Joy Takes Root Cultural Heritage Fiction and to feel good about

and to feel good about the journey

Eight-year-old Ava Murray wants to know why there’s a difference between the warm

But art remained in Ernie’s heart and followed him through high school

and always brutally honest insights on how living an authentic life is the quickest path to success

Joy Takes Root Cultural Heritage Fiction and to feel good aboutIn her grandmother's garden, a young Black girl learns about mindfulness and herbal medicine in this soothing intergenerational story about our connection to nature. It's Joy's first summer in her grandmother's South Carolina gardena rite of passage. In the midst of okra, spinach, and strawberries, Grammy teaches Joy that plants are friends with many uses. Herbs, for example, can be turned into medicine. There in Grammy's abundant backyard, Joy learns