The Talk

<b>Thirty diverse award-winning authors and illustrators invite you into&#160;their homes to witness&#160;the&#160;conversations&#160;they have with&#160;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.<br><br><b>Project[s] love and support. --<i>The New York Times</i></b><br></b><br>As long as racist ideas persist families will continue to have&#160;the&#160;difficult and necessary conversations with&#160;their young ones on&#160;the&#160;subject. In this inspiring collection literary all-stars such as&#160;Ren&#233;e Watson <i>(Piecing Me Together)</i> Grace Lin <i>(Where&#160;the&#160;Mountain Meets&#160;the&#160;Moon)</i> Meg Medina <i>(Merci Su&#225;rez Changes Gears)</i> Adam Gidwitz <i>(The&#160;Inquisitor's Tale) </i>and many more&#160;engage young people in frank conversations about race identity and self-esteem.&#160;Featuring text and images filled with love acceptance truth peace and an assurance that&#160;there can be hope for a better tomorrow <i>The&#160;Talk </i>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&#160;the&#160;same belief that helped launch&#160;the&#160;company: Good books make a difference.<br>&#160;<br>So let's&#160;talk.<br><br><b>Featured contributors: </b>Selina Alko Tracey Baptiste Derrick Barnes Natacha Bustos Cozbi A. Cabrera Raul Col&#243;n Adam Gidwitz Nikki Grimes Rudy Gutierrez April Harrison Wade Hudson Gordon C. James Minh L&#234; E. B. Lewis Grace Lin Torrey Maldonado Meg Medina Christopher Myers Daniel Nayeri Zeke Pe&#241;a Peter H. Reynolds Erin K. Robinson Traci Sorell Shadra Strickland Don Tate MaryBeth Timothy Duncan Tonatiuh Ren&#233;e Watson Valerie Wilson Wesley Sharon Dennis Wyeth