Ms. Ashley (she/her) is an early childhood expert and play advocate. She brings her 20+ years of experience as an early childhood teacher, museum curator, and performer as the Founder of Play Plan Afrikan (playpanafrikan.org), an early learning collective, and Nguzo Babies (nguzobabies.com), a children's puppet show. Ms. Ashley is also a prolific curriculum author, the popular being her Kwanzaa 365 curriculum to help classrooms integrate cultural diversity. Her passion is offering support and quality resources to families with young children to restore the beauty of childhood and family pastimes.

Kristiana Vellucci (she/her) is an illustrator and interactive designer with a background in media and cultural studies, a passion for visual art, and an undying love for varying shades of yellow. She is based in Toronto. You can find her at wallflowerstudio.co.

"Seriously, if you haven't taken a look at these books then I urge you to run, not walk, to your nearest library or independent bookstore and grab yourself some copies. Any baby shower you bring these to will instantly make you the coolest gift giver in the room."
- Elizabeth (Betsy) Bird, School Library Journal

Publisher: Little Feminist Press

Pub date: 2023-04-11

Length: 30 pages