70 Publications from Candlewick Press an Imprint of Walker Books

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Book Cover Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

Revolution in Our Time

Book Cover Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country by Atinuke

Africa, Amazing Africa

Book Cover Polo Cowboy by G. Neri

Polo Cowboy

Book Cover Baby, Sleepy Baby by Atinuke

Baby, Sleepy Baby

Book Cover When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke

When We Say Black Lives Matter

Book Cover Hoop Kings 2: New Royalty by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Hoop Kings 2

Book Cover Hugo by Atinuke

Hugo

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Zonia’s Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal

Zonia’s Rain Forest

Book Cover My Day with the Panye by Tami Charles

My Day with the Panye

Book Cover Too Small Tola by Atinuke

Too Small Tola

Book Cover The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph

The Black Friend

Book Cover Northbound: A Train Ride Out of Segregation by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein

Northbound

Book Cover Zora and Me: The Summoner by Victoria Bond

Zora and Me

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

The Substance Of Hope

Book Cover Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe by Carole Boston Weatherford

Beauty Mark

Book Cover Jabari Tries by Gaia Cornwall

Jabari Tries

Book Cover Catch That Chicken! by Atinuke

Catch That Chicken!

Book Cover Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford

Box

Book Cover The Camping Trip by Jennifer K. Mann

The Camping Trip

Book Cover Freedom Soup by Tami Charles

Freedom Soup

Book Cover Babymoon by Hayley Barrett

Babymoon

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

Smile

Book Cover B is for Baby by Atinuke

B is for Baby

Book Cover Josie’s Lost Tooth by Jennifer K. Mann

Josie’s Lost Tooth

Book Cover The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke

The Patchwork Bike

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

Zora and Me

Book Cover The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer

The Stuff of Stars

Book Cover Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal

Alma and How She Got Her Name

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

Schomburg

Book Cover Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke

Baby Goes to Market

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

42 Is Not Just a Number

Book Cover Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall

Jabari Jumps

Book Cover Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander

Out of Wonder

Book Cover Jordan by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Jordan

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Book Cover The World Beneath: A Novel by Janice Warman

The World Beneath

Book Cover Sam and Jump by Jennifer K. Mann

Sam and Jump

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

Voice of Freedom

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

Granddaddy’s Turn

Book Cover Bird & Diz by Gary Golio

Bird & Diz

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

Seeds of Freedom

Book Cover X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz

X

Book Cover In Shadowed Bliss by Alexander Andrews

In Shadowed Bliss

Book Cover One Death, Nine Stories by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.

One Death, Nine Stories

Book Cover The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass

The Secret World of Walter Anderson

Book Cover Two Speckled Eggs by Jennifer K. Mann

Two Speckled Eggs

Book Cover Willow by Tonya Cherie Hegamin

Willow

Book Cover Ghetto Cowboy (the Inspiration for Concrete Cowboy) by G. Neri

Ghetto Cowboy (the Inspiration for Concrete Cowboy)

Book Cover 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

Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles

Book Cover Desmond and the Very Mean Word by Desmond Tutu

Desmond and the Very Mean Word

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

Pick-Up Game

Book Cover Me and Momma and Big John by Mara Rockliff

Me and Momma and Big John

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

What Color Is My World?

Book Cover How the Leopard Got His Claws by Chinua Achebe

How the Leopard Got His Claws

Book Cover White Water by Michael S. Bandy and Eric Stein

White Water

Book Cover In The Words Of Nelson Mandela by Jennifer Crwys-Williams

In The Words Of Nelson Mandela

Book Cover Ladder To The Moon by Maya Soetoro-Ng

Ladder To The Moon

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

Zora And Me

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

12 Rounds to Glory

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

On My Journey Now

Book Cover Chameleon by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Chameleon

Book Cover Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke

Full, Full, Full of Love

Book Cover So Much! by Trish Cooke

So Much!

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

Dance with Me

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

Winning Words

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

Never Been A Time

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Book Cover Family Pictures: Poems And Photographs Celebrating Family by Kwame Alexander

Family Pictures

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Book Cover Hoop Queens by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Hoop Queens

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

Let’s Play Baseball!

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

Let’s Play Basketball!

Book Cover Best Bed for Me by Gaia Cornwall

Best Bed for Me
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Best Bed for Me

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