The UndefeatedThe Newbery Medal winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to Black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two time Caldecott Honoree. "[A] powerful tribute to the African American experience, replete with joy and pride in the accomplishments of individual artists and athletes, leaders, and thinkers. Poetry knows when to lean forward and when to pull back, and in 'The Undefeated, ' Alexander has walked that line perfectly. This book will

soulful intensity

Emotionally and intellectually powerful

and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins

I Promise is a lively and inspiring picture book that reminds us that tomorrow's success starts with the promises we make to ourselves and our community today

when the promise of Black Lives Matter and the attempt to achieve a new America were challenged by the election of Donald Trump

And she saw it as a land of opportunity

and orange--and

and growth

confronts the limits of her privilege

This collection presents readers with a moral choice: "Will you continue to be actively complicit in the perpetuation of these systems

crinkle into crescent moons

But she stops