Finding a Friend Beneath the Poetree
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: Shauna LaVoy Reynolds’ debut picture book, Poetree, is a gentle ode to spring and friendship.
Marching and Running for Freedom
Alice Faye Duncan brings young readers two new picture-book biographies: Coretta’s Journey, a biography of Coretta Scott King, and Traveling Shoes, which tells the story of U.S. Olympian and long jump champion Willye White. Duncan will discuss the books at Novel in Memphis on November 11.
A Vessel for the Story
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: Two nonfiction books for children by Memphis writer Alice Faye Duncan illuminate “what it means to be free.”
Affrilachia from A to Z
Frank X Walker’s A Is for Affrilachia, illustrated by upfromsumdirt, is a picture book for all ages.
Speaking Ida’s Truth for a New Generation
FROM THE CHAPTER 16 ARCHIVE: Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth, written by Wells’ great-granddaughter Michelle Duster, captures the life and work of the groundbreaking journalist and civil rights advocate.
Finding Her Place in the Sun
Jamie Sumner’s middle-grade novel The Summer of June tells the story of one 12-year-old’s struggle to manage her anxiety. Sumner will sign the book at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 4.
