"From the Inside Looking Out" is unlike any children's book you've read. This collection of short stories inspired by the author's own childhood growing up in rural Barbados in the 1930s is as educational as it is entertaining, promoting cultural awareness of the African diaspora through games, meals, and everyday practices.

The stories follow young Porgy as he navigates his paternal grandmother's prejudice toward his peasant mother and learns to creatively overcome the obstacles to his personal goals. The winsome boy soon becomes a town favorite, proving himself to be clever,...