2 Books Published by Wise Ink Creative Publishing on AALBC — Book Cover Collage
Rice & Rocks
by Sandra L. RichardsWise Ink Creative Publishing (Aug 23, 2016)
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Tradition takes flight in Rice & Rocks, a picture book celebrating culture and diversity.
Giovanni’s friends are coming over for Sunday dinner, and his grandmother is serving rice and beans. Giovanni is embarrassed—he does not like “rice and rocks” and worries his friends will think the traditional Jamaican dish is weird. But his favorite Auntie comes to the rescue. She and Giovanni’s pet parrot, Jasper, take him on a magical journey across the globe, visiting places where people eat rice and rocks. This exciting story celebrates the varied traditions of every culture while also highlighting the delicious similarities that bring us all together.
Under One Roof: The Yankees, the Cardinals, and a Doctor’s Battle to Integrate Spring Training
by Adam HenigWise Ink Creative Publishing (Apr 25, 2016)
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In 1961, when the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals arrived in St. Petersburg, Florida, for spring training, neither team had any idea that an African American physician was about to turn its world upside down. To Major League Baseball, Dr. Ralph Wimbish was just black homeowner able to house the team’s African American ball players who were segregated from their white teammates-except on the diamond-during spring training. The laws in Florida, like the rest of the South, were dictated by Jim Crow. Major League Baseball had no plans to upend it. Dr. Wimbish had other ideas. Drawing on personal interviews, newspaper accounts, archival documents, and memoirs, Adam Henig has written a story that New York Post sports columnist Mike Vacarro and Tampa Bay Times’ Jon Wilson called a "must read!" A book for baseball enthusiasts that goes beyond the game, Under One Roof is an unforgettable tale of a little-known civil rights activist who risked it all to achieve racial justice in his city, in his state, and in America’s favorite pastime.