Trailblazer: The Story of Ballerina Raven Wilkinson Cover:Hardcover readers will rock out to

readers will rock out to this empowering tale of resilience

In “The Tale of the Spirit Drum

the activist educator who brought Black history to one of the nation’s largest and most segregated school systemsA Worthy Piece of Work tells the story of Madeline Morgan (later Madeline Stratton Morris)

"Featuring gods and goddesses

In this magical follow-up picture book to Ashley Franklin’s and Ebony Glenn’s celebrated fairy tale twist

Trailblazer: The Story of Ballerina Raven Wilkinson Cover:Hardcover readers will rock out toThis beautiful picture book tells the little known story of Raven Wilkinson, the first African American woman to dance for a major classical ballet company and an inspiration to Misty Copeland. When she was only five years old, her parents took her to see the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Raven perched on her crushed velvet seat, heard the tympani, and cried with delight even before the curtain lifted. From that moment on, her passion for dance only