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The Talk

Conversations about Race, Love & Truth

Conversations about Race, Love & Truth

Conversations about Race, Love & Truth

Conversations about Race, Love & Truth

Conversations about Race, Love & Truth

Edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

Edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

Edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

Edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

Edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

Edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

Edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

Edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

Read by Fajer Al-Kaisi, Feodor Chin, Gisela Chípe, Michael Crouch, Janina Edwards, James Fouhey, Renata Friedman, Catherine Ho, Nicole Lewis, Omar Leyva, Guy Lockard, Jesus E. Martinez and Lisa Renee Pitts
Edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

Read by Fajer Al-Kaisi, Feodor Chin, Gisela Chípe, Michael Crouch, Janina Edwards, James Fouhey, Renata Friedman, Catherine Ho, Nicole Lewis, Omar Leyva, Guy Lockard, Jesus E. Martinez and Lisa Renee Pitts
Edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson

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    About The Talk

    Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators invite you into their homes to witness the conversations they have with their children about race in America today in this powerful call-to-action that invites all families to be anti-racists and advocates for change.

    “Project[s] love and support.” —The New York Times

    As long as racist ideas persist, families will continue to have the difficult and necessary conversations with their young ones on the subject. In this inspiring collection, literary all-stars such as Renée Watson (Piecing Me Together), Grace Lin (Where the Mountain Meets the Moon), Meg Medina (Merci Suárez Changes Gears), Adam Gidwitz (The Inquisitor’s Tale), and many more engage young people in frank conversations about race, identity, and self-esteem. Featuring text and images filled with love, acceptance, truth, peace, and an assurance that there can be hope for a better tomorrow, The Talk is a stirring anthology and must-have resource published in partnership with Just Us Books, a Black-owned children’s publishing company that’s been in operation for over thirty years. Just Us Books continues its mission grounded in the same belief that helped launch the company: Good books make a difference.
     
    So, let’s talk.

    Featured contributors: Selina Alko, Tracey Baptiste, Derrick Barnes, Natacha Bustos, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Raul Colón, Adam Gidwitz, Nikki Grimes, Rudy Gutierrez, April Harrison, Wade Hudson, Gordon C. James, Minh Lê, E. B. Lewis, Grace Lin, Torrey Maldonado, Meg Medina, Christopher Myers, Daniel Nayeri, Zeke Peña, Peter H. Reynolds, Erin K. Robinson, Traci Sorell, Shadra Strickland, Don Tate, MaryBeth Timothy, Duncan Tonatiuh, Renée Watson, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Sharon Dennis Wyeth

    About The Talk

    Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators invite you into their homes to witness the conversations they have with their children about race in America today in this powerful call-to-action that invites all families to be anti-racists and advocates for change.

    “Project[s] love and support.” —The New York Times

    As long as racist ideas persist, families will continue to have the difficult and necessary conversations with their young ones on the subject. In this inspiring collection, literary all-stars such as Renée Watson (Piecing Me Together), Grace Lin (Where the Mountain Meets the Moon), Meg Medina (Merci Suárez Changes Gears), Adam Gidwitz (The Inquisitor’s Tale), and many more engage young people in frank conversations about race, identity, and self-esteem. Featuring text and images filled with love, acceptance, truth, peace, and an assurance that there can be hope for a better tomorrow, The Talk is a stirring anthology and must-have resource published in partnership with Just Us Books, a Black-owned children’s publishing company that’s been in operation for over thirty years. Just Us Books continues its mission grounded in the same belief that helped launch the company: Good books make a difference.
     
    So, let’s talk.

    Featured contributors: Selina Alko, Tracey Baptiste, Derrick Barnes, Natacha Bustos, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Raul Colón, Adam Gidwitz, Nikki Grimes, Rudy Gutierrez, April Harrison, Wade Hudson, Gordon C. James, Minh Lê, E. B. Lewis, Grace Lin, Torrey Maldonado, Meg Medina, Christopher Myers, Daniel Nayeri, Zeke Peña, Peter H. Reynolds, Erin K. Robinson, Traci Sorell, Shadra Strickland, Don Tate, MaryBeth Timothy, Duncan Tonatiuh, Renée Watson, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Sharon Dennis Wyeth

    About The Talk

    Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators invite you into their homes to witness the conversations they have with their children about race in America today in this powerful call-to-action that invites all families to be anti-racists and advocates for change.

    “Project[s] love and support.” —The New York Times

    As long as racist ideas persist, families will continue to have the difficult and necessary conversations with their young ones on the subject. In this inspiring collection, literary all-stars such as Renée Watson (Piecing Me Together), Grace Lin (Where the Mountain Meets the Moon), Meg Medina (Merci Suárez Changes Gears), Adam Gidwitz (The Inquisitor’s Tale), and many more engage young people in frank conversations about race, identity, and self-esteem. Featuring text and images filled with love, acceptance, truth, peace, and an assurance that there can be hope for a better tomorrow, The Talk is a stirring anthology and must-have resource published in partnership with Just Us Books, a Black-owned children’s publishing company that’s been in operation for over thirty years. Just Us Books continues its mission grounded in the same belief that helped launch the company: Good books make a difference.
     
    So, let’s talk.

    Featured contributors: Selina Alko, Tracey Baptiste, Derrick Barnes, Natacha Bustos, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Raul Colón, Adam Gidwitz, Nikki Grimes, Rudy Gutierrez, April Harrison, Wade Hudson, Gordon C. James, Minh Lê, E. B. Lewis, Grace Lin, Torrey Maldonado, Meg Medina, Christopher Myers, Daniel Nayeri, Zeke Peña, Peter H. Reynolds, Erin K. Robinson, Traci Sorell, Shadra Strickland, Don Tate, MaryBeth Timothy, Duncan Tonatiuh, Renée Watson, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Sharon Dennis Wyeth

    About The Talk

    Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators invite you into their homes to witness the conversations they have with their children about race in America today in this powerful call-to-action that invites all families to be anti-racists and advocates for change.

    “Project[s] love and support.” —The New York Times

    As long as racist ideas persist, families will continue to have the difficult and necessary conversations with their young ones on the subject. In this inspiring collection, literary all-stars such as Renée Watson (Piecing Me Together), Grace Lin (Where the Mountain Meets the Moon), Meg Medina (Merci Suárez Changes Gears), Adam Gidwitz (The Inquisitor’s Tale), and many more engage young people in frank conversations about race, identity, and self-esteem. Featuring text and images filled with love, acceptance, truth, peace, and an assurance that there can be hope for a better tomorrow, The Talk is a stirring anthology and must-have resource published in partnership with Just Us Books, a Black-owned children’s publishing company that’s been in operation for over thirty years. Just Us Books continues its mission grounded in the same belief that helped launch the company: Good books make a difference.
     
    So, let’s talk.

    Featured contributors: Selina Alko, Tracey Baptiste, Derrick Barnes, Natacha Bustos, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Raul Colón, Adam Gidwitz, Nikki Grimes, Rudy Gutierrez, April Harrison, Wade Hudson, Gordon C. James, Minh Lê, E. B. Lewis, Grace Lin, Torrey Maldonado, Meg Medina, Christopher Myers, Daniel Nayeri, Zeke Peña, Peter H. Reynolds, Erin K. Robinson, Traci Sorell, Shadra Strickland, Don Tate, MaryBeth Timothy, Duncan Tonatiuh, Renée Watson, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Sharon Dennis Wyeth

    About The Talk

    This powerful collection of short stories, essays, and poems is a call-to-action that invites all families to be anti-racist and advocates for change.

    Thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators–including Renee Watson (Piecing Me Together), Grace Lin (Where the Mountain Meets the Moon), Meg Medina (Merci Suarez Changes Gears), and Adam Gidwitz (The Inquisitor’s Tale)–engage young people in frank discussions about racism, identity and self-esteem. Featuring stories filled with love, acceptance, truth, peace, and an assurance that there can be hope for a better tomorrow, The Talk is an inspiring anthology and must-have resource published in partnership with Just Us Books, a black-owned children’s publishing company that’s been in operation for over 30 years. Just Us Books continues its mission grounded in the same belief that helped launch the company: Good books make a difference.

    So, let’s talk.

    Featured contributors: Selina Alko, Tracey Baptiste, Derrick Barnes, Natacha Bustos, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Raúl Colón, Adam Gidwitz, Nikki Grimes, Rudy Gutierrez, April Harrison, Wade Hudson, Gordon C. James, Minh Lê, E. B. Lewis, Grace Lin, Torrey Maldonado, Meg Medina, Christopher Myers, Daniel Nayeri, Zeke Peña, Peter H. Reynolds, Erin K. Robinson, Traci Sorell, Shadra Strickland, Don Tate, MaryBeth Timothy, Duncan Tonatiuh, Renée Watson, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Sharon Dennis Wyeth

    Features original music by Curtis Hudson.

    This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF of sources and notes from the authors.

    “The go-to book for talking to kids about race and privilege. Thoughtful. Thought-provoking. A must-read for every family.” -Ellen Oh, editor of Flying Lessons & Other Stories and cofounder of We Need Diverse Books

    “The ingredients are all here. May this magnificent collection inspire us to move from dialogue to deep action.” -Kirkus, Starred Review

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    About Wade Hudson

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    Wade Hudson is an author, a publisher, and the president and CEO of Just Us Books, Inc., an independent publisher of… More about Wade Hudson

    About Wade Hudson

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    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Yearling
    Jun 01, 2021 | 160 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780593121641

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Hardcover | $16.99
    Published by Crown Books for Young Readers
    Aug 11, 2020 | 160 Pages | 6 x 9 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780593121610

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Crown Books for Young Readers
    Aug 11, 2020 | 160 Pages | 6 x 9 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780593121627

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Crown Books for Young Readers
    Aug 11, 2020 | 160 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780593121634

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics | Audiobooks | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Audiobook Download | $14.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Aug 11, 2020 | 111 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780593293003

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    Praise

    A NEW YORK TIMES Best Children’s Book of the Year
    An NPR Best Book of the Year
    A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year

    Praise for The Talk:

    “The essays, stories, poems and letters . . . make plain that the hard conversations we all need to have about race are part of a broad reckoning with our nation’s history. The book’s black-and-white images project love and support.” —The New York Times

    “This star-studded collection of #ownvoices authors calls readers in for necessary reminders in service of everyday actions that we must pursue to cultivate real change.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

    “Though readers of color may find a number of these entries far too familiar, there is striking versatility in the approaches, cultures, and experiences of the authors that will compel readers of all backgrounds to continue forward.” —Booklist, starred review

    “Validating for readers already familiar with these kinds of talks and importantly enlightening for those to whom the ideas of such restrictions are new.” —The Bulletin, starred review

    “Through contributors’ personal experiences with systemic issues, readers will recognize the necessity of having open dialogue with loved ones. A compelling call to action.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

    “A well-conceived anthology that provides much-needed enlightenment and opportunity for both reflection and discussion.” —The Horn Book

    “A heartfelt collection that speaks to the multifaceted and nuanced struggles of marginalized people.” —School Library Journal

    “This collection should speak to any child or adult—especially BIPOC children and adults—who has been affected by systemic racism and inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. . . . An anthology filled with abiding inspirational messages of self-love and love for others.” —Shelf Awareness

    Awards

    Massachusetts Children’s Book Award NOMINEE 2021

    Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year SELECTION 2021

    Chicago Public Library Best Books SELECTION 2020

    Notable Books for a Global Society Award SELECTION 2021

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