Books from Carolrhoda Books ®
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Don't Call Me Grandma
By Vaunda Micheaux NelsonGreat-grandmother Nell eats fish for breakfast, she doesn't hug or kiss, and she does NOT want to be called grandma.
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Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds
By Jeremy LachlanThe Golden Compass meets Mad Max in this thrilling middle grade fantasy featuring an intelligent female protagonist and a labyrinthine Manor house leading to other worlds.
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Seeing Sky-Blue Pink
By Candice RansomPlenty of things make eight-year-old Maddie nervous: her too-small feet, climbing high places, not always knowing what to say, and especially her new home in the Virginia countryside with Sam, her mom's new husband.
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The Maypop Kidnapping: A Quinnie Boyd Mystery
By C. M. SurrisiAnd if Quinnie's hunch is right, the search may lead them right into danger . . . This hilarious and page-turning debut is the perfect whodunit story for middle school sleuths.
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The Palace of Memory
By Julian SedgwickDanny Woo has just escaped from the jaws of death.
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Looking Like Me
By Walter Dean MyersThis jumping, jazzy, joyful picture book by the award-winning team of Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers celebrates every child, and everything that a child can be.
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The Shanghai Incident
By Bryan MethodsThe pursuit of an international crime syndicate sends British vigilante butler Mr. Scant and his protégé Oliver Diplexito on a globe-hopping trip.
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Rissy No Kissies
By Katey Howes"This is an artistic gem for consent discussions, sensory-processing contexts, and anyone who champions children's agency and bodily autonomy. Radiant."—starred, Kirkus Reviews
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Today Is Different
By Doua MouaWritten by author and actor Doua Moua, who played Po in Disney's live-action Mulan, this picture book provides an inspiring look at the value of allyship and solidarity with Black Lives Matter.
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The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking a Presidential Icon
By Carla Killough McClafferty" Join award-winning author Carla Killough McClafferty as she unveils the statues of the three Georges and rediscovers the man who became the face of a new nation.
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The Notations of Cooper Cameron
By Jane O'ReillyThe bit of dried ketchup falls into the bowl. Lands on a stale potato chip. “I'll get you something else.” Cooper stares at his hot dog until it blurs to nothingness. Change, change, change. Channels change. Gears change. Minds change.
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Beep and Bah
By James BurksWhen Bah discovers a single sock, Beep knows there’s only one thing to do: find its match! Together, Beep and Bah begin a winding journey that takes them up high hills and into the deep ocean.
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You Will Call Me Drog
By Sue Cowing“We still can, Mom.” She gave me a half smile. “Of course we can. You're right. We could still have Christmas together, couldn't we? Just a little early.” “Cool!” I said. “Two Christmases!” She tousled my hair, “You're quite a guy, ...
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My Ex-Imaginary Friend
By Jimmy Matejek-MorrisEleven-year-old Jack thought he had outgrown his imaginary friend, George—until his dad also disappears from his life.
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Ruth and the Green Book
By Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Gwen StraussThe picture book inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film The Green Book Ruth was so excited to take a trip in her family's new car!
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Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game
By John CoyDiscover the true story of how in 1944, Coach John McLendon orchestrated a secret game between the best players from a white college and his team from the North Carolina College of Negroes.
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Hair Story
By NoNieqa RamosWith rhythmic, rhyming verse, this picture book follows two girls—one non-Black Puerto Rican, one Black—as they discover the stories their hair can tell. Preciosa has hair that won’t stay straight, won’t be confined.
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Sometimes You Barf
By Nancy CarlsonIt happens to everyone, and sometimes it even happens . . . at school. With her characteristic humor and compassion, Nancy Carlson helps young readers through what is often a scary and embarrassing rite of passage. Sometimes you barf.
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Picture Perfect
By Elaine Marie AlphinWhen Ian Slater's best friend, Teddy, suddenly vanishes, it's up to Ian to find out what happened.
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Dino-Soccer
By Lisa WheelerWhen veggie-nibbling Grazers and meat-munching Biters take to the soccer field, it's a showdown of prehistoric proportions.