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Featuring vivid settings, relatable characters, and absorbing narratives, these moving titles will inspire readers to learn more about these eras—and to question whose stories still go untold.

With evocative memoirs, complex love stories, and socially-conscious supervillains, these graphic books offer new windows into our world.

These scary stories should tide young horror fans over until spooky season.

Exploring everything from collection development to programming to scholarly literary analysis, these titles will equip school and public librarians with plenty of ideas come fall.

From clowning skills to creating forts, here are some great books to help get kids (and their grown-ups) away from screens for a bit. 

These picture books, with their exuberant illustrations and positive prose, offer portraits of Black joy, within and beyond the African diaspora.

Ten mysteries for independent readers ranging from laugh-out-loud interactive fun to edge-of-your-seat thrills.

14 titles to keep tween mystery fans turning pages well into the summer.

Some books are just nicer when they are shared! We pulled together some favorites that allow for exploration, discussion, or just lap time.