With more than 80 books of nonfiction and poetry for young people, we sticking with what we know. This school year, our presentations for grades K-12 will focus on how we research subject matter and how we use poetry to document, history, science and processes. Program themes include family, community, achievement, creativity and activism. See program options and related books below.

You can save money by booking us during an already scheduled swing through your city. We’ll be touring New York (October 13-15), Chicago (October 20-23), Philadelphia (November 19-22), eastern North Carolina (November 11-12) and the DMV (Baltimore-Washington-Northern Virginia) in late February. Email us for booking info.

Popular Programs & Related Books

• ACTIVISM: Voices of Change—Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream and You, A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin the Man Behind the March on Washington, R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, The Roots of Rap and Rap It Up!
• ACHIEVEMENT: How Do You Spell Unfair? Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee, Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, Black Hands: Builders of Our Nation, Let It Shine!, and You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen
• CREATIVITY: Before John Was a Jazz Giant, Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America, Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples, and Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson’s Imagination
• COMMUNITY: Sidewalk Chalk: Poems of the City, Sugar Hill: Harlem’s Historic Neighborhood, Bros and Grind: An Ode to Skateboarding
• FAMILY: Family Feast, Me and the Family Tree, My Daddy is Everything, Me and My Mama, Grandma and Me and Kin: Rooted in Hope

We look forward to engaging with young scholars in the coming months!