She’s started editing a book about kids using common sense in life. “That’s why books are so important, that’s why the things we’re today is so important, to leave us a legacy for those who are coming behind us.”īoth Gingery and Jenkins say they’ve got new projects in the works. “When I was coming up, we didn’t see too many people who looked like me,” he says. Let them be in the history of the Twin Cities, be an inspiration for the next generation.”Īmong those adult authors is Kevin Jenkins, who wrote about his victory over kidney disease - twenty years and counting. “That’s why we ended up moving into the adult genre, so people call tell their life stories. “With the murder of George Floyd, we got so many inquiries and submissions from Black people who just wanted to be heard to tell their stories,” Taris recalls. It represents a culture that some might not know as well.”Īfter the murder of George Floyd, Taris decided she wanted to publish books for adults readers.Īuthors of color, who could share their life experiences. “I think so, because not just African-American kids will see it, but all the nationalities would see it,” she notes. We asked Gingery if her book has the potential to change a child’s life.
Her first book is called “Red and the Egg Pie” - the adventures of a little girl, whose grandmother is her best friend.
“That was one of my goals, to make sure that kids could see people like themselves - but not in a situation, just being kids,” Gingery says. Taris introduced us to several authors who have works in her store in the IDS Center, located in the Chameleon Consortium, a co-op for entrepreneurs of color.Īmong them is Donna Gingery, a Robbinsdale special education teacher. “Books by and about Black people will help break down stereotypes that our society has created about Black people.” “I think it validates them as a person and it validates the community that they come from,” Taris notes. The volumes filling the shelves in her new bookstore space represent two goals: more representation of Black authors, and the release of more culturally representative children’s books - where young readers can see characters that look like them.
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