Vanessa Williams
Author
Language
English
Description
Key to the Kingdom is a story that will teach children the good news that Jesus loves them, and has a plan for their life.
This story was written after praying for a unique Easter program for a small country church outreach.
Jesus used parables to explain things when he walked on earth, and this parable explains that he is the Key to the Kingdom on a child's level. The story explains sin, separation from God, and why the death, burial, and resurrection...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
From singer, actress, and dancer Vanessa Williams comes a sweet, sparkling story (with free audio link!) about a young girl whose beloved pet fish has wonderful, magical powers. She gives me bubble kisses, bubble kisses as she swims by in the water. She never misses with her bubble kisses. And I'm so glad I got her. A young girl adores her goldfish, Sal. But Sal is no ordinary pet: while she can't fetch a ball or curl up on a lap, she can give bubble...
Author
Language
English
Description
This drama set in antebellum New Orleans stars Vanessa Williams as Henriette Delille, the first African-American canonized by the Vatican. A mixed-race woman who repudiates the hypocrisy of race, class and convention, Henriette chooses to accept a divine calling to help the downtrodden by founding a combination medical treatment center and school for the French community's black population. Diahann Carroll and Stacy Keach costar.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Zora Neale Hurston has long been considered a literary giant of the Harlem Renaissance, but her anthropological and ethnographic endeavors were equally important and impactful. This is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.
17) Shoveling Snow
Author
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed, Russian writer, Alexander Tsypkin, translated by Paul Lazarus, SHOVELING SNOW is a mystical story about facing mortality and coming to terms with those we leave behind. From a collection of short stories titled, Sammynolie and Other Stories.