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Welcome to Dream Street--the best street in the world! Jump rope with Azaria--can you Double Dutch one leg at a time? Dream big with Ede and Tari, who wish to create a picture book together one day. Say hello with Mr. Sidney, a retired mail carrier who greets everyone with the words, "Don't wait to have a great day. Create one!" On Dream Street, love between generations rules, everyone is special, and the warmth of the neighborhood shines. A magical story from the critically acclaimed author of Nana Akua Goes to School and a Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winning illustrator. Illuminating this vivid cast of characters are vibrant, joyful illustrations that make this neighborhood--based on the Roxbury neighborhood in Boston where the author and illustrator grew up together as cousins--truly sing. This book is a perfect way for parents to share with their children the importance of community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec31c1057bc81596f577b6e/1589909192216-NQHDEV9XX8X5PT9Q2YZP/Nana+Akua+Front+Cover+Mockup-01.jpg Books and Publications - Nana Akua goes to school Available for purchase through Penguin Random House and Amazon. In this moving story that celebrates cultural diversity, a shy girl brings her West African grandmother–whose face bears traditional tribal markings–to meet her classmates. It is Grandparents Day at Zura’s elementary school, and the students are excited to introduce their grandparents and share what makes them special. Aleja’s grandfather is a fisherman. Bisou’s grandmother is a dentist. But Zura’s Nana, who is her favorite person in the world, looks a little different from other grandmas. Nana Akua was raised in Ghana, and, following an old West African tradition, has tribal markings on her face. Worried that her classmates will be scared of Nana–or worse, make fun of her–Zura is hesitant to bring her to school. Nana Akua knows what to do, though. With a quilt of traditional African symbols and a bit of face paint, Nana Akua is able to explain what makes her special, and to make all of Zura’s classmates feel special, too. https://www.triciaelamwalker.com/home daily 1.0 2026-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec31c1057bc81596f577b6e/ef89e5d4-7d09-47dc-8363-7bfd41fcdf40/Briana++Chloe3844+%282%29-1.jpg Home - Tricia Elam a writer writing and other things… Tricia Elam is an award-winning author, attorney and educator. Her first novel, Breathing Room, was published by Simon & Schuster/PocketBooks in 2001. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Essence and other publications. She has provided commentary for NPR, CNN, the BBC and more. Tricia’s short stories are included in the O.Henry Prize Stories, New Stories from the South and other anthologies and her essays are published in Father’s Songs, Dream Me Home Safely, It’s All About Love and more. As the venue’s 2018-19 visiting playwright, her plays, “Bold Moves” (4 short plays) and “With Glittering Eyes”, were produced by Hibernian Hall in Boston in 2018 and 2019 Her picture books, Nana Akua Goes to School and Dream Street were both published by Random House in 2020 and 2021 respectively. Nana Akua Goes to School won the 2021 Ezra Jack Keats writer award and the 2021 Children's Africana Book Award, among other accolades. Dream Street was named a NY Times 25 Best Children's Book selection for 2021. She also created a board book, Talk Baby Talk, published by Reach Out and Read in 2023. Tricia, a “Roxbury girl” from MA, received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and her MFA from University of Maryland. She is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Howard University in Washington, DC. 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