A five-book series, Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess is a heartwarming story about family, role models, dreams, and discovering a determination for growth.
Series Details:
Series Title: Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess by Deedee Cummings
Category: Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7)
Genre: Children’s Book
Publisher: Make a Way Media
Release date: April 2021
Format available for review: print, ebook (PDF)
Will send print books out: USA and Canada
Tour dates: May 24 to June 25, 2021
Content Rating: G
The Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess series of #OWNVOICE books is for Dreamers and the Doers of all ages. This diverse picture book series is a heartwarming look at the importance of family, speaking our truth, dreaming freely, and knowing our worth. Book 2 is part of a five-part series that shines the spotlight on a little Black girl who never lets anything get in the way of her dreams.
Parents, Caregivers, and Educators: By investing in this series, you help every child see that Black and Brown girls can be leaders, princesses, and the stars of their own stories. Children need to read stories that include characters who look like them. Offering these types of books to young readers is an essential part of building self-esteem, cultivating empathy, encouraging tough conversations, and letting children of color know they matter.
The Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess series is inspired by real-life budding Broadway Star, Kayla Pecchioni: a young Black woman who has always lived her life by believing in herself while letting nothing get in the way of her dreams.
Book Title: Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess by Deedee Cummings
Category: Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7), 24 pages
Genre: Children’s Book
Publisher: Make a Way Media
Release date: April 2021
Format available for review: print, ebook (PDF)
Will send print books out: USA and Canada
Tour dates: May 24 to June 25, 2021
Content Rating: G
Book Description:
“Daughters often learn their place in the world by watching their mothers claim theirs.” ~author, Deedee Cummings
The first in a five-part series, this diverse picture book shines the spotlight on a little brown girl who loves musical theater and never lets anything get in the way of her dreams. Everyone else has an idea of who she should be, but in the end, she discovers that she is the one who gets to decide.
The story also reveals the special family dynamic that Kayla shares with her mom; a hard-working woman who struggles with the guilt of not being as available for her young daughter as she would like. But as the story progresses, Kayla and her mom realize the impact of valuing the time they have together as well as the importance of seeing each other acknowledge (and pursue) their individual dreams. {ages 5 and up}
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Book Title: Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess: Dishes, Dancing, and Dreams by Deedee Cummings
Category: Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7), 29 pages
Genre: Children’s Book
Publisher: Make a Way Media
Release date: June 1, 2021
Format available for review: print
Tour dates: May 24 to June 25, 2021
Content Rating: G
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Book Title: Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess: Tough Tulle by Deedee Cummings
Category: Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7), 29 pages
Genre: Children’s Book
Publisher: Make a Way Media
Release date: July 1, 2021
Format available for review: print
Tour dates: May 24 to June 25, 2021
Content Rating: G
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Meet the Author:
As a therapist, attorney, CEO of Make A Way Media, and author of fifteen children’s books, Deedee Cummings has a passion for ensuring equality, inclusion, and social justice for the next generation. Since her first book published in 2014, Cummings has been on a mission to help young dreamers and doers “see themselves” in the pages of the books they read.
Cummings has spent more than two decades working within the family therapy and support field, and much of her writing shares her experiences of working with kids in therapeutic foster care.
By the end of 2021, this #OWNVOICES author will have fifteen diverse children’s books to her credit, including the Rapid Release of her Kayla: A Modern-Day Princess five-book series. All fifteen of Cummings’ diverse picture, poetry, and workbooks for kids reflect her professional knowledge and love of life.
Cummings is also the founder and creator of the Louisville Book Festival, a literacy-based celebration in Louisville, KY, celebrated on October 22nd and 23rd, 2021.
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