There’s nothing better than a road trip in the car or on a train to visit family, especially grandma. Prepare your children for the ride with these great books about summertime travel. Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia, BigMamaby Donald Crews, and Fred And Ted’s Road Trip by Peter Eastman are all available on Amazon.com.
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Janice Robinson-Celeste, MBA, is the founder and publisher of Successful Black Parenting Magazine, the Iris Award-winning publication for parents of Black children. An early childhood specialist and former classroom teacher, she is a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project with the National Black Child Development Institute, and her opinion writing has appeared in HuffPost, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The 74, TheGrio, Word In Black, The Fulcrum and Women's eNews. She is the author of Pride and Joy: African-American Baby Celebrations (Simon & Schuster) and the award-winning children's book Miles' Stuffy Nose, hosts the BACKtalk podcast, and founded the National Black Parenting Conference. She is a proud mom of three.
Founder and Publisher, Successful Black Parenting Magazine
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