Crown Books for Young Readers

An Imprint of Penguin Random House

57 Publications Found

Black Hands: Builders of Our Nation
Black Hands
Carole Boston Weatherford
Apr 2026
Let It Shine!: A Celebration of You
Let It Shine!
Carole Boston Weatherford
Jan 2026
Abolition and the African American Story
Abolition and the African American Story
Patricia Williams Dockery
Dec 2025
Family Feast!
Family Feast!
Carole Boston Weatherford
Sep 2025
In the Neighborhood: A Brown Baby Parade Book
In the Neighborhood
Nikki Shannon Smith
May 2025
A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe
A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe
Mahogany L. Browne
Mar 2025
Dear Manny
Dear Manny
Nic Stone
Mar 2025
Easter Fun: A Brown Baby Parade Book
Easter Fun
Nikki Shannon Smith
Feb 2025
Wash Day with Mama
Wash Day with Mama
Monica Mikai
Jan 2025
On the Farm: A Brown Baby Parade Book
On the Farm
Nikki Shannon Smith
May 2024
The Reckoning
The Reckoning
Wade Hudson
Jan 2024
Ready, Set, Dough!
Ready, Set, Dough!
Kelly J. Baptist
Oct 2023
Nesting Dolls
Nesting Dolls
Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Oct 2023
Countdown to Christmas: A Brown Baby Parade Book
Countdown to Christmas
Nikki Shannon Smith
Oct 2023
See You on the Other Side
See You on the Other Side
Rachel Montez Minor
Sep 2023
Slavery and the African American Story
Slavery and the African American Story
Patricia Williams Dockery
Sep 2023
Halloween Friends: A Brown Baby Parade Book
Halloween Friends
Nikki Shannon Smith
Aug 2023
The Night Before Freedom: A Juneteenth Story
The Night Before Freedom
Glenda Armand
May 2023
Eb & Flow
Eb & Flow
Kelly J. Baptist
Mar 2023
Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory
Nic Stone
Feb 2023
Sun Keep Rising
Sun Keep Rising
Kristen R. Lee
Jan 2023
Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better
Ice Cream Man
Glenda Armand
Jan 2023
Love Is All Around: A Brown Baby Parade Book
Love Is All Around
Nikki Shannon Smith
Dec 2022
Standing in the Need of Prayer (paperback): A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual
Standing in the Need of Prayer (paperback)
Carole Boston Weatherford
Sep 2022
Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom
Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese
Glenda Armand
Sep 2022
Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day
Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day
Kelly J. Baptist
Aug 2022
Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker
Mae Makes a Way
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
May 2022
Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman
Vinyl Moon
Vinyl Moon
Mahogany L. Browne
Jan 2022
Operation Sisterhood (Hardcover)
Operation Sisterhood (Hardcover)
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Jan 2022
The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars
The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars
Rachel Montez Minor
Nov 2021
The Swag Is in the Socks
The Swag Is in the Socks
Kelly J. Baptist
Nov 2021
Recognize!: An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life
Recognize!
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson
Oct 2021
Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South
Defiant
Wade Hudson
Oct 2021
Fast Pitch
Fast Pitch
Nic Stone
Aug 2021
Marcus Makes a Movie
Marcus Makes a Movie
Kevin Hart
Jun 2021
Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope
Born Ready
Jodie Patterson
Apr 2021
Chlorine Sky
Chlorine Sky
Mahogany L. Browne
Jan 2021
Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States
Sprouting Wings
Louisa Jaggar and Shari Becker
Jan 2021
The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
The Talk
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson
Sep 2020
Dear Justyce
Dear Justyce
Nic Stone
Sep 2020
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero
Kelly J. Baptist
Aug 2020
Jake the Fake Keeps His Cool
Jake the Fake Keeps His Cool
Craig Robinson and Adam Mansbach
Jun 2020
Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World
Brave. Black. First.
Cheryl Willis Hudson
Jan 2020
Clean Getaway
Clean Getaway
Nic Stone
Jan 2020
Jackpot
Jackpot
Nic Stone
Oct 2019
The Hero Next Door
The Hero Next Door
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Jul 2019
Jake the Fake Goes for Laughs
Jake the Fake Goes for Laughs
Craig Robinson and Adam Mansbach
Mar 2019
Odd One Out
Odd One Out
Nic Stone
Oct 2018
Dear Martin
Dear Martin
Nic Stone
Oct 2017
Fresh Ink: An Anthology
Fresh Ink
Lamar Giles
Aug 2018
Jake the Fake Keeps it Real
Jake the Fake Keeps it Real
Craig Robinson and Adam Mansbach
Mar 2017
Flying Lessons & Other Stories
Flying Lessons & Other Stories
Ellen Oh
Jan 2017
My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me
American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm (Young Readers Adaptation)
American Patriots
Gail Lumet Buckley
Jan 2003
Kofi and His Magic
Kofi and His Magic
Maya Angelou
Nov 1996
Tar Beach (Hardcover)
Tar Beach (Hardcover)
Faith Ringgold
Jan 1991

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