# Early Sunday Morning - Hardcover

by **Denene Millner** (Author), **Vanessa Brantley-Newton** (Illustrator)

**In this heartwarming story of love and family, a community comes together to help a young girl find the courage to lift her mighty voice.**

Sundays are June's favorite days because she gets to spend it with Mommy, Daddy, and her brother, Troy. Next Sunday is more special than most, because she will be leading the youth choir in front of her entire church.

June loves to sing. She sings loud, silly songs with Daddy, she sings to herself in front of the bedroom mirror, but performing in front of the entire congregation is another thing altogether. As her special moment approaches, June leans on the support of her whole community to conquer her fear of singing in front of the congregation.

### Author Biography

Denene Millner is a _New York Times_ bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and director of the Denene Millner Books imprint. She has written thirty books for adults, teens, and children, among them _Around the Way Girl_, a memoir with actress Taraji P. Henson, and _Early Sunday Morning,_ a children's picture book. She is also the founder of MyBrownBaby.com, a critically acclaimed blog that examines the intersection of parenting and race, and the host of _Speakeasy with Denene_, a podcast produced by Georgia Public Broadcasting. Denene lives in Atlanta with her two daughters and their adorable Goldendoodle, Teddy.

Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a self-taught artist and has attended both FIT and SVA of New York, where she studied fashion and children's illustration. Vanessa is the illustrator of _A Night Out with Mama_ by Quvenzhané Wallis, _The Youngest Marcher_ by Cynthia Levinson, _Presenting...Tallulah_ by Tori Spelling, and _Early Sunday Morning_ by Denene Millner, among others. She hopes that when people look at her work, it will make them feel happy in some way, or even reclaim a bit of their childhood.

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 9.9 x 8.3 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** May 05, 2020

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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