A celebration of the many ways we make art, spanning mediums, geography, and resources from author-artist Diana Ejaita.A New York Times**/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book!**Art is for everyone! From found objects to sidewalk chalk, from homemade instruments to breakdancing, from building with blocks to molding clay, art is natural and healing. Readers will be encouraged by the invitation to ...

The geographical and cultural distance between two cousins is counteracted by the universalities of childhood and the dream of uniting.Olu lives in Lagos, Nigeria; his cousin, Greta, lives in Milan, Italy. Though their lives may be different, their ways of living and playing are quite similar. They both roller skate; they both skip down the street; they both play with toy trains, trucks, and boats... and they both dream of meeting and being together. Debut author-i...

A stunning celebration of our Sun and the universal ways in which it connects each of us, all around the world.No matter who you are or where you live, the Sun graces us all. It wakes us up, lights our breakfast tables, warms our play, lifts our moods, grows our food, and gives us life! From Madagascar to Thailand, Iran to the Netherlands, Brazil to Mali, each spread depicts children in a different country enjoying the universal benefits of the Sun. From sunup to s...

Das Gewässer, in dem das Ertrinken droht, ist der Atlantik, über den Millionen versklavter Afrikaner*innen nach Nordamerika verschleppt wurden. Und es ist das Erbe dieser kollektiven Erfahrung.Alexis Pauline Gumbs spricht von denjenigen, die ertranken - buchstäblich und metaphorisch -, denjenigen, die sagten »I can't breathe«, und denjenigen, die trotz allem weiteratmeten. Auch heute weiteratmen, nichtertrinken.Sie lädt dazu ein, eine neue Art des Atmens zu erlernen. Als Mentor*innen stell...

A poetic picture book biography about blind Black poet Myra Viola Wilds, written by the author of Brown: The Many Shades of LoveWhat dreams do you carry? Myra Viola Wilds dreamed of opportunity.She left her home in rural Kentucky for the city, learned to read and to write, and became a dressmaker. She hand-stitched gorgeous gowns. She worked so hard she lost her eyesight, and her world went dark. But those well-loved stitches turned into words, and...

A stirring story of African diaspora, resourcefulness, and intergenerational love by National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and renowned poet Aracelis Girmay, and acclaimed illustrator Diana Ejaita.One of Maria Popova's Marginalian Favorites of 2024!A Best Book of 2024, Center for the Study of Multicultural Literature!An Academy of American Poets Featured Fall Book for Young...

A powerful poetry picture book from a celebrated contemporary poet and illustrator about the wonder and possibility contained in a single word: letSuppose there was a book full only of the word, let . . .Adapted from a poem called “Book of Genesis” by the celebrated poet Kei Miller and beautifully imagined and illustrated by Diana Ejaita, this provocative and hopeful picture book is an ode to the power of words and of books—of see...

From Dr. Martina McGowan, I am The Rage is a Nautilis Award & BCALA 2022 Honor Poetry Award Winning collection perfect for fans of Amanda Gorman and Maya AngelouThrough a blend of personal experiences and shared collective pain, in I am The Rage, Dr. Martina McGowan engages readers in a vital dialogue about racial trauma and inequality. It seeks to transform outrage into understanding, and denial into awareness. It offers a voice to the unheard an...

**The Guardian: Best Children's and YA Book of the YearAn environmental fairytale that speaks eloquently to the most pressing issues of our times, from the Booker Prize–winning author of The Famished Road.**Mangoshi lives with her mom and dad in a village near the forest. When her mom becomes ill, Mangoshi knows only one thing can help her—a special flower that grows deep in the forest.The little girl needs all her courage when she sets out alone t...