Noliwe Rooks

In honor of Arab American Heritage Month in April, we are sharing books by Arab and Arab American authors that share their culture, history, and personal lives.

For National Poetry Month in April, we are sharing poetry collections and books about poetry by authors who have their own stories to tell. These poets delve into history, reimagine the present, examine poetry itself—from traditional poems many know and love to poems and voices that are new and original.

A powerful, incisive reckoning with the impacts of school desegregation that traces four generations of the author’s family to show how the implementation of integration decimated Black school systems and did much of the Black community a disservice.   Chapter 1: “It Is Through Our Children We Will Be Free.” In March 2021, less than

Join Penguin Random House Education in celebrating the contributions of Black authors. In honor of Black History Month this February, we are highlighting essential fiction and nonfiction to be shared and discussed by students and educators this month and beyond. Find a full list of titles here.