Kids 9 - 12 Years

From Newbery Honor- and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Renée Watson comes a heartwarming and inspirin...

The plucky, troublemaking Akissi is back with her mischief on The Ivory Coast! This time, she has to keep herself from drowning, stand up to a bu...

Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education Notable Children's Book, Smithsonian Skipping Stones Honor Award, Skipping Ston...

Based on a true story from Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s childhood in South Africa, Desmond and the Very Mean Word reveals the power of words and the...

Notes From Black ReadsThis sweet and funny illustrated novel follows Portico Reeves, a young boy with a super-secret superhero identity who prot...

It's tough being the new kid. Gavin had lots of friends at his old school, but the kids at Carver Elementary don't even know that he's pretty goo...

The neighborhood block party is today. Jada and Jamal Perkins are super excited. Their best friends, Carlita Garcia and Josh Cornell, are on thei...

Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come bac...

It's a strange, scary time for Too Small Tola when a new virus separates her family, but Atinuke's small-but-mighty heroine proves once again how w...

The picture book inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film The Green Book Ruth was so excited to take a trip in her family's new car! In the...

A young girl, who has just moved to her parents' hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of...

Black Boy, Black Boy, what do you see?I see a bright future ahead of me A melodic mantra with a powerful message: Black boys can be a doctor, a jud...

An honest explanation about how power and privilege factor into the lives of white children, at the expense of other groups, and how they can hel...

When oddballs Agnes, Roberta and Ruby discover a shared passion for synchronized swimming, the trio become Team Pom. But between snack time, thei...

Third-grader Gavin and his friends aren’t sure what to make of the new boy in their class, Khufu. He sure doesn’t look or act like the other kids...

Notes From Black ReadsSimon B. Rhymin' is a heartfelt story about an aspiring (and inspiring) young rapper who learns what it means to overcome ...

The third book in the Dyamonde Daniels series, by bestselling author Nikki Grimes, is perfect for fans of the Keena Ford, Judy Moody, and Magnifi...

Too Small Tola is back--and as determined as ever--in a second trio of winning stories about a diminutive heroine with a big-big heart. Acclaimed ...

The acclaimed graphic novel world of The Witch Boy and The Hidden Witch comes to a thrilling conclusion in this story of friendship, family, and ...