Early Sunday Morning

(Hardback)

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In this heartwarming story of love and family, a community comes together to help a young girl find the courage to lift her mighty voice.

Sundays are Junes favorite days because she gets to spend it with Mommy, Daddy, and her brother, Troy. Next Sunday is more special than most, because she will be leading the youth choir in front of her entire church.

June loves to sing. She sings loud, silly songs with Daddy, she sings to herself in front of the bedroom mirror, but performing in front of the entire congregation is another thing altogether. As her special moment approaches, June leans on the support of her whole community to conquer her fear of singing in front of the congregation.

Author Bio

Denene Millner is aNew York Timesbestselling author, award-winning journalist, and director of the Denene Millner Books imprint. She has written thirty books for adults, teens, and children, among themAround the Way Girl, a memoir with actress Taraji P. Henson, andEarly Sunday Morning,a childrens picture book. She is also the founder ofMyBrownBaby.com, a critically acclaimed blog that examines the intersection of parenting and race, and the host ofSpeakeasy with Denene, a podcast produced by Georgia Public Broadcasting. Denene lives in Atlanta with her two daughters and their adorable Goldendoodle, Teddy.

Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a self-taught artist and has attended both FIT and SVA of New York, where she studied fashion and childrens illustration. Vanessa is the illustrator of A Night Out with Mama by Quvenzhan Wallis, The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson, PresentingTallulahby Tori Spelling, and Early Sunday Morning by Denene Millner, among others. She hopes that when people look at her work, it will make them feel happy in some way, or even reclaim a bit of their childhood.