Real Holi Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s

Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bestseller The Day You Begin illuminates the power in each of us to face challenges with confidence

Each double-page spread features a recipe crafted to reflect its namesake’s personality

all contending with the very specific prejudices faced by Black women during Jim Crow

own contributions

sharing the wisdom he has gathered from his own experience as a father

Real Holi Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’sReal Carol Cujec, Peyton Goddard Inspired by a true story. My name is Charity. I am thirteen years old. Actually, thirteen years plus eighty seven days. I love sour gummies and pepperoni pizza. That last part no one knows because I have not spoken a sentence since I was born. Each dawning day, I live in terror of my unpredictable body that no one understands. Charity may have mad math skills and a near perfect memory, but with a mouth that cant speak