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Goal setting is something that I look forward to each month. I set goals for each month, and I’m so happy when I accomplish them. It makes me feel good to accomplish things and see what I’ve achieved in my life. I’m sharing my goals for the remainder of the year with you. I hope that you’ll share yours with me too. #therulesofalittlenoss #childrenspicturesbooks #ownvoicesbookchallenge #childrensbookstagram #superheroes #blacksuperheroes #kidlit #blackeducators #brownbooks

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞�

I would like to recognize Arsalan Khan in honor of Childrens Authors and Illustrators Week. Arsalan has a Bachelors of Science Degree in Graphic Arts from the University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar. He’s a passionate illustrator who loves to create. He has designed more than 300 books to include The Rules of a Little Boss and Dear Daughter. The former was a finalist (honorable mention) in the IAN Children’s Book of Year Contest for award year 2021. You can check it

To lay the groundwork, my personal logo is a lion who walks through the fire. He’s purified in it and comes out gold. The process of purification is outlined in my and my daughters award winning memoir, The Unexpected Journey: Fire and Gold. You can read more about it by going here. But this post isn’t about me nor my daughter. It's about Milani Malik-Richardson and Jacqueline Crann. Jacqueline is a children’s book author who does read aloud’s in support of other children’s b

The Pursuit of Happyness shares the story of Chris Gardner. Chris found himself caught in a web of challenging circumstances that left him homeless and with a toddler son. He was motivated by the promise he made to himself as a fatherless child to never abandon his own children. He and his son spent almost a year moving among shelters, soup lines, and sleeping in public restrooms. He transformed from being a member of the poor and homeless to being one of the most powerful pe

Libraries are important because they help promote literacy, provide books and resources to the public, etc. We were supposed to high five a librarian yes but I don’t play by the rules 😆. I want to high five Mr. Richard Ashby of, For Sto-Rox Library because he catalogued me and my dads books in Worldcat. His doing that made our books available to every library in the world. He also sponsored me and my dad to be members of The Black Caucus American Librarians Association (BCAL

🚨 News Alert 🚨 Official Editor Reviews are in for The Rules of a Little Boss: A book of self-love. They say that you should grab a copy and read it to your school aged children regardless of their ethnicity or gender 😁. They also say that you should come out and visit my table at the Build Black Summer Jam on July 24, 2021 to grab an autographed copy. It’ll be held at 2108 Cedar Fork Drive from 12:30 - 5:30 👀. • • • #ownvoicesbookchallenge #therulesofabigboss #selflovetip

I’ll be in my Dads hometown of Greensboro, NC on Saturday, July 24th. This is an opportunity to get in person autographed copies of my latest book, The Rules of a Little Boss: A book of self-love. Oh and did I share that that 3 of my 4 books are in F.O.R. Sto-Rox Public Library in PA and in Durham County Public Library in NC? [Humble brag] You’ll also be able to grab copies of my other books, shop my products, give me air hugs, shop other black businesses, win prizes, network

Special 4th of July sale 😊: Buy The Rules of a Big Boss and The Rules of a Little Boss and you’ll get an autographed copy of The Unexpected Journey free! The Unexpected Journey is my and my Dads personal memoir of pain and perseverance. It’s an inspirational story. You can grab the The Rules of a Little Boss and The Rules of a Big Boss from my website, Target, Walmart, Books-A-Million, Amazon, etc. • • • #ownvoicesbookchallenge #therulesofabigboss #selflovetips #teenboss #te