The Cot in the Living Room

The Cot in the Living RoomA young Dominican American girl in New York City moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work overnight shifts in this honest and warm picture book debut. Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who's boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view

and into its predominantly Black Greenwood District—a thriving

He became chairman of SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and was the youngest speaker at the March on Washington

It is also available in several other languages

Or was there more to her sister’s story

alive and proud

With keen insight

like selling their second car and moving into a new (old) house

In her brand-new collection

In Blindspot

hoping to make sense of his confusion

to those time has nearly forgotten

THE WORLD HAS CHANGED FOREVER