Make A Way Media is a Black-owned business. Beyond that, we are headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky- the home of Breonna Taylor. For obvious reasons, my heart has been heavy. 2020 has been one heck of a year. I think of the families who have lost loved ones to senseless prejudice and to police brutality. I […]
Every week I visit the homes of clients in Louisville and am deeply saddened by the lack of children’s books present. And for those that do have books, rarely do they have books with powerful messages and characters who look like them. This is not a unique situation no matter what city or state you […]
Maybe there are not a lot of men who would ever think to request a kid’s book as a present for Father’s Day, but I cannot think of a better present for one of life’s many unsung heroes. Since becoming a children’s author I have met so many people who say they still love and […]
Just like that, life as we know it has changed. For some, it may have felt like a gradual, creeping-along change. For others, it felt like they were blindsided out of nowhere. And we are all still feeling kind of stuck. We’re living with a virus that has taken our world by storm and those […]
The world is kind of crazy… if you haven’t noticed. Being a part of Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) is a constant reminder that not everyone who I do not know is a jerk. There are people on the planet who are different from me but love some of the same things and care about […]
I’ve been on a whirlwind min-book tour to promote my newest book, In The Nick of Time, and one of my promotional stops was at a very special bookstore in Harlem. Sister’s Uptown Bookstore & Cultural Center has been a staple in the Harlem community for almost two decades. Janifer Wilson, owner, and visionary of […]
