Children's Books
A Journey in Color:
The Art of Ellis Wilson
“It’s impossible to see Ellis Wilson’s work and not fall in love with how he saw the world. Having his own words come to life in this wonderful and important children’s book makes me doubly proud to see another part of Kentucky’s rich Black history captured and to hold another bedside favorite I can’t wait to read to my son.”
—Frank X Walker
Kentucky Poet Laureate 2013–2014 and author of A Is for Affrilachia
She Remembered it All: The Art of Memory Painter Helen LaFrance
"What a great tribute to Kentucky's own 'Black Grandma Moses!' Helen LaFrance is my favorite painter. I've spent hours looking at her art, amazed at the renditions of the people and the places she remembered - the detail, the loving way she brought the old-time days to life. She was a genius talent from right here in Kentucky which makes me very proud. Jayne Moore Waldrop is a sort of genius too for bringing Helen LaFrance's life to us in living color with this children's book!"
-Crystal Wilkinson
Kentucky Poet Laureate 2021-2022
and author of
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts