A Morning with Debbie Rigaud and Carlotta Penn

Authors at the Library

Join authors Debbie Rigaud and Carlotta Penn as they celebrate the one-year anniversary of the release of their book, Step by Step!: How The Lincoln Marchers Blazed a Trail to Justice

A Morning with Picture Book Authors Debbie Rigaud and Carlotta Penn

Saturday, Jan. 18 | 11:30 a.m. 
Whitehall Branch | 4445 E. Broad St.
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Book Reading, music, games, crafts, refreshments and book giveaways! (While supplies last)

No registration required. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Debbie Rigaud is the coauthor of Alyssa Milano's New York Times bestselling Hope series and the author of Simone Breaks All the Rules and Truly Madly Royally. She grew up in East Orange, New Jersey, and started her career writing for entertainment and teen magazines. She now lives with her husband and children in Columbus, Ohio. Find out more at debbierigaud.com.

Carlotta Penn lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband and Rainbow Babies, Jember Dove, Zemen Phoenix, and Lulia Sparrow. She holds a doctorate in Multicultural and Equity Studies in Education from The Ohio State University. She is the founder of Daydreamers Press and the author of Dream a Rainbow, Bright Boy ABC's, and The Turtle with an Afro books. Find out more about her and Daydreamers Press at daydreamerspress.com.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Told through the POV of a child marcher and her memory scrapbook, Step by Step!: How The Lincoln Marchers Blazed a Trail to Justice remembers the persistent group of Black mothers in the small town of Hillsboro, Ohio, who marched their children to the White school demanding admission in 1954 following Brown v. Board of Education. After being rejected, they woke up the next morning and marched again. And again. And again. For two years!

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