Hi!! I'm Epi Dermis, but my friends just call me Skin!

Raise your hands if you sweat, tan, itch, have hair, or have freckles!  

I've been feeling pretty sensitive lately because everybody has something to say about me. But people don't always tell the truth.

My color doesn't make me fast, strong, smart, or scary. I just want to shout, "It's just skin, silly!" 

"[A]n irresistibly brilliant, pitch-perfect page-turner that should be a must-read in every Pre-K and Elementary School in our country." — Henry Louis Gates Jr

An illustrated children's book on the evolution of skin color, based on a collective 40+ years of peer-reviewed research from expert anthropologist Dr. Nina Jablonski and historian Dr. Holly Y. McGee, with a special foreword from celebrated literary critic and historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Meet Epi Dermis, your kid's quirky, clever guide to the origin of skin color! Using simple science and interactive activities, Epi takes readers on an adventure through human history to find out why skin is the hardest working organ in the body business. Whether it’s how migration and climate changed our skin's need for melanin, to why sweat is your body’s secret superpower, Epi’s got all the facts—and uses them to challenge false narratives about race and give kids the information they need to do the same.

From 2022 Windham Campbell Prize winner Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, the complete collection of her multiple award-winning City of Kings trilogy, including The Theory of Flight, The History of Man, and The Quality of Mercy

“Perhaps the most monumental trilogy to come out of Southern Africa” (Afrocritik)
In The Theory of Flight, Ndlovu sketches decades of history in an unnamed Southern African nation through the story of Imogen “Genie” Zula Nyoni, who lies in a coma after battling a long illness. As loved ones struggle to come to terms with their impending loss, Ndlovu recounts the lives of Genie’s forebears from colonial occupation through the freedom struggle.

In The History of Man, Ndlovu takes an excursion into the interiority of the colonizer. Emil Coetzee, a civil servant in his fifties, is left unmoored by the end of his country’s civil war. His journey from boyhood to manhood, and the changes that befall him through love, loss, and war, will leave a path of bloodshed in his wake.

In The Quality of Mercy, Spokes Moloi, the first black chief inspector in the City of Kings, investigates the possible murder of Emil Coetzee, the notorious head of the Organization of Domestic Affairs. In examining Emil’s disappearance, Spokes has one last opportunity to solve the decades-old murder case that determined both the path of his life and destiny of his country.

Introducing Bait, the little toad with a big personality. 

Bait the toad loves the camera, and the camera certainly loves him! From his river-bed roots to TikTok stardom, Bait has never found a pose he couldn’t slay, or a hat he couldn’t style.  

In this side-splitting photo book, Bait is ready to prove that there’s more to amphibians than meets the eye. Whether it’s striking confident poses in the garden, sporting sassy homemade hats, or hanging out with his furry friends, this tiny toad has a lot to teach us all about being comfortable in our own skin.

Brighten up your day or make a loved one laugh with Bait and his pals, the perfect gift for any age.

In this intense drama of family life, old wounds and the search for redemption in the cracks of past experiences leads to the coming apart and the piecing together of self and the group of people we call family. 

When 16 year old Leo's mother vanishes, he is left with more responsibilities at home taking care of his younger siblings. Interrogation of his father over his missing mother leads nowhere. As the days pass, his unease grows and when he finds a mysterious untitled file on the family shared drive, his curiosity gets the better of him and he discovers it is his mother’s secret memoir. Needing to understand his mother’s disappearance, Leo begins to read the book, searching for clues.

Meanwhile, Leo’s life is complicated when Aaron, a handsome boy, shows up in the middle of the school year and is assigned as his study partner. Old stresses in his friend group begin to tear apart his long standing relationships while he wonders if Aaron reciprocates his growing attraction. As he reads his mother’s book, he begins to see her in a new light, propelling him to look for the lost side of his family that still lives in Spain potentially setting off a chain reaction of unintended consequences of old grudges and shady pasts.