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Bo and his friends can’t wait to work on their school’s community garden, but they can’t agree on what to plant. Can they find a way to work together to help their community? Bo’s life is always buzzing. And not just because he lives upstairs from The Buzz, a barbershop. Young readers will love following Bo’s daily life and adventures in these early chapter books. Read Woke Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian, to reflect the diversity of our world.

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Read Woke books expands into fiction with the uplifting Bo at the Buzz early chapter-book series, starring a Black boy who lives above his grandfather's barbershop, the Buzz. In this title, an exciting announcement is made to Bo's class: their school is starting a community garden! Bo and his three pals (Silas, Zuri, and Shawn) quickly form a group and start thinking about what they'll grow in their plot. Unfortunately, they can't agree, and their first class outing to the garden ends in a fight. Back at the Buzz, Bo asks Pop-Pop what they should plant, but it's the man in Pop-Pop's chair who makes the wonderful suggestion of growing vegetables for the local homeless shelter. This is something Bo and his friends can all agree on, and they're soon up to their elbows in dirt and fun. The book's three short chapters feature cultural touchstones and lively color illustrations. Readers not yet ready for the J.D. the Kid Barber series, by J. Dillard, will find the same Black Boy Joy here.--Booklist -- Journal (11/1/2022 12:00:00 AM)

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Elliott Smith is a writer and editor based in Falls Church, Virginia. Subi Bosa is an illustrator currently based in Cape Town, South Africa. After studying architecture he realized his passion was in illustration. He began working as a freelancer, partnering with self-publishing authors worldwide while studying graphic design at the Academy of Digital Arts in Cape Town. In 2020, Subi was awarded a Mo Siewcharran Publisher's Prize for Illustration. He has illustrated picture books, comics and graphic novels.

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