Written by Victoria Scott-Miller Illustrated by Francisco Santoyo Art comes to life in this joyous picture book by debut author and founder of Liberation Station Bookstore, Victoria Scott-Miller! In this first installment in the The Museum Lives in Me series, illustrated by Francisco Santoyo, Miss Edmonia (a nod to American sculptor Edmonia Lewis) and her class of…
Written by Vera Ahiyya, the “Tutu Teacher” Illustrated by Joey Chou Spring has sprung in KINDergarten! Flowers grow just outside the classroom. The trees are budding, and baby birds are beginning to chirp, but Mason isn’t feeling very cheerful. She sees her friends getting better at everything, but she doesn’t think she can do anything…
by Rob Gore, MD Rob Gore first encountered violence when he was beaten and robbed as a 10-year old; it was treated as an inevitable fact of life, but after another brush with violence as a teen, he began to reject that prevalent attitude. As he matured and became a doctor, he grew in his…
by Andrea Longton, CFA Whether you have $100 or $100 million in your bank account, you have the power to change the world for the better. Having lived through recessions and pandemics, we all recognize the importance of financial well-being. But we are also living in a time of uncertainty, marked by injustice, climate crisis,…
The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families, compiled by Dr. Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer, is the 2024 NAACP Image Award winner in the “Outstanding Literary Work: Non-Fiction” category. Inspired by W. E. B. DuBois’ Brownies’ Book magazine from the 1920s, this collection of art and writing by more than 50 contributors…
by Marcus Anthony Hunter A timely groundbreaking book in the vein of Derrick Bell’s Faces at the Bottom of the Well, one of the country’s foremost voices on reparations, offers a radical and vital new framework going beyond the current debate over this controversial issue. For over a century, the idea of reparations for the…
Illustrated by April Harrison Written by Breanna J. McDaniel From an award-winning author and illustrator comes this picture book biography about beloved librarian and storyteller Augusta Braxton Baker, the first Black coordinator of children’s services at all branches of the New York Public Library. Before Augusta Braxton Baker became a storyteller, she was an excellent…
KEVIN KREIDERAuthor kevinkreider.com Photo Download | Bio Download Kevin Kreider left Philly in 2008 to navigate his way in entertainment as a Korean American adoptee. His career started in the fitness industry, when he signed with one of the most prestigious modeling agencies in NYC. In 2014, Kevin was diagnosed with Alopecia Areata. He took a…
Written by Derrick Barnes Illustrated by Courtney Lovett The number one thing on Monte and Mabel’s Christmas wish list is the chance to hang out with Santa Claus. So when his sleigh breaks down in their yard as he’s finishing up his last delivery, they couldn’t be more delighted–Santa’s gonna stay with them while he…
by Madison Margolin Through the perspective of having grown up among “HinJews” in the Ram Dass community and cannabis legalization movement, journalist Madison Margolin takes the reader on a journey inside New York’s Jewish counterculture and the Hasidic underground, reconciling her roots, tackling ancestral Jewish trauma, and finding intersectionality between the Jewish and psychedelic experience.…
