#ICYMI: Fall Reads You Don't Want to Miss

Fall is finally here and I cannot think of a better time to find new books to share with the young people in your life. What are you excited about reading with them this season?  Do you plan to give books as gifts during the winter holidays? Not sure? I hope the recent and upcoming releases mentioned below will inspire you.  Happy Reading!

*each book includes tags about the genre, topic, and appropriate age group

Board Books & Picture Books

I Look Up To...Misty Copeland by Membrino, Anna
11/5/19

TAGS: biography, ballerinas, African- American women, black history, ages 0-4

I Look Up To...Oprah Winfrey, by Membrino, Anna
11/5/19

TAGS: biography, television personalities, African- American women, black history, ages 0-4

Love and the Rocking Chair by Dillon, Diane
10/15/19

TAGS: fiction, rocking chairs, family, love, new babies, ages 4-8

Parker Looks Up by Curry, Jessica
10/15/19

TAGS: autobiographical, Michelle Obama, African-American Girls, Self-Esteem, ages 4-8

Double Bass Blues by Loney, Andrea
10/22/19

TAGS: fiction, grandfathers, musicians, neighborhoods, ages 4-8

Saturday by Mora, Oge
10/22/19

TAGS: fiction, mothers & daughters, people & places, adaptability, ages 4-8

Happy Right Now by Berry, Julie
10/29/19

TAGS: fiction, girls, self-esteem, emotions, happiness, ages 4-8

Layla's Happiness by Tallie, Mariahadessa
11/19/19

TAGS: fiction, girls, friendship, self-esteem, emotions & feelings, ages 4-8

Chapter Books and Graphic Novels

Tristan Strong Punches a Whole in the Sky by Mbalia, Kwame

10/15/19

TAGS: fiction, adventure, supernatural, science fiction, self-confidence, ages 9-12

The Dragon Thief by Elliot, Zetta
10/22/19

TAGS: fiction, dragons, magic, Brooklyn, NY, ages 9-12

The Forgotten Girl by Brown, Indian Hill
11/5/19

TAGS: fiction, friendship, ghost stories, North Carolina, ages 9-12

Ali Cross by Patterson
11/25/19

TAGS: fiction, detective stories, action adventure, family, ages 9-12

Mia Mayhem vs. the Mighty Robot, Mia Mayhem #6  by West, Kara

11/26/19

TAGS: fiction, early reader, superheroes, action & adventure, ages 6-8

Going to Ghana, Ana & Andrew Series by Platt, Christine
12/15/19

TAGS: fiction, siblings, family, imagination & play, people & places, ages 6-8

Black Panther: Stormy Weather, Book #1 by Baker, Kyle
12/17/19

TAGS: fiction, action & adventure, superheroes, media tie-in, ages 9-12

Black History and Biography Books

The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan by Dicicco, Joan
10/1/19

TAGS: biography, African-American Inventors, technology, black history, ages 7-12

Buzzing with Questions by Harrington, Janice

11/5/19

TAGS: biography, Charles Henry Turner, African-American Biologists, zoology black history, ages 4-10

Free Your Mind by Bryant, Jen
11/12/19

TAGS: biography, August Wilson, African-American Authors, playwrights, black history, ages 7-10

Exceptional Black Men in Black History by Harrison, Vashti
11/19/19

TAGS: biography, African-American men, black history, ages 7-12

Sheroes: Harriet Tubman by Platt, Christine
12/15/19

TAGS: biography, African-American Women, black history, ages 5-8

Sheroes: Cleopatra by Platt, Christine
12/15/19

TAGS: biography, African history, Egypt, black history, ages 5-8

Teen and Young Adult Books

Shuri, vol. 2 by Ayala, Vita
9/24/19

TAGS: graphic novel, fiction, superheroes, women superheroes, Black Panther, ages 9 & Up

The Crossover [the graphic novel] by Alexander, Kwame
9/24/19

TAGS: graphic novel, fiction, fathers and sons, siblings, basketball, ages 10-16

King Shaka: Zulu Legend by Molver, Luke W.
10/1/19

TAGS: graphic novel, biographical fiction, Zulu people, kings and queens, Africa, ages 12-18

By Any Means Necessary by Montgomery, Candice
10/8/19

TAGS: fiction, families, self-identity, LGBTQ, ages 15-18

Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Grimes, Nikki
10/8/19

TAGS: autobiographical, poetry, childhood and youth, African-American Poets, ages 12-17

Light It Up by Magoon, Kekla
10/22/19

TAGS: fiction, race relations, police shootings, social themes, ages 14-18

Naomi: Season One by Bendis, Brian Michael

10/29/19

TAGS: graphic novel, fiction, women superheroes, family secrets, adoption, ages 17 & Up

Girls Like Us by Pink, Randi
10/29/19

TAGS: fiction, social themes, 1972, teenage pregnancy, ages 13-18

Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Adeyemi, Tomi
12/3/19

TAGS: fiction, fantasy, action & adventure, Legacy of Orisha series, ages 14-17

Zora! by Fradin, Dennis Brindell
12/17/19

TAGS: biography, black history, African American Writers, African American women ages 10-14