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Monday, June 6, 2025

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A is for Alfie.

 

– Alfie has been feeling down because the kids at school think his name is weird. But when his awesome babysitter Quentin takes him on a walk through their neighborhood, he learns that there are endless possibilities in the letters that make up his name –

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Written by Randy DuBurke. In stores 7/8/25 w/Macmillan. Available for preorder here.

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Here's a peak at some pages <3

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​Reading

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 

​Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

​Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North by Patricia C. McKissack

​A Communion of the Spirits: African American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories by Roland L. Freeman

​Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens​

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Listening

Montara - Bobby Hutcherson

Trying To Get Next To YouArnold Blair (They was really singing this song.)

Night Rider - Taj Mahal

Prince of The Sea - Lenny White

My Little Girl - Bobbi Humphrey

Little ChildrenKool & The Gang

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Watching

Numb3rs

For All Mankind S4

Harlan County U.S.A.

NBA Finals â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹

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That's all for now. I guess we could call this a newsletter? Talk soon! <3​

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~ D

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All work © Derick Brooks unless otherwise stated.

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