Children & Young Adult

Experience history with this picture book of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic speech, including an audio CD. This Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book will inspire young readers! From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s daughter, Dr. Bernice A. King:...

Twelve-year-old Marie is a leader among the popular black girls in Chauncey, Ohio, a prosperous black suburb. She isn't looking for a friend when Lena Bright, a white girl, appears in school. Yet they are drawn to each other because both have lost their...

On a simple trip to the park, the joy of music overtakes a mother and daughter. The little girl hears a rhythm coming from the world around her- from butterflies, to street performers, to ice cream sellers everything is musical! She sniffs, snaps, and...

It's game day! In this action-packed picture book from Daria Peoples-Riley, the creator of the acclaimed This Is It, a young basketball player gets ready for a neighborhood pickup game.I Got Next encourages hard work and determination and celebrates the...

A sweet introduction to owning a pet that is perfect for readers of The Most Magnificent Thing and A Ball for Daisy. When a little girl gets a new puppy, they have a lot to learn about each other. The new friends can be shy, messy, and sometimes get into...

Introduce your little computer scientist to the essential coding basics and turn their everyday world into an extraordinary learning adventure!Written by an expert, I Can Code: AND/OR uses simple text, colorful illustrations, and interactive flaps to...

Dream BIG with Princess Truly, in this rhyming early reader perfect for fans of Rosie Revere, Engineer!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read...

Girl power! Two-time Caldecott Medalist Diane Dillon sends tigers and dinosaurs leaping off the pages as 5-year-old Zoe declares she can be anything: an archaeologist, vet, U.S. president, and more.NAACP Image Award Nominee!Zoe embraces all the wonders...

Honor Book for the Society of School Librarians International's Best Book Award - Social Studies, Grades 7-12 Winner of 2005 Children's Nautilus Book Awards (Non-fiction) Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the...

A biography in verse of reggae legend Bob Marley, exploring the influences that shaped his life and music on his journey from rural Jamaican childhood to international superstardom. Born in the Jamaican countryside in 1945, Bob Marley seemed special from...

Jessica is a first grader who has an illness. Her classmates do not understand this sickness, so Jessica wants them to know that she is just like them. She is touchable and enjoys doing the same things they like to do.

A shy girl trying to find her place in the world is forced to stand up and be heard when she uncovers a dangerous secret Fifteen-year-old Muzna Saleem is used to being invisible. So no one is more surprised than her when Arif Malik, the hottest boy in...

This honest and poignant young adult poetry collection addresses many different experiences of what it means to be black. The quintessential African American, a proud, lonely, vulnerable yet independent human being who has forged out of hardship that...

The littlest readers can learn about Rosa Parks in this board book version of the New York Times bestselling Ordinary People Change the World biography. This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that...

Celebrate trying new things with this encouraging board book from the Empowerment series! I was scared of big dogs. Then I made a new friend. I was scared of the water. Now I love the deep end. With relevant and charming specifics, Stephen Krensky and...

A new Little Golden Book all about Simba, the star of Disney's The Lion King--just in time for the live-action movie, which will be in theaters July 2019! This new Little Golden Book celebrates everything that is special about Simba, the brave lion cub...