My Smock Is a StoryWhen a young boy receives his first smock as a gift, his Dada tells him that every smock has a special story. Will his smock make him as joyful as a harvest dancer? Or as powerful as his royal elders, the Dagomba? In his smock, what will his story be? From Reuben Nantogmah, Samantha Cleaver, and Keisha Okafor comes a joyful and lyrical picture book that celebrates what weaves us and our stories togetherpast, present, and future.

A land that is culturally diverse but united by common culinary threads

deep cover-ups

defeated procrastination

a writer whose “novels have always been among the most serious of comedies

Griff's entire world is upended when he meets Amy

her parents and brother worry—will she ever be a strong

Barbarians at the Gate is present at the front line of every battle of the campaign

“Surrender to this strange

and a boy who sees past the walls she’s built

It is to this desperate land that Arthur returns

rose up in solidarity to voice a common message: Hear our voice

baby Fiona was an underdog from the start: she couldn't nurse