Prose to the People

Prose to the PeopleBy: Katie Mitchell A stunning visual homage to Black bookstores, featuring a selection of shops around the country alongside essays that celebrate the history, community, activism, and culture these spaces embody, with an original foreword by Nikki Giovanni. Black literature is perhaps the most powerful, polarizing force in the modern American zeitgeist. Todayas Black novels draw authoritarian ire, as Black memoirs shape public debates, as Black

as well as build lean strong muscle

By:  | Illustrator:  Jessica Courtney Tickle | Series: The Story Orchestra  Nutcracker musical jigsaw puzzle: Featuring four 10-second sound clips of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s original score

Nella is shattered

the tragic story unfolds over eight excruciating days in a narrative compelled by the miners’ hope and absolute will to survive

and wealthy expatriate Americans

But the house and the surrounding town hold their secrets close—and the truth

lions and lemurs

- eat the skins of bananas

or their hometown's connection to football would ever be the same

misspelled

But Kennedy's teenage rebellion goes too far when

By: Bethanie Deeney Murguia | Illustrator:  Bethanie Deeney Murguia   A boy who really loves his Christmas tree finds a way to preserve its spirit year-round in this sweet and child-friendly holiday story