A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS BOOK AT RETAIL PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR YOUTH. "Mr. Topaz left the farm while playing hide-and-seek. Sarge and Miss Tinky left the farm, for he was gone all week." . . . Find out who kept Mr. Topaz off the farm and how he cleverly helped his owner find him. Early-to-mid elementary readers will learn about musical improvisation and practice a useful technique when lost or separated from family. Written by Tracey Jude, therapist and author of "Mr. Topaz Takes a Walk" and "Mr. Topaz is Left in Charge."

Learn how a slave became one of the leading influential African American intellectuals of the late 19th century.

African American educator, author, speaker, and advisor to presidents of the United States, Booker Taliaferro Washington was the leading voice of former slaves and their descendants during the late 1800s. As part of the last generation of leaders born into slavery, Booker believed that blacks could better progress in society through education and entrepreneurship, rather than trying to directly challenge the Jim Crow segregation. After hearing the Emancipation...