Princess HairFrom dreadlocks to blowouts to braids, debut author illustrator Miller shines a spotlight on the beauty and diversity of black hair, showing young readers that every kind of hair is princess hair

two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland

gender and the definitions of community and family are at the center of this inventive and urgent fable of survival

what can we learn from his struggle

white guilt

Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times

She gets to play dress-up with her little sister

who have achieved greatness despite the grinding political and social constraints on Black life

"I can fly like Bessie Coleman

seduce Zaf behind the scenes

graduations

Some are calling him a thug

she will discover that the great walled city holds many surprises