"This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that-to paraphrase Toni Morrison-does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't play with a white friend's realistic...

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor winner!

As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, ready to take on the world, he first must have that very difficult conversation far too familiar to so many Black and Brown Americans in this gentle and ultimately hopeful picture book.
Jay's most favorite things are hanging out with his pals, getting kisses from Grandma, riding in his dad's cool car, and getting measured by his mom with pencil...

The narrator reflects on different times in his life when he had an opportunity to talk with someone special in his life (father, relatives, friends, and other influential people). When the narrator thinks back on these times, he realizes to make sure he takes the opportunity to talk with his own grandson and connect with him.

"Thirty diverse and award-winning authors and illustrators capture frank discussions about racism, identity, and self-esteem"--

"With her piercings, tattoos and spiky blond hair, Ellen Truesdale doesn't quite fit in with the other folks in Coyote Canyon--and that's just fine with her. She's only here to put her father out of business, as payback for abandoning her when she was young. Or is she more interested in finally proving that she was worth keeping? Either way, she's struggling to keep her rival well-drilling company afloat. And being a single woman in a male-dominated...

A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.

"It is 1971. The fictional city of Bellport, Massachusetts, is in decline with an urban redevelopment project on the horizon expected to transform this dying factory town into a thriving economic center. This transformation has a profound effect on three African American couples as their own personal transformations take place. Sydney Stallworth steps away from her fellowship and law studies at an elite university to support husband Malachi's dream...

You never know who is watching... When Edward gets a job working behind the scenes on the notorious and controversial Michael O'Shea Show, he thinks he's hit the big time. But, little does he realize what he's let himself in for. The presenter's brother is arrested for sex crimes, and the show is threatened with cancellation when two guests are reported missing. Then, when a member of the backstage staff is, abducted, it becomes clear someone has...

A brilliantly entertaining and hilarious quiz book from the country's favorite sports broadcaster Know your Drogba from your Pogba? Your bull calf from your bullseye? Or, your googly from your Teesra? Then join the talkSPORT team as they test you and your mates on some of the greatest sporting moments of the past 20-years. With over 3,000 questions and brilliant talkSPORT trivia and banter, this awesome new quiz book, the first ever from the team...

Billie Wind ventures out alone into the Florida Everglades to test the legends of her Indian ancestors and learns the importance of listening to the earth's vital messages. "Billie Wind is disciplined for doubting the beliefs of her Seminole tribe. She chooses her punishment -- to journey into the Florida Everglades until she hears the animal gods who talk. The conservation message grows naturally out of the excitement of the survival adventure story"....