38 Publications from Candlewick Press an Imprint of Walker Books

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Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry)
by Gary Golio

B is for Baby
by Atinuke

Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground
by T.R. Simon

The Stuff of Stars
by Marion Dane Bauer

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford

Baby Goes to Market
by Atinuke

42 Is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero
by Doreen Rappaport

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
by Kwame Alexander

Jordan
by Charles R. Smith Jr.

The World Beneath: A Novel
by Janice Warman

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford

Granddaddy’s Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein

Bird & Diz
by Gary Golio

Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama
by Hester Bass

X: A Novel
by Ilyasah Al-Shabazz

The Secret World of Walter Anderson
by Hester Bass

Willow
by Tonya Cherie Hegamin

Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America’s First Black Paratroopers (Ala Notable Children’s Books. Older Readers)
by Tanya Lee Stone

Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court
by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.

What Color Is My World?: The Lost History Of African-American Inventors
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld

How the Leopard Got His Claws
by Chinua Achebe

White Water
by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein

In The Words Of Nelson Mandela
by Jennifer Crwys-Williams

Ladder To The Moon
by Maya Soetoro-Ng

Zora And Me
by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon

12 Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali
by Charles R. Smith Jr.

The Substance Of Hope: Barack Obama And The Paradox Of Progress
by William Jelani Cobb

On My Journey Now: Looking At African-American History Through The Spirituals
by Nikki Giovanni

Chameleon
by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Full, Full, Full of Love
by Trish Cooke

So Much!
by Trish Cooke

Dance with Me: Super Sturdy Picture Book
by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Winning Words: Sports Stories and Photographs
by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Never Been A Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked The Civil Rights Movement
by Harper Barnes

Family Pictures: Poems And Photographs Celebrating Family
by Kwame Alexander

Hoop Queens
by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Let’s Play Baseball!: Super Sturdy Picture Books
by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Let’s Play Basketball!: Super Sturdy Picture Books
by Charles R. Smith Jr.