Young Readers (9 - 13)

From celebrity author Kevin Hart comes the laugh-out-loud highly illustrated sequel to Marcus Makes a Movie about a young boy who has big Hollywood dreams--and the hustle to make it happen. Everybody, grab a ticket and run for a front row seat to Marcus...

What do you know about the Underground Railroad?What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different?Scholastic's If You Lived... series answers all of kids' most important...

This book for elementary readers outlines key dates throughout this change maker's life. Engaging photographs and a timeline depict each step in paving the way for other African Americans, from Ruby Bridges's early life through her first steps in an...

Step into the world of the Ancient Egyptians! Make your own beaded collar, challenge a friend to the ancient game of senet, make papyrus paper, learn to write in hieroglyphs, measure time with a water clock, and paint a life-size pharaoh. Fascinating...

Kids 12 and up can discover ways to work toward a better future in this illustrated workbook guiding them to reflect on their understanding of race--from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist. Antiracism is not a destination...

This impressive picture book will delight young readers as it gives a sense of this remarkable woman and the times in which she lived. -- School Library Journal (starred review)An inspiring biography of a woman who rose from a bleak world of poverty and...

A mother and son's bond is like no other. Shaped by lullabies, toothbrushes, secrets, pillow fights, and yellow stoplights, it's no wonder this bond is so dynamic!Teeming with warmth and admiration for mothers everywhere, Michael A .Woodward, Jr.'s...

The best firsthand account of the slavery experience, this autobiographical story, originally published in 1853, has been rewritten to make it accessible to younger readers. Northup, a family man and hack driver in upstate New York, was kidnapped,...

In this timely follow-up to the best-selling and critically acclaimed Young, Gifted and Black, meet 52 more icons of color from around the world. Featuring the stories of recent changemakers such as Amanda Gorman and Naomi Osaka, as well as historic...

Explores the basketball career of LeBron James with stats, charts, infographics, timelines, and strongly controlled text.

With primary source photos, infographics, and leveled text, describes the heroic efforts of the African American soldiers known as the Harlem Hellfighters who served in the 369th Infantry during World War I.

Two heroes are better than one when Marvel's Black Panther and his sister, Shuri, team up in this action-packed Little Golden Book! The threats to the African nation of Wakanda are many, so Marvel's Black Panther teams up with his little sister, Shuri,...

In this lyrical novel that will appeal to fans of Meg Medina, Maya turns to her trusty wheel of fortunes for guidance on the toughest questions--like why her best friend suddenly feels far away, or when her Daddy will move back home. But can Maya find...

Ataui and her family live in South Sudan. They have never known what safety feels like. When she and two siblings leave their home, they don't know that they will never return. After spending many years in a refugee camp, Ataui arrives as a refugee in...