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"Life Lessons from Air Force One: Growing Up Simmons" by Victor Simmons is available in print and ebook at most major retailers.

Pass it to a young reader, add it to your shelf, or read it yourself. This is American history that deserves an audience in every format.

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"Life Is Fair: A Reflection on the Man Who Made Me" by Reginald Underdue begins at his father's funeral and reaches back through fifty years.

Samuel Underdue was a man who rarely raised his voice and never stopped working. He built something lasting for his family on nothing but discipline and intention.

Reginald spent decades watching him do it. Then he spent years writing down what he saw.

This book is for everyone still figuring out what their parents were actually teaching them and for those who found a way to learn through loss.

Coming September 2026 in print and ebook where most books are sold.

For the young athlete who lives for the game and is slowly figuring out the game is teaching them something bigger.

"Lightning Frankie Lee's Faithful Pitch," "Don't Quit," and "The Lil' Player That Could" are examples of times when walking away looks like the easier choice but the protagonists decide to commit to themselves and not give up.

Sports are already teaching the young readers in your life about discipline, disappointment, and showing up. These books give language to what they're going through.

📚 All available where most books are sold.

What should a child to believe about themselves when they close a book?

"Lightning Frankie Lee's Faithful Pitch" and "Rihanna's Can-Do Adventures" were written with that question at the center. Frankie Lee stands on a mound in a moment bigger than he feels ready for and pitches anyway, because faith doesn't wait for perfect conditions. Rihanna tackles every adventure in front of her because she's figured out that scared and capable are not opposites.

These are the kind of books you give a child before the world gets the chance to tell them what they can't do.

Both available now from the Mynd Matters Publishing shop.

📚 Tag a parent, coach, or educator who needs these on their shelf.

Here’s the truth. Most writers struggle because they were taught to fear the wrong things. They focus on grammar, perfection, or the idea of not being good enough. But the real challenges look completely different.

Here are a few insights to keep in mind on this journey:

• Your voice is already inside you. You just have to remove what’s covering it.
• Draft 1 is meant to be messy. (Read that again)
• Confusion is part of the process, not a sign you’re failing.
• The breakthrough usually happens right after you want to give up.
• Writing is emotional work and that’s why the journey grows you as much as the book does.

When you understand these truths, writing becomes less intimidating and far more transformative.

SAVE this if you’re starting a book and SHARE it to encourage another writer.

Screen time is easy. Sitting down with a book that makes you work for it? That's where the real learning happens.

Our coloring and activity books keep kids busy and challenge them. Books include math exercises, writing prompts, word searchs, coloring pages, mazes, and more!
Every title was designed with the understanding that engaged hands lead to engaged minds.

Featured:
-The Lil' Player That Could Coloring Book
-Color With Me Under the Sea
-The Chronicles of Nice Guy Maso Companion Coloring & Activity Book
-Holidayville's Lucky Easter Surprise Coloring & Activity Book
-Look at 'em Glow Coloring Book
-2x2=1 And I'm Done! Activity Workbook

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Four books. Four worlds. All of them will make you think, feel something, and finish with more than you started with.

"Tulip" by Mary E. Chambers goes where most American fiction refuses to—the 1920s, where slavery's aftermath was still reshaping the lives of everyone it touched. Kirkus called it compelling and frank. That's understating it.

"Native Invisibility" by Darrin Collins opens with a footrace and ends with a nation in exile. What happens in between—Jamal, known as the Prophet, fighting to free his imprisoned brother and rescue the Melanoid Nation from collapse—is an urban sci-fi saga built on real questions about justice, identity, and who gets to define freedom.

"All 4 Love" by Sharain Hemingway follows four women—a wild card, a guarded single mother, a moral compass holding everything together, and a woman fighting to protect the life she built her entire identity around—from college into the complicated reality of what comes next. The sisterhood is the constant. Everything else is a test.

"The Funk Sonatra Project" by O.W. Serellus is exactly the kind of sci-fi that reminds you the genre was always supposed to ask the questions no one else will.

📚 All books available wherever most books are sold.

You've done everything they told you to do.

Showed up early. Stayed late. Delivered the numbers. Said yes when you wanted to say no. Built the kind of track record that should be impossible to ignore.

And you're still watching people who work less, deliver less, and demand more get the rooms you earned.

That's not bad luck. That's the trap.

Isha Williams, a Fortune 50 global executive who has led billion-dollar businesses across four continents, spent two decades watching talented people hit this exact ceiling. She named it, mapped it, and on September 1st, she's handing you the way out with her debut book, "The Performer's Trap: 10 Shifts to Move from Quiet Excellence to Intentional Power."

As we move through the America250 celebration, this is the kind of story that deserves a visible place in the national conversation.

"The Lee F. Simmons Story: America’s First African-American Air Force One Steward" introduces readers to a barrier-breaking life marked by service, excellence, and determination. From humble beginnings in Alabama to serving four U.S. Presidents, Lee F. Simmons’s journey reminds us that American history is not only shaped by the names we hear most often, but also by the men and women whose character, courage, and hard work helped move the country forward.

This is a strong summer read for families, educators, libraries, and community organizations looking to share stories that expand how we teach American history. It is also a meaningful title for readers who want children to see Black history, leadership, patriotism, and perseverance reflected on the page in a way that feels accessible and memorable.

If we are going to celebrate 250 years of American history, we should also make room for the people who helped shape it, even if their names were not always centered in the first telling.

Add this title to your July reading list, share it with a young reader, and follow our page for more books that bring overlooked history into full view.

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Even with 250 years of American stories, some of the most significant ones are still finding their audience.

As the country marks its 250th anniversary, "Life Lessons from Air Force One: Growing Up Simmons" puts one of those stories front and center.

Lee F. Simmons served at the highest levels of American history as the nation's first African-American Air Force One Steward. Victor wrote this book so the next generation would know his father's name, understand his sacrifice, and see what it actually looked like to break a barrier with dignity.

Worth reading in any year but in this one, it lands with more weight.

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