Recently chef and author Carla Hall appeared on a talk show to discuss her new holiday picture book Carla and the Christmas Cornbread. She shares that […]

India Hill Brown’s The Girl in the Lake (Scholastic Press) is described as “a truly chilling (and historically inspired) ghost story,” but Brown’s much anticipated sophomore […]

“Freedom is worth celebrating and I am pleased that we in Texas have been celebrating it for 115 years. I am proud that the celebration is […]

My little dark baby, My little earth-thing, My little love-one, What shall I sing For your lullaby? — Langston Hughes, Lullaby (For a Black Mother) Esteemed […]