A few weeks into remote learning in June, Alexis Clark decided she was going to send her second-graders a gift.
The Bed-Stuy native knew her young students — many with internet issues — were struggling to connect to class through a computer screen. Mailing them a book to all read together might help, she thought.
But there was just one problem.
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Missing her students in June, Alexis Clark decided to send them books, but couldn't find any with characters of color — so, she wrote one.
Missing her students in June, Alexis Clark decided to send them books, but couldn't find any with characters of color— so, she wrote one. [...]
