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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