Books published by publisher Cedar Grove Books / Blaxis Publishing

In 2015, diversity has become the buzzword in the comic book industry with companies like DC and Marvel claiming to lead the charge, but merely scratching the surface of the complexity and intersection of race, culture and gender. The 4 Pages | 16 Bars: A Visual Mixtape presents Sequential Graffiti is a sampler for potential fans to enjoy our intellectual properties, a showcase for existing and upcoming talent as well as a source guide for those fans to purchase our books. The scene is more diverse than Image or Dark Horse. This is visual Jazz, Rock, Funk, Hip Hop and electronic music. This is art for the people.

The 4 Pages | 16 Bars: A Visual Mixtape trade paperback series is a celebration of where true diversity exists in this industry, a sampler for potential fans to enjoy unique intellectual properties, a showcase for existing and upcoming talent as well as a source guide for those fans to purchase these books. The contributors for this first volume include Quinn McGowan (Wildfire), Micheline Hess (The Anansi Kid's Club), Roosevelt Pitt (Purge), John Jennings (Kid Code, Black Comix) and many more. Each of the artists and writers in this series bring a unique, but shared viewpoint, in the creation of their work. The comic book industry is more than DC or Marvel. The scene is more diverse than Image or Dark Horse. This is visual Jazz, Rock, Funk, Hip Hop and electronic music. This is art for the people.

16 Weeks as a #1 Amazon New Release!Join Olivia, through brilliant color illustrations and light-hearted and fun rhyming text, as she hosts tea parties, swashbuckles with pirates, goes into outer space, wrestles and dances all while trying to remember what to do when she has that feeling down below telling her she's got to go. Olivia's Potty Adventures helps bring fun and adventure to potty trainingDiscusses what it feels like when it's time to use the bathroomShows it's okay to make mistakes when potty trainingOne of the few potty training books available featuring a character that is a child of colorOlivia's Potty Adventures is an excellent potty training storybook to introduce the concept of toilet training to toddlers. -----diverse books, african american potty training books, black potty training books, multicultural books, diverse picture books, bestselling kids books, everybody poops, p is for potty, toilet training in one week, picture books black characters, black female book characters, books with black characters, bestselling black books, popular black books, picture books with black characters, books for black babies, crown: an ode to the fresh cut, characters of color books

Seventeen-year-old African American Teresa Jayne Zanotti (TJ) was born to play baseball. TJ's brother, Bobby, is a San Francisco Giants starting shortstop. Her father, Sal, is a retired team trainer, and her mother, Esther, never misses a Giants game. TJ is also the starting shortstop on the Menlo Park Tigers junior varsity baseball team and a shoe-in to make varsity. That is until transfer player Brice Thompson snags the position and she is forced to try out for the school softball team.TJ is an excellent player and Coach Lisa Myers can't help but include her on the roster. Yet when it comes to teamwork, TJ is far from perfect. She locks horns with several players, including team pitcher Amazon Amy. The team’s curmudgeonly assistant coach, Marty Alvarez, befriends TJ and her dislike for softball slowly begins to soften. As the season rolls on she discovers that fast pitch softball isn’t only about teamwork, it's about friendship, as well.

Draculiza wishes she could be a princess in one of the fairy tales her mother reads to her at bedtime. Each night she dreams of castles, courts, and crowns. Alas, she's from Transylvania which throws a monkey wrench into her plans. But that doesn't stop this feisty little vampire. Along with her top advisor, a bat named Spike, Draculiza finds a clever way to break into the fairy tale world and turn it upside down! A spooky and timeless bedtime story of how it's alright to just be yourself, this book is a good piece of empowerment for young girls.

This music-driven action adventure follows the near capture of young Harmony Walker and her famous dad, blues and jazz musician, John "Eazy" Walker. Seduced by promises of fame and fortune, Harmony enters into a pact with a mysterious woman and accepts possession of a magical mouthpiece, with the promise to return it in one year. Unbeknownst to the Walkers, the mouthpiece was stolen from the Horn of Gabriel by the woman who is actually an evil demon in disguise named Demonica Shadows. After one year of fame, fortune, and travels, Harmony refuses to return the ancient artifact thinking the woman has forgotten about it, but the evil woman finds Harmony and uses her demonic powers to change Eazy into an old man and tries to claim Harmony's soul. Narrowly escaping with their lives and finally understanding the power of the mouthpiece, the Walkers run from the forces of evil that are waiting and watching for their chance to regain possession of the magical artifact.

Thirteen-year-old Glory Eleanor Loomis of Sackatucket, Long Island makes a shocking discovery in a secondhand bookstore when she picks up a book that reads like a horror story version of her own life. Things take an even weirder and more worrisome turn when she's suddenly beset by a flurry of eerie flu-like symptoms, collapses onto her bedroom floor, and awakens twelve hours later, bewildered and terrified, in a hospital bathroom. Unaware that she is caught in the grip of biological forces that no one sees or understands, she begins to change in secret, subtle, and stupefying ways until her transformation is complete. Be careful what you wish for, someone once said . . . but in the end, Glory could not have wished for more.

Seventeen-year-old African American, Teresa Jayne "TJ" Zanotti was born to play baseball. TJ's brother, Bobby, is a San Francisco Giants starting shortstop. Her father, Sal, a retired team trainer, and her mother, Esther, never miss a Giants game. TJ is also the starting shortstop on the Menlo Park Tigers junior varsity baseball team and a shoe-in to make varsity. That is until transfer player Brice Thompson snags the position and she is forced to try out for the school softball team. TJ is an excellent player and Coach Lisa Myers can't help but include her on the roster. Yet when it comes to teamwork, TJ is far from perfect. She locks horns with several players, including team pitcher Amazon Amy. The team's curmudgeonly assistant coach, Marty Alvarez, befriends TJ and her dislike for softball slowly begins to soften. As the season rolls on she discovers that fast pitch softball isn't only about teamwork, it's about friendship as well.

The Enderson brothers dominate the social scene and bring excitement to the uneventful town of Plainville. Scott, Chris, Otto, and Ryan are well-known and well-liked—most of the time. Their loyalty to each other is indestructible until one brother drifts into the wrong crowd. Then there’s Alex, the family’s youngest child and only daughter, who struggles to rise above her family’s reputation. While her brothers enjoy their teenage freedom, Alex deals with the frustrations of youth and is constantly reminded that someday she will become a mature woman, someday boys will like her, and someday she’ll look back at her youth and laugh. After a revelation by the outcast brother, the family is divided. Their dad has to remind all the kids who’s really in charge despite the devastating consequences. Will the Enderson family ever be the close-knit group they once were?

The Enderson brothers dominate the social scene and bring excitement to the uneventful town of Plainville. Scott, Chris, Otto, and Ryan are well-known and well-liked—most of the time. Their loyalty to each other is indestructible until one brother drifts into the wrong crowd. Then there's Alex, the family's youngest child and only daughter, who struggles to rise above her family's reputation. While her brothers enjoy their teenage freedom, Alex deals with the frustrations of youth and is constantly reminded that someday she will become a mature woman, someday boys will like her, and someday she'll look back at her youth and laugh. After a revelation by the outcast brother, the family is divided. Their dad has to remind all the kids who's really in charge despite the devastating consequences. Will the Enderson family ever be the close-knit group they once were?

The Enderson brothers-Scott, Chris, Otto, and Ryan-dominate the social scene and bring excitement to the uneventful town of Plainville. They are well-known and well-liked-most of the time. Their loyalty to each other is indestructible until one brother drifts into the wrong crowd. Then there's Alex, the family's youngest child and only daughter, who struggles to rise above her family's reputation....

Draculiza wishes she could be a princess in one of the fairy tales her mother reads to her at bedtime. Each night she dreams of castles, courts, and crowns. Alas, she's from Transylvania which throws a monkey wrench into her plans. But that doesn't stop this feisty little vampire. Along with her top advisor, a bat named Spike, Draculiza finds a clever way to break into the fairy tale world and turn it upside down! A spooky and timeless bedtime story of how it's alright to just be yourself, this book is a good piece of empowerment for young girls.