Books with author Keisha Mitchell

DO BLACK LIVES REALLY MATTER?“A question I asked the day that I picked up pen and paper to write down and release the thoughts that ran through my mind, striking me down because they were so full of pain.Honestly if you ask me I feel like I’m chained. I’m told I’m free, yet I continue to experience pain.Another brother slain, another sister laid to rest because of the oppressed. It makes me ask, DOES MY BLACK LIFE REALLY MATTER? OR AM I JUST INSANE?If you can answer that question then you are already ahead of the game. Though, the best way to truly know the answer is to pick up this book and read every page!”

DO BLACK LIVES REALLY MATTER?“A question I asked the day that I picked up pen and paper to write down and release the thoughts that ran through my mind, striking me down because they were so full of pain.Honestly if you ask me I feel like I’m chained. I’m told I’m free, yet I continue to experience pain.Another brother slain, another sister laid to rest because of the oppressed. It makes me ask, DOES MY BLACK LIFE REALLY MATTER? OR AM I JUST INSANE?If you can answer that question then you are already ahead of the game. Though, the best way to truly know the answer is to pick up this book and read every page!”

When twelve-year-old twins Penelope and Quintus Grey Reyes are sent to Mexico to spend the summer with their grandparents, Pen creates a website advertising their services as international agents of intrigue. A mysterious client hires them. The assignment? To locate the Codex Cardona – a rare 15th century painted book.The twins discover Abuelito, their grandfather, once searched for the same book, but he gave up the search when a friend disappeared. The book is rumored to be cursed, but Pen knows curses don't exist. Quin isn't so sure, and when Abuelito is attacked at the museum where he works, both twins are certain it has something to do with the missing codex.While Pen and Quin track down the mysterious book, greasy art professor Flores follows their every move, but someone else is watching them too - someone who doesn't want the Codex Cardona to be found. The twins must draw on their combined skills of art and technology to uncover the mystery of the painted book.

In a world where having high self-esteem and self-love can oftentimes be challenging in any little girl's life, it is important to have a book that encourages them to be themselves and love every ounce of who they are! In Brown Girl, Brown Girl, What Do You See? The main character, Zuri, is trying to understand and embrace who she is and has the potential to be. This rhyming picture book is an exploration of internal reflections that young girls of all ages experience at some point in their lives. Whether it is issues dealing with the hue of their skin, freckles, hair textures, whatever your little girl is working through, by the end of the book, your little girl is guaranteed to be beaming with self-confidence, pride, and joy!!!!

When twelve-year-old twins Penelope and Quintus Grey Reyes are sent to Mexico to spend the summer with their grandparents, Pen creates a website advertising their services as international agents of intrigue. A mysterious client hires them. The assignment? To locate the Codex Cardona – a rare 15th century painted book.The twins discover Abuelito, their grandfather, once searched for the same book, but he gave up the search when a friend disappeared. The book is rumored to be cursed, but Pen knows curses don't exist. Quin isn't so sure, and when Abuelito is attacked at the museum where he works, both twins are certain it has something to do with the missing codex.While Pen and Quin track down the mysterious book, greasy art professor Flores follows their every move, but someone else is watching them too - someone who doesn't want the Codex Cardona to be found. The twins must draw on their combined skills of art and technology to uncover the mystery of the painted book.

Ken Mitchell, one of Canada's premier story-tellers, returns with this riotous, outrageous retelling of the Cervantes classic, starring Donny Coyote and his recycling depot side-kick, the foul-mouthed and conniving Sandra Douleur. The naïve and good-hearted Donny gains his inspiration not from stories of romantic chivalry, but from superhero comic books. He and Sandra quit their jobs at a recycling depot in Moose Jaw and head south in their trusty Coyote Mobile, a converted welding truck. They see the natural wonders of Yellowstone Park before arriving in the most outrageous place on the continent - Las Vegas.Along the way, Donny determinedly tries to right the wrongs of the world, while Sandra looks for ways to make a fast buck. Donny tilts at wind turbines, steals a wash basin which he mistakes for the helmet of the superhero Flash, and encounters a strange hermit.The Heroic Adventures of Donny Coyote is both a parable and a savagely comic satire of North American values and the need for heroes, all wrapped in an extravagant, hilarious misadventure that is as action-packed and vivid as any comic book.