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Happy book birthday to Destiny, the Fresh Princess! Today, “Fresh Princess: Style Rules,” inspired by @willsmith’s “The Fresh Prince,” is all up on your bookshelves. In this, the second book in the series, Destiny is settled in to her new neighborhood, and is on her way to the next big thing: a new school! 👑👑👑
Destiny loves everything about school, but when she shows up to Paul Robeson Prep, it’s bigger than she ever imagined, the uniforms are plain, and all her friends already have a “thing.” Destiny suddenly doesn’t feel so fresh and wonders how she’ll ever stand out. That’s when she notices something super cool about her uniform jacket… Will Destiny find a way to make her mark?
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If you’re a “Fresh Prince,” fan, you know what episode Will and I used to create this story. And @GladysJose did her THING making #FreshPrincess Style Rules! come to life. It’s the perfect book to encourage kids to be creative, be smart, and most importantly, be themselves! Hook up the babies; this book is available wherever books are sold, including all these fine stores in this link: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062884589/fresh-princess-style-rules/ (also in the bio). #bookstagram #blackbooks #childrenspicturebooks

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I gotta say, today was a GOOD day. #IceCubeVoice #HomeSweetHome #ForMeAndMyBabies

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How stir crazy are we with #DatRona holding us hostage? Enough that the girlpies managed to teach my uncoordinated ass a #TikTok dance to @theestallion’s #Savage. Clearly, we got tahm on our hands. #savagechallenge #hotmomquarantine

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Been purging, preparing for bees and things and flowers, when I came across a stash of mementoes from my days as a political reporter for the AP and, later, as a political, then entertainment reporter for the Daily News in NYC. #TeddyPendergrass was one of dozens of celebs I interviewed back in the day; he was starring with Stephanie Mills in the 20-year anniversary of the play, “Your Arms Too Short to Box with God.” Let me tell you: I grew up sneaking to listen to his music, which, for its time, was some real aggressive, sexually suggestive R&B. Meeting him was other-worldly. Teddy P was FINE fine. And his inability to move his body below his neck absolutely did not stop him from being an incredible flirt who TRIED my young behind—please believe it. This was about 1996 or so, a few years after I covered the election night of David Dinkins, the first black mayor of NYC. Ahhhhh, those were the days. #blackjournalist #writer #author #wheniwasallwetbehindtheearsbreathsmellinglikeSimilac #TalesFromDenene

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My Fresh Princess loves the new “Fresh Princess: Style Rules,” the second in my #FreshPrincess series, and so do I! It’s colorful, fun and FABULOUS. Can’t wait for your babies to see this one! Available for pre-order right nah. Thank you to my fab editor, Luana, for the lovely note, and @harpercollinsch for bringing all this fresh to our kids’ bookshelves. #childrensbooks #booksofinstagram #blackbooks #blackkids

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And then there is this beauty, which absolutely makes my heart beat fast. I fell in love with Me & Mama, written and illustrated by @cozbi, the second I saw the premise: "On a rainy day when the house smells like cinnamon and Papa and Luca are still asleep, when the clouds are wearing shadows and the wind paints the window with beads of water, I want to be everywhere Mama is." And then Cozbi, a doll and dress maker who also pens beautiful books, sent over her pictures, and @denenemillnerbooks could not let her go. #MamaAndMe is a delicious meditation on the core mission of #DeneneMillnerBooks: we celebrate the everyday humanity of black children. And what could be more everyday, more normal, more US, than a black child wanting to spend a glorious day with her mother? Congratulations, Cozbi, for capturing the love, spirit and joy of the heart connection between daughters and their mothers. Me & Mama hits bookshelves in August, but you can pre-order it today wherever books are sold, including the link in my bio. #blackbooks #booksforblackchildren #writersofinstagram #childrensbooks #picturebooks @simonkids

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And @markettesheppard Sheppard does it again! After gracing @denenemillnerbooks with her debut book, the light beam that is #WhatIsLight?, she's gracing your bookshelves again with her second book, "My Rainy Day Rocket Ship" a high-spirited, engaging salute to the imagination of Black boys who use their beautiful minds to transform the mundane into the extraordinary, dream out loud, and boldly go where their sky is the only limit. And LOOK. AT. THE. ILLUSTRATIONS. @charlypalmer (Charly Palmer) serves all the color, all the juicy, all the #blackboymagic your heart can stand. I mean, this book is just pretty, man. Go 'head and grace your bookshelves. #MyRainyDayRocketship is out in May, but you can preorder today wherever books are sold, or click the #DeneneMillnerBooks link in the bio. #blackbooks #booksforblackchildren #writersofinstagram @simonkids

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Oh, you know @denenemillnerbooks didn't come to play with y'all. I'm so pleased to introduce "If Dominican Were a Color," a GORGEOUS lilting, read-aloud picture book written by @silirecio and illustrated by @macabrii (Brianna McCarthy), publishing on my imprint with @simonkids. Sili celebrates blackness across the diaspora with her words, gently reminding readers that the palette of a nation is never just one hue; indeed, it has as wide a range of colors—and beauty—as nature itself. In other words, WE BLACK Y'ALL—and everywhere we go, there we are! I'm so proud of Sili and Brianna; this is their first book and they murked it. Your baby's bookshelves gonna be LIT come September, when the book drops, but #IfDomicanWereAColor is available for pre-order tuhday. Gone 'head and get you one. Visit Sili's website, www.silirecio.com for more info and to purchase, or click on the #denenemillnerbooks link in my bio to do the same. Congratulations, Sili and Brianna! #blackbooks #booksforblackchildren #writersofinstagram #childrensbooks

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Mommy’s been gone for almost 18 years, but there isn’t a day—not one single day—that I don’t think about her. I’ve taken to talking to her, telling her about my babies, daddy, work. That I miss her. Sometimes, I can remember what her voice sounded like—her laugh. How big it was. Like her heart. Most days, I just... miss her. Today, I looked at the few pictures I have of her on hand and saw her differently; her eyes, her cheekbones, her lips, that smile—they tell a story that, I admit, I’m just now starting to discover. That, at age 51, I’m starting to understand. That’s how it works when you age and mature and you pick up some wisdom along the way. When you really start to live. You compare. Ask questions. And if you listen—really listen—sometimes you get the answers. Bettye Millner was tough. Strong. God-fearing. A quiet force who loved hard and lived a good, simple life. She was also a woman who dreamed for her daughter. Moved in her life in ways that are immeasurable, but felt every single day. Still. This is a picture of us on my wedding day, in the Millennium Hotel in lower Manhattan. That hotel is gone—felled by the tragedy of 9/11. The marriage is gone, too. And my mama. Only thing in the photo still standing is me. I hold my head up high today because my mother is with me. Always with me. For that, I’m grateful. Happy Birthday, Mommy. I’ll love you until the day the sun burns the stars out of the sky... Always.

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