Renée Watson

#1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal winning Renée Watson crafts a tender, romantic YA novel about beginnings and endings and new beginnings again. Bliss knows there’s more to life than what she’s experienced in her small town. She’s ready to be the girl who isn’t just...

Bloomsbury presents Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson, read by Zenzi Williams. Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner New York Times bestseller "Timely and timeless." —Jacqueline Woodson "Important and deeply moving." —John Green Bestselling and Newbery Medal winning...

Bloomsbury presents All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson, read by Bahni Turpin. Winner of the Newbery Medal | Audie Award Winner for Middle Grade | A New York Times bestseller | A USA Today bestseller #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medal winner Renée Watson explores...

Bloomsbury presents Summer Is Here written and read by Renée Watson. New York Times bestselling creator Renée Watson offers a book ode to a picture-perfect summer day, from sunrise to sunset. Summer is here! No dark clouds in the sky, it's a perfect day for play. What joy will summer bring me...

From the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a soulful and lyrical novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood, faith, love, and ultimately what gets passed down from one generation to the next At 40, Lena Baker is at a steady and stable moment in life—between wine nights with her...

*Winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Award* "In clear, measured tones, the author recounts Betty's discomfort with her home life and her work with the Housewives League...Shabazz differentiates between Betty and her mother, Ollie Mae Sanders, through pitch and projects the latter's frequent...

The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse, adapted for audio, chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson. A...

A Coretta Scott King Honor Book Odyssey Honor Audiobook A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renée Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of...

Bloomsbury presents Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson, read by Bahni Turpin. From Newbery Honor- and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Renée Watson comes a heartwarming and inspiring novel for middle schoolers about finding deep roots and...

Bloomsbury presents Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson, read by Sisi Aisha Johnson. Shine your light! From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson, the first book in a young middle grade series about Ryan Hart, a...

Bloomsbury presents Ways to Grow Love by Renée Watson, read by Sisi Aisha Johnson. Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson continues her charming young middle grade series starring Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit and sunshine. Ryan Hart loves her family and...

Bloomsbury presents Ways to Build Dreams by Renée Watson, read by Sisi Aisha Johnson. Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winner Renée Watson continues her bestselling young middle grade series starring Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit and sunshine. Middle school is just around the...

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Oprah Winfrey! In this chapter book biography by Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King...

Bloomsbury presents Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan, read by Angela Lewis and Em Eldridge. "This stunning book is the story I’ve been waiting for my whole life; where girls rise up to claim their space with joy and power.” —Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Times bestselling...

Bloomsbury presents Love Is a Revolution written and read by Renée Watson. From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Renée Watson comes a love story about not only a romantic relationship but how a girl finds herself and falls in love with who she really is. When Nala Robertson...

Bloomsbury presents Ways to Share Joy by Renée Watson, read by Sisi Aisha Johnson. Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson continues her charming young middle grade series starring Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit and sunshine. Ryan Hart is caught in the...