremely elegant tail. This is the story of how Handsome Hog lost his looks and became known as Warthog to the other animals. Mwenye Hadithi is a pen name and means a...

Long ago on the Great African Plains, it was so dry before the rain came that all the animals were hot, and thirsty, and hungry. All, that is, except Cross Crocodile. This is the story of how Monkey tricked Crocodile into sharing his food with the other...

A celebration of the gospel anthem and Civil Rights protest song We Shall Overcome, masterfully brought to life by Caldecott Honor recipient and a nine-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Bryan Collier.We Shall Overcome is one of the most recognizable...

The love between a brother and sister shines through in this reassuring picture book about a common childhood transition--an older sibling starting school and leaving the younger one behind. Liza is Henry's big sister, and Henry is Liza's little brother...

A joyful, inspiring picture book that introduces readers to eleven young people from around the world who didn't wait until they were grown to speak up about things that matter to them and change the world for the better, from an award-winning author and...

There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old Connie where she could and could not go. But when Connie sees four young men take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, she realizes that things...

Everyone in the neighborhood loves Lyle the crocodile--except for a cranky neighbor and his nervous cat! Can lovable Lyle make everything right with his grumpy neighbors? Lyle the crocodile lives in a house on East 88th Street in New York City. Lyle...

Escaping Apokolips is hard enough when you don't know your real name, struggle with PTSD, and have a giant crush on your biggest enemy...but escaping as a hero will take nothing short of a miracle. Scott Free is a student at the Goodness Academy, on the...

The remarkable story of Larry Doby, the first Black baseball player in the American League. In 1947, Larry Doby signed with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first Black player in the American leagues. He endured terrible racism, both from fans and...

In this moving picture book from multi-award winning author Jacqueline Woodson, a young girl and her grandmother prepare for a very special day--the one day a month they get to visit the girl's father in prison. Only on visiting day is there chicken...