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Riley Can Be Anything

Riley Can Be Anything

The inspiring rhyming story follows Riley as he discovers some of the wonderful things he can do when he grows up. With the help of his big cousin Joe, Riley is taken on a series of imaginative journeys that allow him to realise he can be anything he wants to […]

The Color Purple

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this novel about a resilient and courageous woman has become a Broadway show and a cultural phenomenon. A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and […]

The Awkward Black Man

The Awkward Black Man

Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative tension, both with his extraordinary fiction and gripping writing for television. The Awkward Black Man collects seventeen of Mosley’s most accomplished short stories to showcase the full range of his remarkable talent. Mosley presents distinct characters as they struggle […]

My Black Me: A Beginning Book of Black Poetry (A Puffin Poetry Book)

My Black Me: A Beginning Book of Black Poetry (A Puffin Poetry Book)

What does it mean to be black? What does it mean to be African-American? What is the black experience? The spirited voices of twenty-six African-American poets speak to these and other questions in fifty collected poems that explore the African-American world. The rich words of this treasury rang out for […]

The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees

The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl’s journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings and The Book of Longings Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been […]

A Child’s Dream: ABCs of Black History

A Child’s Dream: ABCs of Black History

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Nearly every child has heard this at some point in his/her life and the answers may vary from becoming a soldier, to a football player, or maybe even the President. Needless to say, all children dream of what they may […]