Forever and Always

Brittany J. Thurman and Shamar Knight-Justice have created a book that tugs at your heartstrings and hopefully increases your awareness of what some children go through. A young Black child worries about her father as her mother sees on her phone that another person didn't make it home. As we learn......more

This is a beautiful book about the love of a family. And that between a father and a daughter It's about worrying that your loved one won't come home at the end of the day. You hold them close to your heart even when they are far away. It's slightly about racial injustice and how some families worry m......more

A very heartfelt picture book about the anxiety and worry a young Black girl has waiting for her father (an EMT) to come home safely late at night. Each night Olivia and her mother are full of joy to greet her dad at the door. They dance, make dinner and pour the love on one another. Backmatter disc......more

Brief summary: Olivia looks forward to seeing her father come home from work and greet her with a hug. They create dinner with Mom and have a nice evening together. Olivia hugs her father in the morning before he leaves for work, worrying about his dangerous job as an emergency medical technician. Wh......more

An understated picture book that on first read might seem like just a book about the daily life of a Black family. But a slightly deeper reading reveals the anxiety that Olivia and her mother feel when her father goes to work and doesn't return until late at night. Empathetic and honest about the fe......more