{"title":"Peggy Thomas","description":"Peggy Thomas  is an award-winning author who has published more than 20 non-fiction books for children. With a master's degree in anthropology, Peggy explores a wide range of subjects blending history and science. Her most recent books earned the NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book, 2020 Best Book from the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, and 2020 Book Award from Henry Ford Heritage Association.  Cookie Moon  is a Tel-Aviv based illustrator whose clients include The New Yorker, The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, British Airways, Expedia, and RATP Group Paris, amongst others. This is her first children's book.","products":[{"product_id":"a-family-of-trees-my-first-book-of-forests-board-book","title":"A Family of Trees: My First Book of Forests - Board Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected for the 2025 BolognaRagazzi Award: BRAW Amazing Bookshelf in the Sustainability category.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA read-aloud, poetic introduction to forests for children aged 2-4 that, when unfolded, creates a forest-scape that is as long as a king-size bed! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this first book of forests for the very young, children are invited to experience how trees, like humans, talk to each other, care for each other, share food, and create a home together. The book further unfolds to showcase a lush temperate forest-scape, creating a true visualization of how trees are connected and form forest families. Back panels offer vivid illustrations of diverse forests environments around the world for a more global context, while secondary text offers more detailed, curricular information about tree science and the flora and fauna that rely on forest habitats. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis artful and heart-warming introduction to forests and the new science of tree communication has a stunning accordion-style board-book format. Housed in a gift case with a magnetic closure, it opens up to create a forest-scape that is 2.47 metres or over eight-feet long - both a book to treasure and a beautiful, fold-out shelf display of a forest-scape, perfect for any child's room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAges 2-4\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51375952462047,"sku":"9781838667917","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/eC2FG5oftg9781838667917.webp?v=1789210893"},{"product_id":"writing-toward-justice-the-life-and-reporting-of-alice-a-dunnigan-hardcover","title":"Writing Toward Justice: The Life and Reporting of Alice A. Dunnigan - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Alice Dunnigan, a pioneering Black journalist, who spoke truth to power--and earned the respect of President Harry S. Truman. This inspiring nonfiction picture book for kids ages 7-10 is from award-winning author and illustrator Peggy Thomas and Tonya Engel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlice Dunnigan knew all about injustice--she was the daughter of poor Black sharecroppers in Kentucky. But Alice also knew the key to fighting injustice was to speak out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt 13 years old, she wrote to a Black newspaper asking for a job--and got it! It was only the beginning. After many years of hard work as a teacher, a cleaner, a typist, and a journalist, Alice became the first Black woman in the Capitol Press Corp. But one person was still beyond her grasp, a person who needed to be held accountable: President Truman. Would he keep his promise to support civil rights for Black Americans? By scrimping and saving for a ticket on the president's cross-country train tour, Alice was able to meet the president and win him over to her cause: justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlice Dunnigan used her words as a moving force, writing America toward justice, a journey beautifully captured by author Peggy Thomas and illustrator Tonya Engel.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376101589215,"sku":"9781662680892","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/EfMqB_qneJ9781662680892.webp?v=1789214195"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/peggy-thomas.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}