I am an award-winning children’s author, poet, educator, scholar, and a former professor of Early Childhood Education and Child Development. My first children’s book Imani’s Moon won the NAESP Children’s Book of the Year Award and was featured on Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show and Storytime with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and my second book Grandma’s Tiny House: A Counting Story! received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and won the CELI Read Aloud Book Award. I am also the author of the popular picture book series Where in the Garden (Peachtree Publishing), four Chicken Soup for the Soul Babies/Kids books, Crayola’s Follow That Line! Magic at Your Fingertips (Running Press Kids, 2022), the Harriet Tubman Little Golden Book Biography, the Simone Biles Little Golden Book Biography and the New York Times Bestselling book Why Not You? (Penguin/Random House) which I collaborated with Ciara and Russell Wilson. I have many more books both published and forthcoming including titles in my chapter book series Love Puppies (Scholastic, 2023-2024), Jam, Too (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House, 2024), and Mahogany (Charlesbridge, 2024).
Presentations For Kids and Students - 30-45 minutes
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Presentations For Community Members (Parents and Adults) - 45-60 minutes
- Pondering Diversity in Children’s Books and Why it’s Important
- Building brains and literacy skills
- Diversity in children’s literature
- Literacy and the Summertime Slide
- Words on Inspiration and the Power of Representation
- Additional presentations upon request
Presentations For Educators/Librarians - 60 minutes
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Presentations For Children's Authors - 60 minutes
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Presentations for University and College Communities
Stories, Preferences, and Mixed-Methods Analyses
A journey in Motion and Still in the Making
Additional presentations upon request
A journey in Motion and Still in the Making
Additional presentations upon request