Show Way
Illustrated by Hudson Talbott This is the first time I’ve written a book based on some of my own family history. ’Show Ways”, or quilts, once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves. This is...
View ArticleVisiting Day
Illustrated by James Ransome A young girl looks forward to the day she gets to go visit her father. It only happens once a month and it’s a very special day. Where it takes place: In Brooklyn and in...
View ArticleOur Gracie Aunt
Illustrated by Jon Muth Johnson and his sister Beebee have to take care of themselves after their mother leaves. Then they’re moved to the Aunt Gracie’s house and things start getting better. Where it...
View ArticleSweet Sweet Memory
Illustrated by Floyd Cooper Sarah’s grandfather was a gardener. When he dies, he lives behind his beliefs about the world and a harvest to help her remember him and know that the circle of life goes on...
View ArticleThe Other Side
Illustrated by E.B. Lewis Two girls, Clover and Annie, become friends in a small, segregated town. Where it takes place: In a small rural town—I didn’t have a specific state in mind. Where I wrote it:...
View ArticleWe Had a Picnic This Sunday Past
Illustrated by Diane Greenseid Teeka and her grandmother go to the family picnic and boy! aren’t the others who come something to talk about!! Where it takes place: In Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New...
View ArticleComing On Home Soon
Illustrated by EB Lewis It is wartime, and women have to go to work while the men are off fighting. Ada Ruth’s mama has a job in Chicago and she must leave Ada Ruth and Grandma behind for a while.…Read...
View ArticlePecan Pie Baby
A heartwarming story for kids adjusting to the idea of a new family member. Read more ›
View ArticleEach Kindness
A new girl comes to school and tries to make friends. When Chloe, the narrator, is unkind, the girl keeps trying. And then the girl is gone and Chloe is left only with the memory of her unkindness....
View ArticleThis Is the Rope
This is a fictive memoir. From the early 1900s until the mid 1970s, more than 6 million African Americans moved from the rural south to northern cities. This novel is inspired by those families and by...
View ArticleVisiting Day
Illustrated by James Ransome A young girl looks forward to the day she gets to go visit her father. It only happens once a month and it’s a very special day. Where it takes place: In Brooklyn and in...
View ArticleOur Gracie Aunt
Illustrated by Jon Muth Johnson and his sister Beebee have to take care of themselves after their mother leaves. Then they’re moved to the Aunt Gracie’s house and things start getting better. Where it...
View ArticleSweet Sweet Memory
Illustrated by Floyd Cooper Sarah’s grandfather was a gardener. When he dies, he leaves behind his beliefs about the world and a harvest to help her remember him and know that the circle of life goes...
View ArticleThe Other Side
Illustrated by E.B. Lewis Two girls, Clover and Annie, become friends in a small, segregated town. Where it takes place: In a small rural town—I didn’t have a specific state in mind. Where I wrote it:...
View ArticleWe Had a Picnic This Sunday Past
Illustrated by Diane Greenseid Teeka and her grandmother go to the family picnic and boy! aren’t the others who come something to talk about!! Where it takes place: In Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New...
View ArticleComing On Home Soon
Illustrated by EB Lewis It is wartime, and women have to go to work while the men are off fighting. Ada Ruth’s mama has a job in Chicago and she must leave Ada Ruth and Grandma behind for a while....
View ArticlePecan Pie Baby
A heartwarming story for kids adjusting to the idea of a new family member.
View ArticleEach Kindness
Ilustrated by EB Lewis A new girl comes to school and tries to make friends. When Chloe, the narrator, is unkind, the girl keeps trying. And then the girl is gone and Chloe is left only with the memory...
View ArticleThis Is the Rope
This is a fictive memoir. From the early 1900s until the mid 1970s, more than 6 million African Americans moved from the rural south to northern cities. This novel is inspired by those families and by...
View ArticleThe Day You Begin
There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you. So what are you going to do? Where it takes place: It takes place every single day all over the world. Where I wrote...
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