The Hard Back isn’t in my budget. So l went to Google to search the book for a cheaper price. Found similar “costume titles”. Case in point! I will “fast for a day” so that l can purchase the hard copy hairloom that will last for generations( for my children’s children…)! 🙏🏽🩷👏🏽🙏🏽

websites get updated. pages come down. museums get renamed. this book is printed, physical, on my shelf. the record my children carry lives in this house now

her mom called me two weeks later. the girl cries if they skip it. i don't know what else i can say about this book

corner bent on arrival. reached out and they handled it. just flagging for future buyers — pack it a little sturdier

unprompted. full story. patent number. the barber looked it up on his phone right there. my son just nodded. that's what this book did

100 pages goes faster than you think when you're doing one a night and the kids want more. can't complain about that problem

the research that went into checking and cutting ten myths alone — that's work. the accuracy is worth more than what they charge

first night i showed him the record line — patent number, date, place. he looked at me and said 'so it's real for real.' yes baby. it's real for real.

the book is exactly what they say it is. everything checked out. the shipping tracking just went quiet for a few days and that stressed me out. book is great

he's at the older end of the age range and felt it. content was still valuable. just being honest that the older kids will want more complexity

my 11 yr old finished it faster than i expected. he got a lot out of it but wanted more complexity. maybe better pitched at 4-9 for a sweet spot

he used to deflect when race came up. now he leans in. he has something to say. names, numbers, dates. he doesn't perform confidence — he has it bc he knows things that are real

my son keeps bringing up names and sources she hasn't seen. she emailed me. i sent her the link. she said she was going to tell other parents

texted the link to 7 people that night. 4 ordered before morning. they didn't ask what it was. they just trusted me. and it delivered

i won't get into all of it. i'll just say this: physical, printed, on my shelf. that's where the record lives in our house now

they clearly care about what's inside. packaging can improve. content cannot

it's not an invention so there's no number — but the fact that he asked means he's learned to ask for proof. this book taught him that

i said ok every time. i'm not going to tell her to stop learning about her history. four more entries and then bed. worth it every single time

can't argue with 170. 79 with patent numbers. the book defends itself

i understand they're a small family operation. the book itself is excellent. but when you're waiting for something your child needs it feels long

she was right. i almost ignored her. i'm glad i didn't. this is not the book i thought it was going to be

different levels, same book, both into it every night. i really don't know how one book does that. but it does

watched the page for a week, finally ordered, waited another 10 days. worth it. just wanted to set realistic expectations on shipping time

my mother in law visited for a week, read the whole thing, put it in her bag when she left. i let her keep it. ordered another one same day

the accuracy alone puts this above everything else i've seen in this category. no myths. patent numbers. verified dates. that's what i need in my classroom

the websites went down. the history got scrubbed. this book is printed physical in my house. they cannot come in and take it. that matters more now than it would have 3 yrs ago

she used to wonder if our history was really that important. she doesn't wonder anymore. she knows. the book gave her that

ordered thinking she was close enough to 4. she's not ready. the attention needed is for 5+ in my experience. i'll bring it out in a year. saving the copy

over 60 patents. that number sat with me. i looked him up after. everything in the book checked out

my 4 yr old loses focus faster. the patent drawings interest her but she wants more color illustrations. the content is great just a realistic expectation for little ones

it explains why — the patent office fires, the deliberate destruction at wilmington. my son asked why people would destroy records. we talked for an hour. that conversation was worth the whole book alone

my son, my daughter, my husband, me. all four of us use this book. Black history belongs to all of them