By educating the next generation, Pinkney wants to empower these young voices to craft, shape and share stories to inspire.

An Ohio-born author had one of her books on the American Library Association's Top Challenged Books list for 2024.

So You Haven't Read the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Beloved by author Toni Morrison? Well, then pull up a seat and get ready for the haunting story of a former family of slaves who are troubled by ...

"To me this is a praise poem. It is my love letter, an invitation and a thank you to Toni Morrison," she says. "It was important for me to let young people in on the fact that Toni Morrison ...

The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel, was published in 1970. Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old ...