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Snow Drop
Snow Drop Damon Young 9780593snwfll Fiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House “My next book will be my first fiction. It’s an absurdist satire of race, pop culture, the publishing industry, sex, the...
Damon Young on his 1st Novel, Snow Drop
Damon Young on his 1st Novel, Snow Drop Book Spotlights Learn more about Damon Young, and follow him to learn when Snow Drop is published: https://aalbc.com/authors/Damon-Young
I Love Snow!
I Love Snow! Zetta Elliott 9781514348475 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press I love snow! spinning, swirling, swooshing snow crunch beneath my boots snow tickling my tongue snow I love snow! This sho...
Not Quite Snow White
Not Quite Snow White Ashley Franklin 9780062798602 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins A picture book for magical yet imperfect girls everywhere, written by debut author Ashley Franklin and pe...
August Snow (An August Snow Novel)
August Snow (An August Snow Novel) Stephen Mack Jones 9781616957186 Fiction Soho Crime Soho Crime Winner of the Hammett PrizeFrom the wealthy suburbs to the remains of Detroit’s bankrupt factory distr...
The Snow’s Meltdown
The Snow’s Meltdown Marita Kinney 9781480256255 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Calvin Snow is the only child of Pastor and First Lady Snow and their family is very influential within the...
Snow
Snow Kenji Jasper 9781601830012 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. From acclaimed author Kenji Jasper comes an edgy, gripping new novel that asks if family life turns a hustler soft—or just h...
Summer Snow
Summer Snow Thumper Book Review Summer Snow: Reflections from a Black Daughter of the South, is a collection of essays by Trudier Harris, based on her memories, observations and opinions that came ...
(1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race
(1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race Kam Williams Book Review “What exactly is Blackness and what does it mean to be Black? Is Blackness a matter of biology or consciousness? Who determines...
Don’t Drop the MIC
Don’t Drop the MIC Denolyn Carroll Book Review In Don’t Drop the Mic, renowned pastor, orator, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Bishop T. D. Jakes puts a new spin on the notion of the b...
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Lives Laid Away (An August Snow Novel)
Lives Laid Away (An August Snow Novel) Stephen Mack Jones 9781616959593 Fiction Soho Crime Soho Crime Detroit ex-cop August Snow takes up vigilante justice when his beloved neighborhood of Mexicantown...
Seed of Discord: Church Candy (The Snow Series: Candy PART 3)
Seed of Discord: Church Candy (The Snow Series: Candy PART 3) Marita Kinney 9781484944745 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The Snow family continues to push through their issues, until Pas...
In Search of Snow
In Search of Snow Luís Alberto Urrea 9780816520152 Fiction University of Arizona Press University of Arizona Press In the hot Arizona desert of the late 1950s, Mike McGurk comes of age in one big, rio...
In The Falling Snow
In The Falling Snow Thumper Book Review I have heard of Caryl Phillps. We have reviewed one of his earlier novels for AALBC.com in the past, but I had not read anything by him. Phillips’s...
(1)Ne Drop: Shifting The Lens On Race
(1)Ne Drop: Shifting The Lens On Race Yaba Blay 9780989664509 Nonfiction BLACKprint Press BLACKprint Press What exactly is Blackness?What does it mean to be Black?Is Blackness a matter of biology or c...
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi 9781594633409 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House As seen on the cover of the New York Times Book Review, where it was described as “gloriously unsettling… evoki...
Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel
Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel Helen Oyeyemi 9781594631399 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House As seen on the cover of the New York Times Book Review, where it was described as “gloriously unsettling… evokin...
Feelings to Share from A to Z
Feelings to Share from A to Z Todd Snow and Peggy Snow 9781934277003 Fiction Maren Green Publishing Maren Green Publishing Knowing how to describe our feelings is important to our emotional health. So...
First Snow
First Snow Bernette Ford 9780823419371 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House Bundle up and follow Bunny and his brothers and sisters as they tiptoe out into the wonderous world of the first snow of wint...
Summer Snow: Reflections from a Black Daughter of the South
Summer Snow: Reflections from a Black Daughter of the South Trudier Harris 9780807072547 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press A wide-ranging, spirited collection of personal essays about growing up black...
Don’t Drop the Mic
Don’t Drop the Mic Idris Goodwin 9780358692126 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Breakbeat poet Idris Goodwin and award-winning illustrator Kaylani Juanita collaborate on a whimsical, upbeat picture...
Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less
Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less Tiffany Dufu 9781250071736 Nonfiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers A bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women’s lea...
Drop
Drop Mat Johnson 9781582341040 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing A new voice in American fiction recalling the work of Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin, Drop is an irreverent and unforgettab...
The Forgotten Girl
The Forgotten Girl India Hill Brown 9781338317244 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. "This ghost story gave me chill after chill. It will haunt you." — R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps"Do you kn...
A Snowy Day
A Snowy Day Christine Platt 9781532133534 Fiction Calico Kid Magic Wagon School is canceled Ana and Andrew play in the snow with their neighbors and learn to make snow ice cream. They save a snowball ...
Don’t Drop the MIC: The Power of Your Words Can Change the World
Don’t Drop the MIC: The Power of Your Words Can Change the World T. D. Jakes 9781455595358 Nonfiction FaithWords Hachette Book Group Communicate boldly and effectively like never before with the help ...
The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class: Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat
The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class: Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat Tracey Baptiste 9780316594387 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Meet the kids in The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class wacky ...
The Day of Dreams
The Day of Dreams Jevon Bolden 9780593661468 Fiction Penguin Young Readers Licenses Penguin Random House Enter the world of Super Sema in this fun, holiday-themed, STEAM-filled 8x8 with stickers! D...
Snow Place Like Home: A Christmas Novel
Snow Place Like Home: A Christmas Novel Lacey Baker 9780840716774 Fiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing A romantic holiday novel Perfect for fans of Nancy Naigle and Brenda Jackson...
The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition
The Negro Motorist Green-Book: 1940 Facsimile Edition Victor H. Green 9781684116546 Nonfiction Snow Ball Publishing Snow Ball Publishing In the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-Amer...
Snow Scene
Snow Scene Richard Jackson 9781626726802 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers
In the Snow
In the Snow Elizabeth Spurr 9781561458554 Fiction Peachtree Petite Peachtree Publishers Simple and evocative language and charming illustrations describe a girl’s experience on a snowy day. In this g...
Touching Snow
Touching Snow M. Sindy Felin 9781442417359 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. M. Sindy Felin’s National Book Award finalist is in paperback for the first time. Karina has ...
In the Falling Snow
In the Falling Snow Caryl Phillips 9780307473837 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House From one of our most admired fiction writers: the searing story of breakdown and recovery in the life of one man a...
In The Falling Snow
In The Falling Snow Caryl Phillips 9780307272560 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House From one of our most admired fiction writers: the searing story of breakdown and recovery in the life of one man and...
Ashley Franklin
Ashley Franklin NONE Ashley Franklin, author of the debut picture book 'Not Quite Snow White', published by Harper Collins in 2019. She holds an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Dela...
Jasmine Mans
Jasmine Mans NONE Jasmine Mans, a Black American poet and artist from Newark, NJ, is a University of Wisconsin Madison graduate. Author of the 2012 poetry collection, Chalk Outlines of Snow Angels, a...
Ebony Glenn
Ebony Glenn NONE Ebony Glenn is an Atlanta-based illustrator known for whimsical art that brings joy and magic. She illustrated award-winning books like Mommy’s Khimar, Not Quite Snow White, Beacon t...
Addie Boswell
Addie Boswell NONE Addie Boswell, a Portland-based author and muralist, is known for her award-winning book, The Rain Stomper. Her works include Go, Bikes, Go!, Go, Planes, Go!, The Snow Dancer, and ...
Mirror Mirror
Mirror Mirror Kam Williams mirror_mirror.jpg Film Review Snow White Saves Prince in Refreshing Overhaul of Beloved Classic Mirror Mirror [2012] In Theaters: Mar 30, 2012 Wide Science Fiction &am...
A Drop of Color
A Drop of Color Elizabeth Ese 9781546158172 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. Seventeen-year-old Gabrielle has always lived between worlds: at school, she is expected to be the “Token Black Gir...
The Littlest Drop
The Littlest Drop Sascha Alper 9780593309124 Fiction Anne Schwartz Books Penguin Random House This simple, poignant fable—featuring Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney’s final illustrations and completed...
The Billion Dollar College Admissions Scam: How to Keep Your Kids from Losing Your Shirt
The Billion Dollar College Admissions Scam: How to Keep Your Kids from Losing Your Shirt Harlow Giles Unger 9798711471110 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published Two million student...
America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal
America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal Larry Ward 9781946764744 Nonfiction Parallax Press Parallax Press Immediate, illuminating, and hopeful: this is the key set of talks given by leading Zen ...
One Drop: My Father’s Hidden Life--A Story Of Race And Family Secrets
One Drop: My Father’s Hidden Life--A Story Of Race And Family Secrets Bliss Broyard 9780316008068 Nonfiction Back Bay Books Hachette Book Group Ever since renowned literary critic Anatole Broyard’s ow...
Just for You!: Stop, Drop, and Chll
Just for You!: Stop, Drop, and Chll Derrick Barnes 9780439568708 Fiction Teaching Resources Teaching Resources Rhyming words help a grade-schooler deal with his angry feelings in a more constructive w...
Rock ’Til You Drop: The Decline from Rebellion to Nostalgia
Rock ’Til You Drop: The Decline from Rebellion to Nostalgia John Strausbaugh 9781859846292 Nonfiction Verso Books Verso Books In the 1960s and early 70s rock and rebellion went arm in arm. This was th...
’60 to Tranzinfinity - Drop’n Jewlz for the Nu-Blahck Struggle!
’60 to Tranzinfinity - Drop’n Jewlz for the Nu-Blahck Struggle! Adisa Omar 9780939366262 Nonfiction AKU Press International AKU Press International From ’ole school to nu-skool’ the face of popular mu...
A Drop of Patience: A Novel (Dark Tower Series)
A Drop of Patience: A Novel (Dark Tower Series) William Melvin Kelley 9780880014601 Fiction Ecco Press HarperCollins Book by Kelley, William Melvin
The heart of Alkebulan (Africa): Sweet drop of honey : a collection of writings
The heart of Alkebulan (Africa): Sweet drop of honey : a collection of writings Daniel Henderson 9780965323000 Fiction D.B. Henderson D.B. Henderson
Tiffany Dufu
Tiffany Dufu NONE Tiffany Dufu, author of Drop the Ball, is a prominent figure in women's leadership. She was part of the Lean In launch team and currently serves as Chief Leadership Officer at Levo....
Hunting In Harlem
Hunting In Harlem Thumper Book Review I am always excited when new authors enter the scene because they expand the dimensions of our existence through literature that is vibrant, challenging and im...
Chapters 1 and 2
Chapters 1 and 2 Harlow Giles Unger Excerpt Chapters 1 and 2 Chapter 1College Is Not for Everyone So your kid says he or she wants to go to college. “All my friends are going!&rdq...
Don’t Stop Snowing
Don’t Stop Snowing Gabriel Bump 9781643753836 Fiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. A deeply personal and funny novel from the winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award, about embracing one’...
Fineland
Fineland Lauwo Lauwo 9781957810447 Fiction Iskanchi Press Iskanchi Press In this African diaspora coming-of-age novel, Fineland follows a Tanzanian student in small-town Finland as hope collides with ...
Heist Royale: Thieves’ Gambit, Book 2
Heist Royale: Thieves’ Gambit, Book 2 Kayvion Lewis 9780593625415 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House The High-Stakes Sequel to Thieves’ Gambit, for Fans of Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Ally ...
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm Mariama J. Lockington 9780374388904 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers A USA TODAY BESTSELLER When snow falls, sparks ...
Wildness Before Something Sublime
Wildness Before Something Sublime Leila Chatti 9781556597169 Poetry Copper Canyon Press Copper Canyon Press In dreams and memories, night poems and a centos, Wildness Before Something Sublime emerges ...
New New Me
New New Me Helen Oyeyemi 9780593718773 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House From the award-winning, bestselling “literary pied piper” (The New York Times) who brought us Boy, Snow, Bird comes ...
My Friend Levar
My Friend Levar Ezra Edmond 9781623543174 Nonfiction Charlesbridge Charlesbridge Celebrate the joy of reading and imagination with Ezra; he loves discovering new picture books with his friend LeVar Bu...
Stranded
Stranded Nikki Shannon Smith 9781339011240 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. One storm. One winter. One girl’s fight for survival. A contemporary My Side of the Mountain, Stranded is the story...
Sleep Like Death
Sleep Like Death Kalynn Bayron 9781547609765 Fiction Bloomsbury YA Bloomsbury Publishing From the New York Times bestselling author of TikTok sensation Cinderella Is Dead, comes a dark fantasy twist o...
Exploring All I Can Do - Snowboarding & Skiing
Exploring All I Can Do - Snowboarding & Skiing Nia Obotette 9781959280040 Nonfiction Your Life Has Purpose Your Life Has Purpose Get ready to shred the slopes in this thrilling story, a passionate gra...
Welcome Home, Anna Hibiscus!
Welcome Home, Anna Hibiscus! Atinuke 9781536231168 Fiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press Back in Africa after a month’s visit with Granny Canada, Anna Hibiscus finds that some things are diff...
Merry Christmas, Anna Hibiscus!
Merry Christmas, Anna Hibiscus! Atinuke 9781536231212 Fiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press When Anna Hibiscus leaves her family home in Africa to visit her Canadian grandmother, she discover...
Snowy Mittens: A Winter Adventure
Snowy Mittens: A Winter Adventure Shauntay Grant 9781419763090 Fiction Abrams Appleseed Abrams Snowy Mittens: A Winter Adventure is a celebration of Black joy and the simple pleasures of a day in the ...
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Ashley Franklin 9781368077330 Fiction Marvel Press Marvel Comics Illustrated by New York Times best-selling artist Bea Jackson, this poignant st...
The Masjid Kamal Loves
The Masjid Kamal Loves Ashley Franklin 9781534499836 Fiction Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the author of Not Quite Snow White comes a story about ...
A Bitter Pill to Swallow - Bookstore edition
A Bitter Pill to Swallow - Bookstore edition Tiffany Gholar 9798211582866 Fiction Blurb Blurb On the edge of the Chicago medical district, the Harrison School for Exceptional Youth looks like a castle...
Whiteout
Whiteout Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon 9780063088146 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Atlanta is blanketed with snow just befor...
Black Panther: Panther’s Rage
Black Panther: Panther’s Rage Sheree Renée Thomas 9781803360669 Fiction Titan Books (UK) Titan Publishing Group An all-new re-imagining of the legendary Black Panther comics arc, Panther’s Rage, from ...
Peaces
Peaces Helen Oyeyemi 9780593192344 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House "Enchanting … the most surprising, confounding, and oddly insightful couple’s trip in recent literary history." —Enterta...
Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing: Based on a Hallmark Channel Original Movie
Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing: Based on a Hallmark Channel Original Movie Lacey Baker 9781952210433 Fiction Two Lines Press Two Lines Press Welcome back to Evergreen, the town built on Ch...
Better Together, Cinderella
Better Together, Cinderella Ashley Franklin 9780063029545 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins In this magical follow-up picture book to Ashley Franklin’s and Ebony Glenn’s celebrated fairy tale twist,...
Help Wanted, Must Love Books
Help Wanted, Must Love Books Janet Sumner Johnson 9781684464210 Fiction Capstone Editions Capstone Press Shailey loves bedtime, especially reading with her dad. But her dad starts a new job, and it ge...
A Bitter Pill to Swallow
A Bitter Pill to Swallow Tiffany Gholar 9781364467142 Fiction Blurb Blurb On the edge of the Chicago medical district, the Harrison School for Exceptional Youth looks like a castle in a snow globe. Ja...
Nebraska: Poems
Nebraska: Poems Kwame Dawes 9781496221230 Poetry University of Nebraska Press University of Nebraska Press Kwame Dawes is not a native Nebraskan. Born in Ghana, he later moved to Jamaica, where he spe...
Right Beside You
Right Beside You Mary Monroe 9781496715845 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe presents a heartwarming, uplifting novel about two long-time co-work...
My Baby Loves Christmas
My Baby Loves Christmas Jabari Asim 9780062884626 Fiction HarperFestival HarperCollins In the My Baby Loves Christmas board book, celebrate all the lovely things that baby discovers about Christmas.Ba...
Gingerbread: A Novel
Gingerbread: A Novel Helen Oyeyemi 9781594634659 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns with a...
Children of Blood and Bone
Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi 9781250170972 Fiction Henry Holt & Company (BYR) Macmillan Publishers The first book in a trilogu, In Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha) Tomi Ad...
Black Girl Magic: A Poem
Black Girl Magic: A Poem Mahogany L. Browne 9781250173720 Nonfiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers Black Girl, they say you ain’t ’posed to be hereMuch of what twenty-first century culture ...
Malaika’s Winter Carnival
Malaika’s Winter Carnival Nadia L. Hohn 9781554989201 Fiction Groundwood Books Anansi Press Malaika is happy to be reunited with Mummy, but it means moving to a different country, where everything is...
Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History
Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History Camille T. Dungy 9780393253757 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A National Book Critics Circle Aw...
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day Andrea Davis Pinkney 9780425287682 Poetry Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A celebration of the ex...
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours Helen Oyeyemi 9781594634635 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House From the award-winning author of Boy, Snow, Bird and Mr. Fox comes an enchanting collection of i...
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond Brenda Woods 9780147514301 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brenda Woods’ moving, uplifting story of a girl finally m...
Black Fairy Tales: A Coloring and Activity Book
Black Fairy Tales: A Coloring and Activity Book Crystal Swain-Bates 9781939509154 Fiction Goldest Karat Publishing Goldest Karat Publishing Tired of the lack of diversity in children’s coloring books?...
A Thousand Steps
A Thousand Steps Anita Bunkley 9780962401237 Fiction Rinard Publishing Rinard Publishing A Thousand Steps: The cast of characters includes … Tama – A beautiful fugitive determined to live free. Elinor...
Playing The Hand You’re Dealt
Playing The Hand You’re Dealt Trice Hickman 9780758269089 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. "I can’t wait to see what Trice Hickman does next!" —Mary Monroe "Trice Hickman is an amazing write...
Wingshooters
Wingshooters Nina Revoyr 9781936070718 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Michelle LeBeau, the child of a white American father and a Japanese mother, lives with her grandparents in Deerhorn, Wiscons...
Art of Disappearing
Art of Disappearing Ivy Claire Pochoda 9780312650995 Fiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers Ivy Pochoda’s spellbinding and cinematic storytelling seamlessly fuses timeless magic to modern-da...
Behind You
Behind You Jacqueline Woodson 9780142415542 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House A moving story of love and loss from National Book Award winner , Jacqueline Woodson. Great for fans of Angie Thom...
One Night With You (Grayson Friends)
One Night With You (Grayson Friends) Francis Ray 9780312365066 Fiction St. Martin’s Paperbacks Macmillan Publishers Cougars, brush fires, snow storms―rancher Duncan McBride tackles it all without a fl...
Grace: A Novel
Grace: A Novel Elizabeth Nunez 9780345455345 Fiction Ballantine Books Penguin Random House Justin Peters is a Harvard-educated professor of British and classic literature who reads Shakespeare to his ...