Author
James Ransome
3 books here
The Bell Rang
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 450L · 2019
A quietly powerful picture book about how small kindnesses compound—Ransome's warm, detailed watercolors make each act feel real and worth noticing.
Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman
Picture book · ages 6–10 · 620L · 2019
Ransome's watercolors and restrained, unflinching text make this the most honest introduction to Harriet Tubman for early elementary readers—shows childhood vulnerability and adult iron without didacticism.
Uncle Jed's Barbershop
Picture book · ages 5–9 · 650L
A genuinely moving portrait of dignity and generational hope — the illustrations anchor the emotional weight, and kids sense immediately that Uncle Jed's dream matters beyond the page.