Rich in Color

Dark haired woman in a black dress with white polka dots is holding a copy of Carnival Fantástico. She is smiling. Her manicure is shimmery purple. The book is dark and has a purple and white striped tent in the lower center. There are strings of lights coming from the top. There is a woman on a hoop swinging above the tent.

Are you looking for a YA romantasy with thrills and chills along with the magic? You'll want to pick up Carnival Fantástico by Angela Montoya. It was a fun read and it was also great to hear from the author earlier this month at a bookstore event. richincolor.com/2026/02/revi... #youngadult

A collage of the book covers for The Boyfriend Launcher, Just Between Us, and the Light That Blinds Us.

We've got five books on our new releases list this week! Which ones are you going to check out?

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★ “Via distinctive and emotionally resonant verse, Adams crafts an evocative story about identity, devotion, and belonging.“ —Publishers Weekly, starred @kauawrites.bsky.social (Heartdrum) @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Photo of Traci Chee in a burgundy top standing in front of multicolored bookshelves; with one hand, she's holding out her book, KINDLING, which is in focus, while the rest of the picture is blurred

🔥 KINDLING releases in paperback today! Thanks to everyone who's bought a copy, requested it from the library, told their friends--I'm so excited for these kids to find new readers and break more hearts. 💔 (Psst, check out that lovely new cover detail. 👀) www.harpercollins.com/products/kin...

Lunar New Year Love Story Cover

Lunar New Year Love Story Spreads

Lunar New Year Love Story Spreads

Lunar New Year Love Story Spreads

Happy Lunar New Year, readers! 🧧🐍 We can't think of a better way to celebrate than by picking up a copy of LUNAR NEW YEAR LOVE STORY by @geneluenyang.bsky.social & LeUyen Pham, which has earned EIGHT starred reviews!
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Cover for Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham An Asian girl leans her head against a boy, who is turned away from us. Their arms are linked.

Re-read Lunar New Year Love Story, cause it's highly appropriate for the season, and UGH ITS SO GOOD 📚👍🏻

Four new releases today—check out our post with a memoir and books about grief, murder, and a little bit of horror. richincolor.com/2026/02/new-... #booksky #youngadult

Book cover of I Don't Wish you well. It is a dark cover with a fire in the lower center. The outlines of several people are near the fire. The words "Secrets never die" are near the fire.

Looking for a mystery/thriller this month? You should check out I DON'T WISH YOU WELL by Jumata Emill: richincolor.com/2026/02/revi...

Green graphic displaying a stylized illustration of three individuals sitting in a circle and reading books together. The graphic is titled, “Introducing our 2026 Walter Grantees”.

We’re delighted to announce our 2026 Walter Grantees!

The Walter Dean Myers Grant provides a financial boost to promising writers and illustrators who are currently unpublished. Each grantee receives $2000 to hone their craft and support their career development.

Black and dark blue graphic titled “2026 Walter Award Winners & Honorees”. At the bottom of the graphic, there are two medallions side by side: one silver and one gold. They both say “The Walter: The Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, presented by We Need Diverse Books”. There are blue and gold details around the border of the graphic to emphasize the literary award.

We’re thrilled to announce that the We Need Diverse Books Walter Awards Committee has selected the Winners and Honorees for the eleventh annual Walter Dean Myers Awards!

🏆 The #WalterAwards consist of two categories: Younger​ ​Readers​ (ages 9-13​) and Teen​ ​(​ages​ ​13-18​).​

Book covers of All the Noise at Once and Black Girl You Are Atlas

Here are nine young adult titles for Black History Month and all year long — richincolor.com/2026/02/blac... #booksky

Black graphic decorated with gold, red, and green details. At the bottom of the graphic is an illustration of a crowd with their fists raised in the air. The people depicted are Black and brown folks. The graphic is titled “Twenty-Four Nonfiction & Biographical Books About Black Icons”.

What better way to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth than taking some time to learn about the lives of incredible Black icons and history-makers? We’ve compiled a short list of 24 nonfiction and biographical books for readers of all ages to get you started! 💛❤️💚🤎🖤

We’ve got ten books on our new releases list today, including Few Blue Skies by Carolina Ixta, Love Me Tomorrow by Emiko Jean, and This Ain’t Our First Rodeo by Liara Tamani:

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Queen of Faces by Petra Lord The image depicts a 3d hardcover book with gilded stenciled edges

Happy Book Birthday to QUEEN OF FACES by @petralord.bsky.social! A desperate girl at a cutthroat magical academy faces a choice between life and death: become an assassin for the enchanted elite or watch her decaying body draw its last breath.

And it has 2 starred reviews! tinyurl.com/ytfujfw8

Join YABC for a #Yalit #newrelesae #giveaway of HEART'S GAMBIT
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#freetoenter #free #entertowin #freebook #fantasy #Romance #timetravel #blackmaincharacters

My Interview with the Author of ‘The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School’ With ‘The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar’, Sonora Reyes is still for the gays.

It was an honor to interview @sonorareyes.bsky.social for Prism and Pen, you can check out our interview here!

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I've donated to the #KidLit4Ceasefire Third Annual Fundraiser. March 17th-31st. Donations open until 2/5! There's a QR code and a link!

Donations are open until 2/5 for the #KidLit4Ceasefire Fundraiser! Funds raised will go toward the three families we're currently fundraising for, with a small portion going to the PCRF, with a goal of $60,000 raised. Anyone can donate an item, even if you aren't in kidlit!

Contact I’m currently open to sensitivity/authenticity reading. Please see the full list of what I cover and rates. In your email below, please include a description of the work, the estimated word c…

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
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Publishing for Minnesota Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.

Publishing for Minnesota proceeds go to organizations providing legal aid, emergency assistance, food, and community resources. There's a ton of stuff up for grabs, perfect for writers and readers! Definitely go browse around.

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The cover of Sheine Lende with the words “AIYLA Honor”

Sheine Lende won an American Indian Youth Literature Award honor, and to mark the occasion, I donated 100 dollars to RAICES to help immigrants in Texas.

Book covers of Love Makes Mochi, The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay, and It Lurks in the Night.

We’re back from our hiatus with a round up of young adult books released this month richincolor.com/2026/01/janu... #yalit #booksky

A book cover reveal post, reading: "Even paradise has its ghosts" on a mock postcard with a persimmon stamp in the corner. The postcard has been torn in half, and in the middle of the split paper is the book THAT WHICH FEEDS US by Keala Kendall. The cover shows a mixed Hawaiian girl sitting on the floor of a room with peeling green wallpaper. Branches of persimmon fruit, both rotten and ripe, surround her while some branches pierce her skin. A blurb from bestselling author, Andrew Joseph White, reads: "Astounding" in the top corner of the book. At the bottom of the graphic, on the torn half of the postcard, reads: Book your trip May 26

Thereʻs a text box on a white postcard backdrop image that has postage fixed to the top of the frame like a letterhead. The text reads: “This astounding book is both a finger pointed directly at the rotting heart of colonial greed and a truly heart-pounding mystery.” — Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of Compound Fracture For the world’s wealthiest, Kōpaʻa Island Resort is more than a destination. It’s the ultimate escape. With no cell service or Wi-Fi, the Hawaiian island is a coveted wellness retreat renowned for its persimmon orchard and promises of rejuvenation. But their dream vacation is Lehua’s nightmare. When her twin sister, Ohia, goes missing, Lehua follows her trail to Kōpaʻa to find her. Instead, Lehua is cut off from civilization—and help—after the island’s boat leaves without her, stranding her with the resort’s lavish guests and enigmatic staff. As Lehua investigates Ohia’s disappearance, she discovers her missing sister isn’t the island’s only mystery. Kōpaʻa’s rich exterior and sweet persimmons hide its dark plantation past. And Lehua can’t ignore the dreams haunting her each night—nor the warning telling her to leave the island at once. To uncover what happened to Ohia, Lehua will have to unearth the island’s bloody history and face the horrors that lurk within its sugarcane fields—or risk being consumed by them.

Plan your getaway. The classic beach read is getting a Hawaiian gothic twist.

Iʻm excited to share the cover for THAT WHICH FEEDS US, my YA supernatural thriller, out May 26. A huge thank you to Frances Wren, Liz Dresner, Kelly Austin, + @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social for blurbing. Pre-order 🔗 in bio!

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

Daily Waffle logo (red flower in blue circle); headline 26 New Asian and Pacific Islander Books for your 2026 TBR. The Shark Prince (boy holding surfboard, looking over shoulder in front of wave), An Expanse of Blue (teenage girl in profile, white flower in her upswept hair), blue background. Bboth Native Hawaiian

26 New Asian and Pacific Islander Books for your 2026 TBR by Michelle Jenkins from Daily Waffle: dailywaffle.com/26-new-asian...
Titles include: AN EXPANSE OF BLUE by @kauawrites.bsky.social (Heartdrum, May 19)(YA)
THE SHARK PRINCE by @maliamaunakea.bsky.social (Penguin Workshop, May 5)(MG)
#BookSky

Vonnegut Estate, Authors, and Student Plaintiffs Take Utah to Court Over the Freedom to Read - ACLU of Utah In Vonnegut v. Utah, plaintiffs argue that portions of HB29 (Sensitive Material Review Law) are unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment.

On January 6, 2026, the ACLU of Utah, along with law firms Parr Brown Gee & Loveless and Spencer Fane, LLC, filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah's Sensitive Materials Law.
Read all about it here: www.acluutah.org/press-releas...
and follow us for updates as we follow this case.

Dark green promotional graphic titled “We Need Diverse Books’ Holiday Gift Guide”. Beneath the title is an illustration of a bright red gift box decorated with a golden bow. Behind the gift box are sparkling branches of a fir tree.

Still thinking about the perfect bookish gifts to give this holiday season? WNDB has you covered! 🎁📚

9 Sensational Indigenous YA Books to Make You Think These Indigenous YA books aren’t just irresistible fiction—they inform and empower.

9 Sensational Indigenous YA Books to Make You Think by G.M. DiDesidero from @bookriot.bsky.social : bookriot.com/sensational-... @epicreads.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #BookSky #YABooks

Native Ways of Knowing Webinar Series with Cynthia Leitich Smith on Thurs., Dec. 11 from 3:30 to 5 PM Pacific: www.sdcoe.net/special-popu... Presenting FIREFLY SEASON, LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN, JINGLE DANCER, RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social #KidLit