Seven Million Steps was featured on The View as part of a segment honoring the extraordinary life of activist and comedian Dick Gregory. This breathtaking picture book, written by National Book Award finalist Derrick Barnes with Gregory’s son Christian Gregory, and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award-winner Frank Morrison, tells the story of Dick Gregory’s 3,000-mile…
Congratulations to author and superstar film producer Will Packer on winning a NAACP Image Award for his book Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance and Dreaming Big! In this New York Times- and USA Today-bestselling self-help guide, Packer harnesses his trademark humor and candor to share his tips for achieving your goals, no…
Congratulations to author Derrick Barnes and illustrator Gordon C. James for their wins at this year’s ALA Youth Media Awards! Barnes received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for his middle grade novel The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze, and James received a Robert F. Sibert Honor for illustrating the bestselling picture book Go Tell It:…
Psychologist Dr. George James appeared on NBC News to discuss his new book. I Give Myself Permission: an empowering guide to confronting guilt, fear, and other inhibitions in order to achieve a happy, healthy, and full life. Dr. James is a popular speaker on NBC and other news channels, as well as at events across…
Derrick Barnes’ latest book, the highly acclaimed middle grade novel The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze, about a young football star who sees his adoring town turn on him when he chooses to speak up against injustice, was inducted into Ali Velshi’s Banned Book Club. This series places a spotlight on books that have been banned…
Decorated police officer and abuse survivor Katrina Brownlee, and her memoir And then Came the Blues, were featured in a recent article in The Guardian, which details her troubled upbringing, near death at the hands of her violent fiancé, and the resilience she called upon to survive, heal, and rebuild her life afterward. Find Katrina’s powerful…
Congratulations to Tamika Burgess, whose book Danilo Was Here was selected for the 2026-2027 Texas Bluebonnet Award list by the Texas Library Association! This moving, resonant middle grade novel was also spotlighted by Kirkus as one of the best middle grade historical fiction books of 2025.
Be sure to check out this glowing New York Times feature on Derrick Barnes’ acclaimed new middle grade novel, The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze. Find your copy online or at your local bookstore, and don’t miss the audiobook, narrated by Miles J. Harvey, which was named one of the year’s ten best children’s audiobooks by Audible!
Congratulations to Derrick Barnes, whose forthcoming middle grade novel, The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze, has made the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature! It was one of ten books chosen from the over 300 titles that were submitted for consideration. This is just the latest accolade for this highly-anticipated novel, which…
Congratulations to jessica Care moore, Detroit Poet Laureate, for being selected as a 2025 Poet Laureate Fellow by the Academy of American Poets! This fellowship awards $50,000 to 23 poet laureates currently serving across the country and provides over $95,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations that have been collaborating with the fellows on their work. Since…
