1.
Series: Bright Brown Baby
Bright Brown Baby
Hardcover
Andrea Davis Pinkney
9780545872294
$24.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) to 3
Jan 04, 2022
A rhythmic, whimsically illustrated celebration of Black and brown babies and the joy, tender moments, and boundless love shared between children and their caregivers, from New York Times bestselling and award-winning duo Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney.Brown baby, born bright.Greet the world. Spread your light.Sparkling eyes blink hello.Bright brown baby, you will GO!Cuddle up with your little one, read aloud, and REPEAT: This gorgeous picture book treasury is sure to become your favorite storytime anthem. Dive into these five bea...
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2.
Series: Wings of Ebony
Ashes of Gold
Hardcover
J. Elle
9781534470705
$24.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14 - 99
Jan 11, 2022
In the “thrilling…masterful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) conclusion to the Wings of Ebony duology, which #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicole Yoon calls “bold, inventive, big-hearted, and deeply perceptive,” Rue makes her final stand to reclaim her people’s stolen magic.Rue has no memory of how she ended up locked in a basement prison without her magic or her allies. But she’s a girl from East Row. And girls from East Row don’t give up. Girls from East Row pick themselves back up when they fall. Girls from East Row break themselves ...
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3.
Series: Heartstopper
Heartstopper #4: A Graphic Novel
Hardcover
Alice Oseman
9781338617566
$34.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 14
Jan 04, 2022
The fourth volume in the wonderfully sweet Heartstopper series, featuring gorgeous two-color artwork.Now streaming on Netflix!Charlie and Nick's relationship has been going really well, and Charlie thinks he's ready to say those three little words: I love you.Nick feels the same way, but he's got a lot on his mind -- especially the thought of coming out to his dad and the fact that Charlie might have an eating disorder.As a new school year begins, Charlie and Nick will have to learn what love really means.
4.
Series: WORLD OF WEIRD ANIMALS, THE
Big as a Giant Snail
Hardcover
Jess Keating
9780593300848
$23.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 5 - 8
Jan 18, 2022
Go big or go home! Meet the biggest weirdos on Earth in this colosally cool collection from the team that brought you Pink Is For Blobfish.It’s a big wide world, full of critters that are larger than life! Sure, there are the usual suspects: blue whales, polar bears, elephant seals…but others will take you by surprise. The giant snail, for instance, or the ginormous Atlas moth. Like Pink Is for Blobfish and Cute as an Axolotl, Big as a Giant Snail will cover a wide variety of species, while subtly delving into misconceptions and stereotypes ass...
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5.
Series: The Nsibidi Scripts
Akata Woman
Hardcover
Nnedi Okorafor
9780451480583
$24.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Jan 18, 2022
Akata Woman is the New York Times bestselling third book in the series that started with Akata Witch, named one of Time magazine’s “100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time” and “100 Best YA Books of All Time,” from award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor. “In this series, Okorafor creates a stunningly original world of African magic that draws on Nigerian folk beliefs and rituals instead of relying on the predictable tropes of Western fantasy novels.” —Time magazineFrom the moment Sunny Nwazue discovered she had mystical energy flowing in her blood, she...
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6.
Series: The Ivory Key Duology
The Ivory Key
Hardcover
Akshaya Raman
9780358468332
$26.99
Age (years) from 12
Jan 04, 2022
In this epic YA fantasy debut, magic, a prized resource, is the only thing between peace and war. When magic runs out, four estranged royal siblings must find a new source before their country is swallowed by invading forces. The first in an Indian-inspired duology that’s perfect for fans of There Will Come a Darkness, The Gilded Wolves, and We Hunt the Flame.Vira, Ronak, Kaleb, and Riya may be siblings, but they've never been close or even liked each other that much. Torn apart by the different paths their lives have taken, only one thing can ...
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7.
Series:
Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust
Hardcover
Renee Hartman
9781338753356
$23.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Jan 04, 2022
RENEE: I was ten years old then, and my sister was eight. The responsibility was on me to warn everyone when the soldiers were coming because my sister and both my parents were deaf. I was my family's ears.Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable -- together. This is their true story. As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta, and their parents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their door. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alert her parents and sister whenever the sound ...
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8.
Series:
Coming Back
(A Graphic Novel)
Hardcover
Jessi Zabarsky
9780593125434
$33.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Jan 18, 2022
A beautiful graphic novel fantasy romance that follows two young women who have to go on their own separate adventures to discover the truth about themselves and about each other. Preet is magic. Valissa is not. Everyone in their village has magic in their bones, and Preet is the strongest of them all. Without any power of her own, how can Valissa ever be worthy of Preet’s love? When their home is attacked, Valissa has a chance to prove herself, but that means leaving Preet behind. On her own for the first time, Preet breaks the village’s most ...
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9.
Series:
African Town
Hardcover
Charles Waters
9780593322888
$24.99
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Age (years) from 12
Jan 04, 2022
Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse.Cover may vary.In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands along the Alabama River before being secretly parceled out to various plantations, where they made desp...
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10.
Series: 5 Worlds
5 Worlds Book 5: The Emerald Gate
(A Graphic Novel)
Hardcover
Mark Siegel
9780593120590
$27.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Jan 18, 2022
Oona and her friends face their ultimate challenge in the final installment of the graphic sci-fi fantasy series that's Star Wars meets Avatar: The Last Airbender! In the epic conclusion to the 5 Worlds series, the final battle looms as Oona, Jax, and An Tzu travel to the treacherous world of Grimbo (E)! There, Oona must light the last beacon to save the 5 Worlds, but first she has to find it! When Jax saves an old friend, Oona is given a clue to the green beacon's location. Unfortunately, the journey to lighting it on this strange, watery pla...
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