are talking to Toni Morrison, and she, in turn, is talking to us," Pinkney tells ESSENCE, describing her poetic children's picture book. A towering figure in American literature, Morrison was a ...

"And it's a tool because it allows parents, caregivers, folks who are engaging with children to say, 'This is the great towering legacy of Toni Morrison. Let me tell you, young person, what she ...

The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel ... race are discussions about why Shirley Temple was an icon for the children in the book. And why did we grow up all having dolls with blonde ...

and I want to give that gift to others but there are those who are trying to limit that,” children’s book author Elisa Stone Leahy said. The Ohio Library Council said no Toni Morrison book has ...

Ohio established Toni Morrison Day — named for the late Nobel ... During a news conference, children’s author Elisa Stone Leahy, of Right to Read Ohio and Authors Against Book Bans, said ...

Bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney honors her former mentor Toni Morrison in a new children’s picture book, educating the younger generation about the literary legend’s iconic life.

Toni Morrison found power and joy and agency in ... Pinkney also wanted the book's structure itself to serve as an experience, so children and the adults who read it with them feel like they ...