From start to finish, Shaina Feinberg and Julia Rothman’s book explores, celebrates and values work and the people who undertake it. Work is a helpful resource and entertaining read that’s sure to broaden horizons and inspire exploration.
In Flamboyants, George M. Johnson tells the story of a Harlem Renaissance in which queerness is as integral and influential to the culture as Blackness.
George M. Johnson made waves with their critically acclaimed debut, All Boys Aren’t Blue, which became a bestseller—as well as the second-most challenged book in the United States in 2022 and 2023. Their new young adult nonfiction book, Flamboyants, spotlights queer Black icons from the 1920s such as Zora Neale Hurston and Josephine Baker. The biographies are accentuated by colorful illustrations from Charly Palmer, winner of the 2018 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Award.
Woe: A Housecat’s Story of Despair is a funny, touching saga that explores what it means to care for a beloved four-legged companion through thick and thin.
The depiction of struggling through a world that centers heterosexuality and whiteness in How the Boogeyman Became a Poet will resonate with contemporary teenagers.
A fun exploration of same-sex behavior across the animal kingdom, Queer Ducks (and Other Animals) will have dry biology textbooks shaking in their book covers.
By incorporating drama and suspense without sacrificing accuracy or integrity, the authors of Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party have created a narrative history that engages and challenges.
By incorporating drama and suspense without sacrificing accuracy or integrity, the authors of Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party have created a narrative history that engages and challenges.
Award-winning author Brandy Colbert’s history of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is a horrifying account told with great care.
Kent State is a powerful work of art, a historical record of a national tragedy and a call to action for every American.
Tyler Feder walks us through her grief journey in hilarious, moving detail, and the illustrations enable us to experience her pain even more deeply.
Jason Reynolds’ narration has a poetic, hip vibe that keeps the book flowing and never feeling like homework.
More than merely a young reader’s adaptation, Stamped ties together disparate threads while briskly moving through its historical narrative.
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