Exploring Diverse Authors

National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and t...

A heartbreakingly hopeful novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when her mother is diagnosed with leukemia....

In this powerful novel researched in NYC schools, Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton documents the struggle young people face as they simultaneousl...

Dyamonde knows it's what's on the inside that counts Dyamonde loves eating her mom's pancakes. Free loves eating . . . period. But lately Damaris ...

New Voices Award Winner, Lee & Low Books Best Books of the Year, Honorable Mention, The Huffington Post Choices, Cooperative Children's Book ...

Nikki Grimes, Coretta Scott King Award winning author, and acclaimed illustrator Elizabeth Zunon's latest children's masterpiece is a whimsical adv...

Winner, 2023 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Capturing the shock and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of Garvey, a beloved charact...

Notes From Black ReadsZJ’s dad has always been a hero. As a beloved pro football star, he has been a source of pride and inspiration to his neig...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and activist Alice Walker invites readers young and old to see the world—and our place in it—through new eyes in th...

From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes and acclaimed illustrator Elizabeth Zunon comes an adventurous bath time stor...

Notes From Black ReadsZJ’s dad has always been a hero. As a beloved pro football star, he has been a source of pride and inspiration to his neig...

The family from Dim Sum for Everyone! is back for a new outing– building and flying their own kite! The wind is blowing. It is a good day for kit...