Liftoff!: How the Apollo Moon Missions Made Alma Thomas's Art Soar

Liftoff!: How the Apollo Moon Missions Made Alma Thomas's Art SoarThe Apollo astronauts gave people a new way of looking at the worldand so did modern artist Alma Thomas. In 1969, people around the world watched as the Apollo 10 astronauts sent the first ever live color television broadcasts from space. Abstract painter Alma Thomas was among those watching, and afterward, she began a series of bright, bold pieces inspired by the Moon missions and the marvels of space exploration. In a dual narrative that weaves

sensory love letter to a range of children’s mosque experiences will engage new learners and resonate with those already familiar

Perfect for Mother’s Day or all year round

From the Creators of Hair Like Mine

fat Black people in the United States are subject to sociopolitically sanctioned discrimination

So she taught herself to read and write with her brother’s schoolbooks and to count while watching cattle graze

important leap is hard

one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it

The first stage began with the slaves in America fighting for their freedom

• 2002 Coretta Scott King Honor (Illustrator) winner

"The Last Last-Day-of-Summer reminds me that all children deserve to exist in magical spaces where their imaginations and familial bonds will them into heroism

Ransome’s realistic pastel portraits

—Time magazine