Recently Shakirah Bourne revealed the title and cover of her new middle-grade horror book. Nightmare Island (Scholastic, May 16, 2023) is “a mysterious adventure that explores […]

Although Halloween is a little over a month away, there are only a handful of picture books by Black authors to feature during this season. I […]

In a recent interview, musician and now new children’s author Pierce Freelon had this to say about his just-released picture book, Daddy-Daughter Day, “It’s really important […]

“My mother’s gifts of courage to me were both large and small. The latter are woven so subtly into the fabric of my psyche that I […]