29 Best African American, Juvenile Fiction Books
African American, Juvenile Fiction is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top African American, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 African American, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks below.
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Hair Love
- By: Matthew A. Cherry
- Narrator: Blue Ivy Carter
- Length: 4 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: February 04, 2020
- Language: English
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4.6(7290 ratings)
4.6(7290 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDZuri’s hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it’s beautiful. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. But he LOVES his Zuri, and he’ll doZuri’s hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it’s beautiful. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. But he LOVES his Zuri, and he’ll do anything to make her–and her hair–happy.
Tender and empowering, Hair Love is an ode to loving your natural hair–and a celebration of daddies and daughters everywhere.
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Let the Children March
- By: Monica Clark-Robinson
- Narrator: Janina Edwards
- Length: 38 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 06, 2018
- Language: English
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4.56(1819 ratings)
4.56(1819 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDIn 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their civil rights after hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people. Facing fear,In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their civil rights after hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people. Facing fear, hate, and danger, these children used their voices to change the world. Monica Clark-Robinson’s moving and poetic words document this remarkable time.
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Stacey’s Extraordinary Words
- By: Stacey Abrams
- Narrator: Stacey Abrams
- Length: 14 minutes
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Publish date: December 28, 2021
- Language: English
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4.54(1118 ratings)
4.54(1118 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.000.99 USDThe debut picture book from iconic voting rights advocate and #1 New York Times bestselling author Stacey Abrams is an inspiring tale of determination, based on her own childhood. Stacey is a little girl who loves words more than anything. SheThe debut picture book from iconic voting rights advocate and #1 New York Times bestselling author Stacey Abrams is an inspiring tale of determination, based on her own childhood.
Stacey is a little girl who loves words more than anything. She loves reading them, sounding them out, and finding comfort in them when things are hard.
But when her teacher chooses her to compete in the local spelling bee, she isn’t as excited as she thought she’d be. What if she messes up? Or worse, if she can’t bring herself to speak up, like sometimes happens when facing bullies at school?
Stacey will learn that win or lose . . . her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all.
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Thank You, Omu!
- By: Oge Mora
- Narrator: LaQuita James
- Length: 10 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.44(3660 ratings)
4.44(3660 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.003.98 USDIn this remarkable author-illustrator debut that’s perfect for fans of Last Stop on Market Street and Extra Yarn, a generous woman is rewarded by her community. Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu’s delicious stew! OneIn this remarkable author-illustrator debut that’s perfect for fans of Last Stop on Market Street and Extra Yarn, a generous woman is rewarded by her community.
Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu’s delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent. And one by one, Omu offers a portion of her meal. Soon the pot is empty. Has she been so generous that she has nothing left for herself?
Debut author-illustrator Oge Mora brings to life a heartwarming story of sharing and community in colorful cut-paper designs as luscious as Omu’s stew, with an extra serving of love. An author’s note explains that “Omu” (pronounced AH-moo) means “queen” in the Igbo language of her parents, but growing up, she used it to mean “Grandma.” This book was inspired by the strong female role models in Oge Mora’s life.
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Amari and the Great Game
- By: B. B. Alston
- Narrator: Imani Parks
- Length: 11 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Publish date: August 30, 2022
- Language: English
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4.41(3562 ratings)
4.41(3562 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDSequel to the New York Times bestseller Amari and the Night Brothers! Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestselling Supernatural Investigations trilogy–perfect for fans of TristanSequel to the New York Times bestseller Amari and the Night Brothers!
Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestselling Supernatural Investigations trilogy–perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor.
After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze.
But between the fearsome new Head Minister’s strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton’s curse steadily worsening, Amari’s plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines. She’s got enough to worry about!
But her refusal allows someone else to step forward, a magician with dangerous plans for the League. This challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers’ successor and determine the future of magiciankind.
The Great Game is both mysterious and deadly, but among the winner’s magical rewards is Quinton’s last hope–so how can Amari refuse?
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You Matter to Me
- By: Doyin Richards
- Narrator: Doyin Richards
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: November 08, 2022
- Language: English
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4.36(41 ratings)
4.36(41 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.99 USDIn this audiobook by Doyin Richards, a dog describes what it’s like to go on walks with his Black owner and wishes that people would see his human as he does: with love. Biscuit the dog is adopted from the shelter and loves his new home andIn this audiobook by Doyin Richards, a dog describes what it’s like to go on walks with his Black owner and wishes that people would see his human as he does: with love.
Biscuit the dog is adopted from the shelter and loves his new home and his new human family. The dad, especially, takes good care of Biscuit and is the person who walks him the most.
But Biscuit soon realizes that not everyone shares his feelings about his human. His human is Black, and some people in the neighborhood are scared by that. Some people hold their purses closer, or tighten their grip on their children’s hands.
With honest, age-appropriate storytelling, Doyin Richards starts a conversation about racism that is more important than ever. Here is an audiobook that should be in every home, school, and library as a reminder that everyone matters.
A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends.
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Nigel and the Moon
- By: Antwan Eady
- Narrator: Anthony Cloyd
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
- Publish date: February 15, 2022
- Language: English
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4.34(662 ratings)
4.34(662 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.002.99 USDFrom debut author Antwan Eady and artist Gracey Zhang comes a glowing tale about the young dreaming big. A perfect story to demonstrate how pride in where we come from can bring a shining confidence. When Nigel looks up at the moon, his future isFrom debut author Antwan Eady and artist Gracey Zhang comes a glowing tale about the young dreaming big. A perfect story to demonstrate how pride in where we come from can bring a shining confidence.
When Nigel looks up at the moon, his future is bright. He imagines himself as…an astronaut, a dancer, a superhero, too!
Among the stars, he twirls. With pride, his chest swells. And his eyes, they glow. Nigel is the most brilliant body in the sky.
But it’s Career Week at school, and Nigel can’t find the courage to share his dreams. It’s easy to whisper them to the moon, but not to his classmates–especially when he already feels out of place.
* A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * Kids’ Indie Next List Pick *
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Finding Langston
- By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Narrator: Dion Graham
- Length: 2 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 14, 2018
- Language: English
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4.34(3452 ratings)
4.34(3452 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDWhen eleven-year-old Langston’s mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago’s brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration. It’s lonely in the small apartment with just the two ofWhen eleven-year-old Langston’s mother dies in 1946, he and his father leave rural Alabama for Chicago’s brown belt as a part of what came to be known as the Great Migration. It’s lonely in the small apartment with just the two of them, and Langston is bullied at school. But his new home has one fantastic thing. Unlike the whites-only library in Alabama, the local public library welcomes everyone. There, hiding out after school, Langston discovers another Langston, a poet whom he learns inspired his mother enough to name her only son after him.
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Copper Sun
- By: Sharon M. Draper
- Narrator: Sharon M. Draper
- Length: 8 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 04, 2008
- Language: English
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4.34(14095 ratings)
4.34(14095 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDFifteen-year-old Amari witnesses the murder of her family and the destruction of her remote African village. She endures countless humiliations as she is beaten, branded, and forced to board a slave ship. The atrocities continue as she strugglesFifteen-year-old Amari witnesses the murder of her family and the destruction of her remote African village. She endures countless humiliations as she is beaten, branded, and forced to board a slave ship. The atrocities continue as she struggles through endless days of backbreaking work and daily degradation on a plantation. Somehow, through it all, Amari’s hopes and dreams survive because there are moments of kindness from an indentured white girl, Polly and the gentle wife of the plantation owner. Amari and Polly find that by working together freedom could be possible. Award-winning author and educator Sharon M. Draper, known for her popular, contemporary teen novels, successfully tackles historical fiction and received starred reviews from Booklist and the School Library Journal. In this well-researched novel, Draper explores the inter-relationships of those who live on a plantation. “Draper builds the explosive tension to the last chapter, and the sheer power of the story, balanced between the overwhelmingly brutal facts of slavery and Amari’s ferocious survivor’s spirit, will leave [listeners] breathless, even as they consider the story’s larger questions about the infinite costs of slavery and how to reconcile history.”-Booklist, starred review
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Freewater
- By: Amina Luqman-Dawson
- Narrator: Cary Hite
- Length: 9 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: February 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.32(334 ratings)
4.32(334 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDDebut author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom.Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer fleesDebut author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom.
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Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp.
In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he crafts a plan to find his mother and help his new home.
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Being Clem
- By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Narrator: Dion Graham
- Length: 4 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 03, 2021
- Language: English
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4.31(207 ratings)
4.31(207 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDClem can make anybody, even his grumpy older sisters, smile with his jokes. But when his family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago disaster, everything begins to fall apart. Clem’s mother is forced to workClem can make anybody, even his grumpy older sisters, smile with his jokes. But when his family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago disaster, everything begins to fall apart. Clem’s mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy white family. Soon Clem can barely recognize his home–and himself. Can he live up to his father’s legacy? In her award-winning trilogy, Lesa Cline-Ransome masterfully recreates mid-twentieth century America through the eyes of three boys: Langston, Lymon, and, now, Clem. Exploring the impact of the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, Jim Crow laws, and much more, Lesa’s work manages at once to be both an intimate portrait of each boy and his family as well as a landscape of American history.
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Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion
- By: K. Tempest Bradford
- Length: 4 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 27, 2022
- Language: English
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4.29(49 ratings)
4.29(49 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.99 USDRUBY FINLEY IS A SCIENCE GENIUS. When eleven-year-old Ruby finds the weirdest bug she’s ever seen in her front yard, she does what any young entomologist would do: She quickly captures it for further study. But this insect is not yourRUBY FINLEY IS A SCIENCE GENIUS.
When eleven-year-old Ruby finds the weirdest bug she’s ever seen in her front yard, she does what any young entomologist would do: She quickly captures it for further study.
But this insect is not your average bug. It doesn’t appear in any of Ruby’s reference books, and no online experts can identify it. Before Ruby can celebrate discovering a new species, the bug escapes. Soon, odd things go missing around
town, and no one’s heard from the cranky old lady down the block for nearly a week. Where did this weird insect come from, where did it go, and why has everything gone sideways? If she wants answers, Ruby will have to use her best
tools–her brain, the scientific method, and a crew of neighborhood friends–to catch the strange bug before the feds do.K. Tempest Bradford’s middle grade debut is an action-packed backyard mystery full of true friendship, strange adventure, and kids getting into the best kind of trouble.
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The People Could Fly
- By: Virginia Hamilton
- Narrator: Andrew L. Barnes
- Length: 3 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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4.28(1250 ratings)
4.28(1250 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDVirginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children’s literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children’s book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. In her prize-winningVirginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children’s literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children’s book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. In her prize-winning anthology of American Black folktales, The People Could Fly, Hamilton has gathered and retold a collection of stories that teach us much, move us deeply, and make us laugh out loud.
Savor this bridge to both the past and the future of a people and a nation as you hear these timeless tales brilliantly performed by Andrew Barnes.
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Armstrong and Charlie
- By: Steven B. Frank
- Narrator: Steven B. Frank
- Length: 7 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 07, 2017
- Language: English
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4.28(457 ratings)
4.28(457 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDCharlie isn’t looking forward to sixth grade. If he starts sixth grade, chances are he’ll finish it. And when he does, he’ll grow older than the brother he recently lost. Armstrong isn’t looking forward to sixth grade,Charlie isn’t looking forward to sixth grade. If he starts sixth grade, chances are he’ll finish it. And when he does, he’ll grow older than the brother he recently lost. Armstrong isn’t looking forward to sixth grade, either. When his parents sign him up for Opportunity Busing to a white school in the Hollywood Hills, all he wants to know is “What time in the morning will my alarm clock have the opportunity to ring?” When these two land at the same desk, it’s the Rules Boy next to the Rebel, a boy who lost a brother elbow-to-elbow with a boy who longs for one. From September to June, arms will wrestle, fists will fly, and bottles will spin. There’ll be Ho Hos spiked with hot sauce, sleepovers, boy talk about girls, and a little guidance from the stars. Set in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Armstrong and Charlie is the hilarious, heartwarming tale of two boys from opposite worlds, Different, yet the same.
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The Last Mirror on the Left
- By: Lamar Giles
- Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 20, 2020
- Language: English
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4.27(109 ratings)
4.27(109 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDNow that Logan County is safe from an eternal freeze, cousins Otto and Sheed Alston are back to their normal lives as the town’s most celebrated detectives. Well … almost normal. Otto still remembers what his future self said aboutNow that Logan County is safe from an eternal freeze, cousins Otto and Sheed Alston are back to their normal lives as the town’s most celebrated detectives. Well … almost normal. Otto still
remembers what his future self said about Sheed getting sick. And Otto plans to stop that from happening … even if it means keeping a suspicious Sheed in the dark.Enter the perfect distraction: Missus Nedraw of the Rorrim Mirror Emporium. Unlike the majority of the town’s residents, she still remembers last summer’s adventures–and how Otto and Sheed
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Alston took some of her mirrors without permission. Stealing is usually an unforgivable offense, punishable by a million-year sentence, but the warden has a problem of her own. One of her
worst prisoners has escaped from their mirror prison, and only the Legendary Alston Boys of Logan County can help bring the fugitive to justice in the eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Last Last-Day-ofSummer. -
The Last Chance for Logan County
- By: Lamar Giles
- Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 19, 2021
- Language: English
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4.27(50 ratings)
4.27(50 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDOtto and Sheed are back! With their last otherworldly adventure behind them, cousins Otto and Sheed are definitely ready for things to get back to normal–or as normal as it can ever be in Logan County. But when Sheed develops a weird talentOtto and Sheed are back!
With their last otherworldly adventure behind them, cousins Otto and Sheed are definitely ready for things to get back to normal–or as normal as it can ever be in Logan County. But when Sheed develops a weird talent that makes it storm frogs,
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Otto’s mom and Sheed’s dad are drawn back home, and things may never be the same. Especially with a suspicious company known as GOO sniffing around, seeking to acquire a bunch of property around the county for nefarious purposes.
It’s up to the Legendary Alston Boys of Logan County, the Ellison twins, Grandma, and the rest to save their town and keep their newly reunited family together before GOO destroys it all. -
Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence
- By: Gretchen Woelfle
- Narrator: Susie Berneis
- Length: 15 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: February 10, 2015
- Language: English
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4.27(233 ratings)
4.27(233 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDEverybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But the founders weren’t the only ones who believed that everyone had a right to freedom. Mumbet, a Massachusetts slave, believed it too. She longed to beEverybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But the founders weren’t the only ones who believed that everyone had a right to freedom. Mumbet, a Massachusetts slave, believed it too. She longed to be free, but how? Would anyone help her in her fight for freedom? Could she win against her owner, the richest man in town? Mumbet was determined to try.
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Hair Story
- By: NoNieqa Ramos
- Narrator: Victoria Rodriguez
- Length: 25 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 30, 2021
- Language: English
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4.27(167 ratings)
4.27(167 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDPreciosa has hair that won’t stay straight, won’t be confined. Rudine’s hair resists rollers, flat irons, and rules. Together, the girls play hair salon! They take inspiration from their moms, their neighbors, their ancestors, andPreciosa has hair that won’t stay straight, won’t be confined. Rudine’s hair resists rollers, flat irons, and rules. Together, the girls play hair salon! They take inspiration from their moms, their neighbors, their ancestors, and cultural icons. They discover that their hair holds roots of the past and threads of the future.
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Mighty Inside
- By: Sundee T. Frazier
- Length: 6 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 12, 2021
- Language: English
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4.26(133 ratings)
4.26(133 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDCORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR SUNDEE T. FRAZIER WRITES HER MOST PERSONAL, HEARTFELT WORK TO DATE. Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man voice that lets him say what he wants, when he wants–especially to his crush MillieCORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR SUNDEE T. FRAZIER WRITES HER MOST PERSONAL, HEARTFELT WORK TO DATE.
Melvin Robinson wants a strong, smooth, He-Man voice that lets him say what he wants, when he wants–especially to his crush Millie Takazawa, and Gary Ratliff, who constantly puts him down. But the thought of starting high school is only
making his stutter worse.And Melvin’s growing awareness that racism is everywhere–not just in the South where a boy his age has been brutally killed by two white men, but also in his own hometown of Spokane–is making him realize that he can’t mutely stand by.
His new friend Lenny, a fast-talking, sax-playing Jewish boy who lives above the town’s infamous (and segregated) Harlem Club, encourages Melvin to take some risks–to invite Millie to Homecoming and even audition for a local TV variety
show. When they play music together, Melvin almost feels like he’s talking, no words required. But there are times when one needs to speak up.When his moment comes, can Melvin be as mighty on the outside as he actually is on the inside?
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Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Toeshoe Trouble
- By: Whoopi Goldberg
- Narrator: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 2 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 28, 2022
- Language: English
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4.25(225 ratings)
4.25(225 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDThe second book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg–now featuring brand-new illustrations! At the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem, young dancers learn to chasse, plie, and jete with their... Read moreThe second book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg–now featuring brand-new illustrations!At the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem, young dancers learn to chasse, plie, and jete with their Sugar Plum Sisters–but things don’t always go to plan! As the girls encounter challenges both on and off stage, they’ll need the support of their classmates to carry them through with aplomb.The problem? Those shoes actually belong to Ms. Debbe, the headmistress of the Nutcracker School! Brenda’s anatomy books might get her into medical school one day, but they can’t get her off of this ballet slipper-y slope–for that, she’ll need the help of her Sugar Plum Sisters! -
Like Vanessa
- By: Tami Charles
- Narrator: Tami Charles
- Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 13, 2018
- Language: English
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4.25(780 ratings)
4.25(780 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDMiddle graders will laugh and cry with thirteen-year-old Vanessa Martin as she tries to be like Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America, by reluctantly entering her own beauty pageant. In this semi-autobiographical debut novel set in 1983,Middle graders will laugh and cry with thirteen-year-old Vanessa Martin as she tries to be like Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America, by reluctantly entering her own beauty pageant. In this semi-autobiographical debut novel set in 1983, Vanessa Martin’s real-life reality of living with family in public housing in Newark, New Jersey is a far cry from the glamorous Miss America stage. She struggles with an incarcerated mother she barely remembers, a grandfather dealing with addiction and her own battle with self-confidence. But when a new teacher at school coordinates a beauty pageant and convinces Vanessa to enter, Vanessa’s view of her own world begins to change. Vanessa discovers that her own self-worth is more than the scores of her talent performance and her interview answers, and that she doesn’t need a crown to be comfortable in her own skin and see her own true beauty.
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Going Down Home With Daddy
- By: Kelly Starling Lyons
- Narrator: Daxton Edwards
- Length: 24 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: January 14, 2020
- Language: English
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4.24(1496 ratings)
4.24(1496 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USD“On reunion morning, we rise before the sun. Daddy hums as he packs our car with suitcases and a cooler full of snacks. He says there’s nothing like going down home.” Down home is Granny’s house. Down home is where“On reunion morning, we rise before the sun. Daddy hums as he packs our car with suitcases and a cooler full of snacks. He says there’s nothing like going down home.”
Down home is Granny’s house. Down home is where Lil’ Alan and his parents and sister will join great-grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Down home is where Lil’ Alan will hear stories of the ancestors and visit the land that has meant so much to all of them. And down home is where all of the children will find their special way to pay tribute to family history. All the kids have to decide on what tribute to share, but what will Lil’ Alan do?
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I’m Going to Have a Good Day!
- By: Tiania Haneline
- Length: 16 minutes
- Publisher: Zonderkidz
- Publish date: January 24, 2023
- Language: English
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4.22(50 ratings)
4.22(50 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDIncludes an audiobook-exclusive introduction and bonus affirmations! I am beautiful. I am kind. I am loved. In this uplifting children’s book, young readers will discover how they can use daily affirmations to remind them of who they are andIncludes an audiobook-exclusive introduction and bonus affirmations!
I am beautiful. I am kind. I am loved.
In this uplifting children’s book, young readers will discover how they can use daily affirmations to remind them of who they are and what makes them special. Join TikTok sensation Scarlett Gray and Tiania Haneline as they repeat exuberant affirmations that empower Scarlett throughout the day and inspire those around her to create their own uplifting self-talk.
Every morning as her mom brushes her hair, Scarlett recites her daily affirmations. Those powerful words travel with her throughout her day, helping her replace negative thoughts with positive ones and live out the truth that she is beautiful, strong, brave, kind, and worthy of love. This fun-filled and inspiring kids’ book also includes a list of uplifting and child-friendly statements your child can use to create their own daily affirmation routine. You and your young reader will discover how much words matter in your own lives.
I’m Going to Have a Good Day!¬†teaches children 4-8:
- how to incorporate positive affirmations into their lives
- that self-esteem is fun and empowering
- the benefits of passing on love and encouragement to others
- how to overcome negative thoughts in their everyday lives
- how to build confidence and see their self-worth
 
I’m Going to Have a Good Day!¬†is ideal for:
- bedtime and story time reading
- encouraging kindness and self-confidence
- sharing God’s love
 
Build up your loved ones with encouraging words of affirmation, and they’ll be saying, “I’m going to have a good day!”
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Cookies & Milk
- By: Shawn Amos
- Narrator: Shawn Amos
- Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: May 24, 2022
- Language: English
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4.18(128 ratings)
4.18(128 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDIt’s a summer of family, friendship, and fun fiascos in this semi-autobiographical novel that’s as irresistible as a fresh-baked cookie. Eleven-year-old Ellis Johnson has the summertime blues. He dreamed of spending the summer of 1976It’s a summer of family, friendship, and fun fiascos in this semi-autobiographical novel that’s as irresistible as a fresh-baked cookie.
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Eleven-year-old Ellis Johnson has the summertime blues. He dreamed of spending the summer of 1976 hanging out with friends, listening to music, and playing his harmonica. Instead, he’ll be sleeping on a lumpy pullout in Dad’s sad little post-divorce bungalow and helping bring Dad’s latest far-fetched, sure-to-fail idea to life: opening the world’s first chocolate chip cookie store. They have six weeks to perfect their recipe, get a ramshackle A-frame on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard into tip-top shape, and bring in customers.
But of course, nothing is as easy as Dad makes it sound, even with Grandma along for the ride. Like she says, they have to GIT–get it together–and make things work. Along the way, Ellis discovers a family mystery he is determined to solve, the power of community, and new faith in himself.
Partially based on Shawn Amos’s own experiences growing up the son of Wally “Famous” Amos in a mostly white area, and packed with humor, heart, and fun illustrations, this debut novel sings with the joy of self-discovery, unconditional love, and belonging. -
Love Like Sky
- By: Leslie C. Youngblood
- Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 29, 2019
- Language: English
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4.17(533 ratings)
4.17(533 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USD“Love ain’t like that.” “How is it then?” Peaches asked, turning on her stomach to face me. “It’s like sky. If you keep driving and driving, gas will run out, right?” “That’s why we gotta“Love ain’t like that.” “How is it then?” Peaches asked, turning on her stomach to face me. “It’s like sky. If you keep driving and driving, gas will run out, right?” “That’s why we gotta go to the gas station.” “Yep. But have you ever seen the sky run out? No matter how far we go?” “No, when we look up, there it is.” “Well that’s the kind of love Daddy and Mama got for us, Peaches–love like sky.” “It never ends?” “Never.” G-baby and her younger sister, Peaches, are still getting used to their “blended-up” family. They live with Mama and Frank out in the suburbs, and they haven’t seen their real daddy much since he married Millicent. G-baby misses her best friend back in Atlanta, and is crushed that her glamorous new stepsister, Tangie, wants nothing to do with her. G-baby is so preoccupied with earning Tangie’s approval that she isn’t there for her own little sister when she needs her most. Peaches gets sick-really sick. Suddenly, Mama and Daddy are arguing like they did before the divorce, and even the doctors at the hospital don’t know how to help Peaches get better. It’s up to G-baby to put things right. She knows Peaches can be strong again if she can only see that their family’s love for her really is like sky.
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Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
- By: Janice Harrington
- Narrator: Janice Harrington
- Length: 13 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: July 19, 2013
- Language: English
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4.17(503 ratings)
4.17(503 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USDAward-winning author Janice N. Harrington presents a book about a spunky girl with a bad habit. Meet the Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County. Almost the first thing she thinks about every morning is chasing the farm’s chickens. She sneaks upAward-winning author Janice N. Harrington presents a book about a spunky girl with a bad habit. Meet the Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County. Almost the first thing she thinks about every morning is chasing the farm’s chickens. She sneaks up on them real slow, then . SQUAWK! But the Chicken- Chasing Queen is about to learn why the prettiest hen on the farm doesn’t want to get caught.
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Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Plum Fantastic
- By: Whoopi Goldberg
- Narrator: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 28, 2022
- Language: English
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4.16(62 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDThe first book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg–now featuring brand-new illustrations! At the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem, young dancers learn to chasse, plie, and jete with theirThe first book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg–now featuring brand-new illustrations!Alexandrea Petrakova Johnson does not want to be a beautiful ballerina, and she does not want to leave her friends in Apple Creek. Unfortunately, that doesn’t stop her ballet-crazy mother from moving them to Harlem, or from enrolling Al at the Nutcracker School of Ballet. Life is hard when you’re the new ballerina on the block, and it’s even harder when you’re chosen to be the Sugar Plum Fairy in the school recital! Al’s ballet classmates are going to have to use all the plum power they’ve got to coach this scary fairy!... Read more -
Cherries and Cherry Pits
- By: Vera B. Williams
- Narrator: Martha Plimpton
- Length: 12 minutes
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books
- Publish date: May 12, 2009
- Language: English
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4.16(315 ratings)
4.16(315 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.002.99 USDThis is Bidemmi’s book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will never forget her. This is Bidemmi’s book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will neverThis is Bidemmi’s book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will never forget her.
This is Bidemmi’s book. Enter her world, look at the pictures she draws as she tells her stories. You will never forget her.
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Gone Crazy in Alabama
- By: Rita Williams-Garcia
- Narrator: Sisi A. Johnson
- Length: 6 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Quill Tree Books
- Publish date: April 21, 2015
- Language: English
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4.15(3452 ratings)
4.15(3452 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDThe Coretta Scott King Award-winning Gone Crazy in Alabama by Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for theThe Coretta Scott King Award-winning Gone Crazy in Alabama by Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a lifetime.
Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother Big Ma and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles’s half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven’t spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that’s been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible.
Powerful and humorous, this companion to the award-winning One Crazy Summer and P.S. Be Eleven will be enjoyed by fans of the first two books, as well as by readers meeting these memorable sisters for the first time.
Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis’s The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming will find much to love in this book. Rita Williams-Garcia’s books about Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern can also be read alongside nonfiction explorations of American history such as Jason Reynolds’s and Ibram X. Kendi’s books.
Each humorous, unforgettable story in this trilogy follows the sisters as they grow up during one of the most tumultuous eras in recent American history, the 1960s. Read the adventures of eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, as they visit their kin all over the rapidly changing nation–and as they discover that the bonds of family, and their own strength, run deeper than they ever knew possible.
“The Gaither sisters are an irresistible trio. Williams-Garcia excels at conveying defining moments of American society from their point of view.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Coretta Scott King Award winner * ALA Notable Book * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year * ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year * Washington Post Best Books of the Year * The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon Book * Three starred reviews * CCBC Choice * New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing * Amazon Best Book of the Year
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