Parker Shines on: Another Extraordinary MomentParker Curry loves being a big sister. She gets to play dress up with her little sister, Ava, and piano with her baby brother, Cash. And Parker loves to dance, twirling and leaping and spinning in joy. But when a dancer joins her class and needs her help, Parker wonders if she has what it takes to be not only a real dancer, but a real friend.

the descendant of enslaved Georgians and tenant farmers--Ailey carries Du Bois's Problem on her shoulders

After battling the impossible

to be vulnerable when you are only respected for strength

Oklahoma native Cooper's muted palette and oil-erasure style effectively portray first the achievement and then the devastation that followed

and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr

it is a story of America's most tangled

wilderness skills

She is the recipient of the Barnard New Women Poets Prize and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award

When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3

This journal can also be used to write down goals

I know that sounds too big but here's the thing:her mother and father were the Queen and King

but don't feel sorry for me