Baptiste Tracey

A tour-de-force collection of stories about the black experience, by award-winning, bestselling, and emerging African American YA authors. Black is...two sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson.Black is…Jason Reynolds writing about three guys walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything.Black is…Nic Stone’s bougie debutante dating a boy her momma would never approve of.Black is…two girls kissing in Justina Ireland’s story set in Maryland.Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more—because there are countless ways to be black enough. Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, this is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and black in America.

Daughter of Bob Marley and New York Times bestselling author Cedella Marley debuts her first-ever original picture book character, inspired by Cedella's own childhood growing up with her famous family.Tonight was Marley's big night. Concert night.When Marley and her family make the move from warm, vibrant Jamaica to Delaware, she's prepared for life to change. She's confident that she and her siblings--Sharon, Ziggy, and little Steve--can make new friends, as long as her musical debut goes off without a hitch.On the morning of the concert, Marley wakes up to a day too rainy for her performance...or so everyone thinks. Ever determined, Marley concocts a plan to make her debut happen and ends up learning more about her new neighbors than she ever expected.In this vibrant picture book inspired by her childhood and iconic father, Bob, Cedella Marley assures children that nothing can stop the music as long as they have community.