Speaker 1: Molik Bus has all the knowledge you want. My Leak
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Speaker 2: Chat they have all the books that the whole wild
Speaker 2: world one of read League Bus. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to
Speaker 2: Malik's Bookshow, bringing a world together with books, culture and community. Hi,
Speaker 2: my name is Malik, your host of Malik's Book Show.
Speaker 2: I'm outside. I'm in nature. You might hear some crookeds,
Speaker 2: you might hear some wind, you might hear some airplanes
Speaker 2: going around. You might even hear somebody huffing and puffing
Speaker 2: and running down the field.
Speaker 1: But I'm out in the wild.
Speaker 2: I'm out in the nature, I'm out in the community,
Speaker 2: and I'm sitting here recording my podcast.
Speaker 1: It was a wonderful, wonderful week.
Speaker 2: I want to share an interview I did with Jessica
Speaker 2: and Parker Carrie.
Speaker 1: At the bookstore.
Speaker 2: We did a podcast line at the bookstore with gold Daddy.
Speaker 2: We were filming a video about our brand, our mission
Speaker 2: at Malik Books. And Jessica and Parker Carry, who wrote
Speaker 2: a couple of books, well not just a couple more
Speaker 2: they got about eight books.
Speaker 1: And she started when she was two years old.
Speaker 2: Parker Carry with Parker looks up and the latest book is.
Speaker 1: The Slumber Party.
Speaker 2: But I interviewed both Parker and Jessica her mother at
Speaker 2: Malik Books, and I'm gonna share that interview.
Speaker 1: You're gonna hear. She's nine now and.
Speaker 2: Like I said, got about eight books and she started
Speaker 2: out at two years old with the first one. So
Speaker 2: she's talking with me as well as her mother, and
Speaker 2: I'm gonna feature that interview. Also was invited to Tavis Smiley.
Speaker 2: Y'all know Tavis Smiley. He's only one of the most
Speaker 2: decorated host that was on I Believe It air for
Speaker 2: like fourteen years with PBS as an interview hosted the
Speaker 2: PPS Show, interview just about everybody that you can think of,
Speaker 2: from Obama to Biden, to.
Speaker 1: Celebrities and you name it. He's interviewed him. Well.
Speaker 2: Anyway, I was invited to his birthday party, but more
Speaker 2: important it was his sixtieth birthday party.
Speaker 1: But more importantly it.
Speaker 3: Was his.
Speaker 2: His celebration of the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award that he
Speaker 2: received by Joe Biden. So it was a combination of
Speaker 2: an award ceremony to share with the people that love him,
Speaker 2: the friends and the family.
Speaker 1: The Presidential Lifetime Achievement.
Speaker 2: Award that he received by Joe Biden and his sixtieth
Speaker 2: birthday party. Malik was honored to be a guest and
Speaker 2: be invited to a stellar event downtown in LA on
Speaker 2: a short list like that. That was amazing, It was incredible.
Speaker 2: It was man just to be there. It lets me
Speaker 2: know that I'm doing something. Then I'm doing something in
Speaker 2: the community. That Tavis thought there was necessary, well not
Speaker 2: nothing used to word necessary that Malik be invited to
Speaker 2: his celebratory presidential Lifetime Achievement award and his sixtieth birthday party.
Speaker 1: So I'm honored because Tavis is known.
Speaker 2: You can watch the State of the Union videos, the
Speaker 2: State of Black America videos, the State of the Union
Speaker 2: videos that he's done over the years where he invited
Speaker 2: some of the top intellectual educators, scholars, grassroots leaders, political advocates,
Speaker 2: you name it. They've been at the State of the
Speaker 2: Union and they still run those State of the Unions.
Speaker 2: I guess on YouTube in the house was Cordnell West,
Speaker 2: doctor Cordnell West, and guess what. Malik was able to
Speaker 2: get a SoundBite from doctor Cortnell West, who done.
Speaker 1: The main honorary award ceremony.
Speaker 2: For Tavis Smyle. They've been together for a long time.
Speaker 2: They've traveled this whole globe. They've done so many things together,
Speaker 2: and they're very close and dear friend like brothers. Where
Speaker 2: doctor Cornell West was in the house and he threw
Speaker 2: down this is the most intellectual, most extraordinary person I
Speaker 2: think I've ever interviewed, simply because this brother.
Speaker 1: Has taught some of the greatest sea because.
Speaker 2: You know, he taught at Harvard University. He taught that
Speaker 2: major university, I mean, you name it, he's been there.
Speaker 1: And this guy is one of.
Speaker 2: The most intellectual, one of the most educated, one of
Speaker 2: the most gifted brothers.
Speaker 1: That I was able to talk to briefly.
Speaker 2: I was able to get a sound bite from about
Speaker 2: the importance of reading.
Speaker 1: I'm running out on this show.
Speaker 2: But doctor Cornell West, I never thought that I would
Speaker 2: run into him or have a conversation with him, Not
Speaker 2: that I ever thought about it, but the fact that
Speaker 2: the matter is, we were all in the same house
Speaker 2: and I said to mine, I got to run up
Speaker 2: on doctor Cornell. That's the most Listen, we talk about
Speaker 2: WD boys, we talk about Booker t Why, we talk
Speaker 2: about a lot of advocates intellectuals, extraordinary leaders of yesterday.
Speaker 2: Doctor Cornell West is a modern day leader. Tavin Smarty
Speaker 2: Smiley is a modern day leader. I was able to
Speaker 2: talk to doctor Cornel what he's the modern.
Speaker 1: Day w E D the Boys. Let's just keep it real.
Speaker 2: He's the modern day w E D the Boys because
Speaker 2: because he back in the day he was an insulact.
Speaker 2: He was known as doing the Harlem renalsce w E
Speaker 2: the boyd. I'm sorry, doctor w E the Boys. He
Speaker 2: was the modern day you know, he was back in
Speaker 2: the past. He was the renaissance, Holland Renaissance. He was,
Speaker 2: you know, known for all education, and he talked to
Speaker 2: the masters of the people, and he had a philosophy.
Speaker 1: He was highly.
Speaker 2: Educated, and he wanted to see black people elevate in
Speaker 2: America despite past slavery and oppression and so forth. Anyway,
Speaker 2: doctor Cort there, it's the modern day w boy. That's
Speaker 2: the level that this brother has been on and the
Speaker 2: impact that he's made. He can he everywhere he travels.
Speaker 2: I was told his students always recognize him. A lot
Speaker 2: of his students are running major corporations. A lot of
Speaker 2: his students are palanzouses. A lot of his students are
Speaker 2: engaged world. Why so, hey, I got a chance. Hey
Speaker 2: it's not that long, but hey, I rolled up on
Speaker 2: him and I got a sound bite, and it's about
Speaker 2: the importance of reading. And I'm gonna air that on
Speaker 2: this so stay tuned for this episode, doctor Cornell. Well,
Speaker 2: I can't leave with I'm getting a sound bite for
Speaker 2: you why it's important to read.
Speaker 4: Oh, brother Malik, I'm telling you read. You get a
Speaker 4: chance to think. When you think critically, you get a
Speaker 4: chance to cultivate courage and bad worldness to make the
Speaker 4: world a better place. And there's a lot of joy
Speaker 4: in reading, not just pleasure, but joy in reading. Deplore
Speaker 4: the world's explore the dementias of what it is to
Speaker 4: be human. And then at the same time, you can
Speaker 4: do it rhythmically, brother, I mean you say, do it with.
Speaker 1: A little style.
Speaker 4: You do it off, beating on the beat, little dissonance here,
Speaker 4: little residence there.
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, because that's what read on you we got.
Speaker 4: Well, we gotta love the young folk and be an
Speaker 4: example of them, so they want to read and reach
Speaker 4: y'all to them.
Speaker 5: How y'all doing that?
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, doctor Webb, thank you.
Speaker 2: Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to Malie's Book Show, bringing a world
Speaker 2: together with books, culture and community. Hi, my name is Malik,
Speaker 2: your host of Malik's Book Show. Welcome Jessica and Parker.
Speaker 5: Thank you. We're so excited to be here.
Speaker 1: Wonderful.
Speaker 2: Well, hey y'all two big upcoming children authors, and I'm
Speaker 2: so excited that I have you on my podcast today
Speaker 2: and we're gonna get right into it. We're gonna talk
Speaker 2: about your wonderful book that came out a.
Speaker 1: Few years ago.
Speaker 2: So when you became a child author, both of you
Speaker 2: collaborated on this book.
Speaker 1: Called Parker Looks Up. Can you tell me how that
Speaker 1: came about?
Speaker 3: So Parker Looks Up as our first book, and it
Speaker 3: was really inspired by a really special moment that Parker
Speaker 3: and I and her sister had at the National Portrait
Speaker 3: Gallery in DC, where I was born and raised in
Speaker 3: where Parker was born. The Obama portraits had just been unveiled,
Speaker 3: and I thought that it would be really important and
Speaker 3: special for Parker and her sister to see the portraits
Speaker 3: and just recognize like the excellence in who the Obamas
Speaker 3: are and everything that they did for our country. So
Speaker 3: we went to the National Portrait Gallery and we saw
Speaker 3: a ton of portraits. We love art, loved taking in art.
Speaker 3: We're all about culture. And although we saw so many
Speaker 3: different paintings that day, just as we left, we made
Speaker 3: our way to Michelle Obama's portrait. And when we got
Speaker 3: to the portrait, you know, like most parents, I wanted
Speaker 3: a picture of Parker with the portrait behind her. But
Speaker 3: when we got there, yeah, so many pictures, I know.
Speaker 3: But we got there and Parker just froze. She wouldn't
Speaker 3: turn around to face me. She was staring at the
Speaker 3: portrait and I was begging.
Speaker 5: Parker, turn around, turn around, turned around, and she wouldn't
Speaker 5: turn around.
Speaker 3: And two seconds later she zipped down the hallway and
Speaker 3: we left that day. I left feeling inspired, feeling proud.
Speaker 3: And the next morning I woke up to literally hundreds
Speaker 3: of text messages and phone calls from family friends, from colleagues,
Speaker 3: like elementary school friends, aunties, uncles from all over the country.
Speaker 3: And it's a really funny story because at the time
Speaker 3: I was really adamant that I wasn't gonna post my
Speaker 3: children's faces on the internet. I didn't want them to
Speaker 3: have a digital footprint. Until they decided that they wanted
Speaker 3: to share their identity with the Internet, because you know,
Speaker 3: whatever you put out there, it stays there. So people
Speaker 3: were sending me this picture and it looked like a
Speaker 3: little girl, a little black girl. She had the same
Speaker 3: hairstyle as Parker, the same house as Parker. But I said,
Speaker 3: there's no way I didn't take this picture from this angle.
Speaker 5: And it was a picture of her looking up at.
Speaker 3: Michelle Obama's portrait in that moment when I couldn't get
Speaker 3: her to turn around, and her mouth was just open,
Speaker 3: and she was clearly having an extraordinary moment with that portrait.
Speaker 3: And the photo went viral and it was shared all
Speaker 3: over the world in different languages with all people. Yeah,
Speaker 3: who would have thought, right, And then the visits to
Speaker 3: the museum turned into this really special, inspiring moment, and
Speaker 3: you know when it happened, I was just I was honored.
Speaker 3: I was excited that, you know, my little person, who
Speaker 3: was two at the time, you know, was in this
Speaker 3: image that was so powerful. And a couple of days after,
Speaker 3: missus Obama called and we went to her office and
Speaker 3: we met her and we talked. We had great conversation.
Speaker 3: She's every and anything that you could expect her to be. Warm, generous,
Speaker 3: kind and intelligent, beautiful and they had a dance party together.
Speaker 3: What yep, And you know what, it was a really
Speaker 3: special day. And we left that day feeling really inspired,
Speaker 3: and we went on about, you know, our life, our
Speaker 3: little life, continuing going to ballet classes and museums and
Speaker 3: doing the things that we love to do. And everyone
Speaker 3: was asking me in the months after that photo, what
Speaker 3: are you gonna do? You should do something? Maybe should
Speaker 3: maybe she should model, maybe she should be a kid actor,
Speaker 3: And I.
Speaker 5: Was like, you know, I don't know.
Speaker 3: I think Parker's happy going to ballet, being a little kid,
Speaker 3: being a two year old doing the things that she loves,
Speaker 3: and I'm happy with that too.
Speaker 5: That fills me up. But I'm I wanted to do.
Speaker 3: Something special for not only her, so that she could
Speaker 3: really hold on to this moment and understand.
Speaker 5: How impactful it was as she grew up.
Speaker 3: But I also wanted little boys and girls all over
Speaker 3: the country, all over the world who might not have
Speaker 3: the opportunity to get to DC to see the portrait,
Speaker 3: to see it. And that's why it's in the book
Speaker 3: that reimagining of the portrait is in the book, so
Speaker 3: that other kids can see it and they can feel
Speaker 3: the magic of that moment. So I wrote the book
Speaker 3: and it became a New York and it was an
Speaker 3: instant New York Times bestseller. And we've been really lucky
Speaker 3: to travel all over the country sharing that book with
Speaker 3: little kids and organizations and schools, And I really think
Speaker 3: that that's what it's all about, inspiring others. Rights It's
Speaker 3: the greatest gift you can give to another person, to
Speaker 3: inspire them.
Speaker 2: Absolute Parker, how has this whirlwind been? You started his journey.
Speaker 1: Two Now you what nine? Yeah, look at that, that's
Speaker 1: seven years.
Speaker 2: Tell us about how this journey this world when you've
Speaker 2: been on, not every nine year old has experienced being
Speaker 2: an author and being going viral.
Speaker 6: It's different than most other kids because every almost every
Speaker 6: time I walk into a new classroom because I'm in
Speaker 6: second grade, I go to third grade and my teacher goes.
Speaker 5: Wait a minute, you're Parker.
Speaker 6: Every teacher that I've ever met will almost do that
Speaker 6: exact same response to me, knowing that I'm a New
Speaker 6: York Times bestselling author.
Speaker 5: Man, that's incredible.
Speaker 2: Not only a New York Times bestseller, but you nine
Speaker 2: people you have inspired inspired over these years through Parker
Speaker 2: looks Up and all the other subsequent books Thing you
Speaker 2: got books came out to help people read level one.
Speaker 1: Are there some level twos and threes.
Speaker 5: There's just level one of the ready to read's right now.
Speaker 5: But our literary.
Speaker 3: Collection continues to grow. We feel really lucky that we've
Speaker 3: had the opportunity to keep writing books and having them
Speaker 3: keep being published by Simon and Schuster, who's been such
Speaker 3: a wonderful partner much like you, thank you. And we
Speaker 3: just tell real stories. The stories are about Parker and
Speaker 3: me and my other two children and our life and
Speaker 3: and just our day to day adventures, because that that's
Speaker 3: what it's about, right, Parker had an extraordinary moment, But kids,
Speaker 3: every day, every moment, they're taking in the world around them,
Speaker 3: and it's extraordinary to them.
Speaker 5: It's new.
Speaker 3: They're finding inspiration in the littlest pieces of the world
Speaker 3: that we live in.
Speaker 5: And so we just we just feel really true, that's true.
Speaker 2: And it's all about taking that moment and then moret
Speaker 2: you know, making it immortalize it, Yeah, make it live forever.
Speaker 2: And that's what you've done in these books. Because books
Speaker 2: is the gift keeps on.
Speaker 5: Gift keeps on giving forever.
Speaker 2: Yes, and so Parker, that must be incredible. You go out,
Speaker 2: you speak to kids and adults, and you.
Speaker 1: Do book signings. Tell us about that and that experience.
Speaker 6: Book tangs are a lot of fun because most of
Speaker 6: the time when I do book signings, a lot of
Speaker 6: people that I know would come and support me.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes, you got a lot of new friends. Yeah, yes, yes,
Speaker 2: Now I got a question. You got a cell phone, Yeah,
Speaker 2: you got a social media account, post a lot of
Speaker 2: things that you have done, your books, your events.
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, that's right.
Speaker 2: So you got control on round yeah yeah, yeah, but
Speaker 2: that's good because I'll follow you.
Speaker 5: Yeah, we follow We've all miss from Elite TiO.
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, you know.
Speaker 2: I you know, I remember the day that you came
Speaker 2: to Elite Books here right here at the Westfield Mall.
Speaker 1: And we met and from then we built a relationship.
Speaker 2: We posted events at the Los Angeles Festival Books and
Speaker 2: you the book signings with us several times. And we've
Speaker 2: also done events right here at the Westfield Mall during
Speaker 2: the Winner I think it was called the Widow Wonderland
Speaker 2: and last year there was incredible and and we'll continue
Speaker 2: to do more events in the future.
Speaker 1: But just tell us about that relationship. What brought you
Speaker 1: to Malite Books? Did you stumble on us?
Speaker 5: I did?
Speaker 1: I did.
Speaker 5: Indeed. You know, I'm from d.
Speaker 7: C and we all from d born and raised in
Speaker 7: d C, d M d M V right, d m
Speaker 7: V d M v DC.
Speaker 5: Proper, we're from d C B not Maryland born.
Speaker 3: And so we had just we just moved to California
Speaker 3: about three years ago during the pandemic. You know, I
Speaker 3: think a lot of people realized during the pandemic, like
Speaker 3: life is short. You need to go do what you
Speaker 3: want to do, and do it now because you never
Speaker 3: know when the last day is going to be. And
Speaker 3: so we had just moved here, We've probably been here
Speaker 3: a week, and we were like, let's go to the mall.
Speaker 3: I don't even remember what we came for, but I
Speaker 3: know that as soon as we came in the mall,
Speaker 3: we came through Macy's and I looked across the aisle.
Speaker 3: I said, Leak Books, sounds like a store I need
Speaker 3: to go in. I like books, Malik sounded like one
Speaker 3: of my brothers.
Speaker 5: I need to go on in.
Speaker 3: And we walked up and as I got closer, my
Speaker 3: my mouth just got wider and wider and wider, because
Speaker 3: what I could see through the glass was this wall
Speaker 3: on this side right, and all I could see was
Speaker 3: ceiling to floor books by black authors, authors of color,
Speaker 3: books featuring main characters of color, little black kids, little
Speaker 3: black boys, picture books. That one bookshelf up there used
Speaker 3: to be all picture books. And I said, oh, I
Speaker 3: have to go in. And I went in and I
Speaker 3: stood in front of that bookshelf for about five minutes
Speaker 3: looking at all the books.
Speaker 5: I said, our book, we have our book. I was
Speaker 5: so excited.
Speaker 3: I literally cut through the aisles and I came up
Speaker 3: here and I was like, Hi, how are you, sir?
Speaker 3: I need to speak to the owner and he said, oh, well,
Speaker 3: you got the right person, that's me. And I said, listen,
Speaker 3: can I just express gratitude just before I say anything,
Speaker 3: Let me just express gratitude for this beautiful bookstore you have,
Speaker 3: with all these beautiful minority books, all these children's picture
Speaker 3: books with children of color.
Speaker 5: I said, I cry. I said, I'm this is incredible.
Speaker 3: I've never seen this many black books and whate place, which,
Speaker 3: of course from we're very excited to hear that. And
Speaker 3: you know, I went on to say you know. My
Speaker 3: name is Jessica. I'm from DC. Immediately we connected over that,
Speaker 3: of course, and I was like, you have my book
Speaker 3: on your bookshelf and he was.
Speaker 5: Like, what do I What book is it? And I said,
Speaker 5: Parker looks up. Immediately he comes around the counter.
Speaker 3: We're hugging, we're talking. I said, you know what, we
Speaker 3: just moved here. I haven't been in one other bookstore
Speaker 3: in LA yet.
Speaker 5: But I want you, if you will.
Speaker 3: Have us, I want you to be our partner in
Speaker 3: California when we do events.
Speaker 5: I want you to be our bookseller.
Speaker 3: I will tell our publisher you are who we use
Speaker 3: when we do events.
Speaker 5: And let's be partners. Let's lift each other up.
Speaker 3: Let's make community together and inspire the community together.
Speaker 5: Whatever we can do together, let's do it. And I think.
Speaker 3: It probably wasn't but a few months after that we
Speaker 3: probably did our first event together. It's been three years
Speaker 3: now that we've had this wonderful, wonderful, beautiful relationship. We
Speaker 3: check in with each other, we do events together, we
Speaker 3: try to help each other however we can. Whenever someone
Speaker 3: finds out that Parker and I are authors, that we
Speaker 3: have these beautiful books, the first thing I say is
Speaker 3: go to myleek books. Hello, he carries all the books.
Speaker 3: They've got two locations. Whoa, you can find our books there.
Speaker 3: Go there, tell them. And it's been just a joy
Speaker 3: and an honor to be a partner of you and
Speaker 3: April and be friends with you all and have community
Speaker 3: with you all.
Speaker 5: Just just really just really grateful to have you in
Speaker 5: our life.
Speaker 1: Wonderful, wonderful.
Speaker 2: You know, I'm blessed, you know, to beat it on
Speaker 2: that day to meet you. You know, I could have
Speaker 2: been some will, but everything came together and no coincidence.
Speaker 2: We were meant to meet and we were meant to
Speaker 2: work together, and that has taken place now. You know,
Speaker 2: you walked into the books store, you saw the legacy wall.
Speaker 2: I got sixty foot of children books leading all the
Speaker 2: way up to young adult.
Speaker 5: Nothing like it in the country.
Speaker 2: Now, Parker, I believe children of one hundred percent of
Speaker 2: the future.
Speaker 5: Absolutely.
Speaker 1: Everything we do.
Speaker 2: Here is to inspire you in the next generation, and you,
Speaker 2: at such an early age, is doing just that. You know,
Speaker 2: when I look at your books and I see the images,
Speaker 2: the illustrations, and the Parker looks up expressed a very
Speaker 2: positive image of a little young black Girl, and your
Speaker 2: books have evolved to show a melting pot of young
Speaker 2: boys and girls and inspire them to read.
Speaker 1: I just want you to.
Speaker 2: You know, tell me in your own words, how does
Speaker 2: that feel?
Speaker 6: It feels great?
Speaker 1: Wow, amazing?
Speaker 5: And I'm I'm.
Speaker 2: Sure that each book leads to the next book. And
Speaker 2: the next book that just came out was Parker Summer Party.
Speaker 2: How did that come about?
Speaker 6: Uh? It just came about because when I was younger
Speaker 6: and I lived in Washington, I had a best friend
Speaker 6: named Ga Jones, which is in the Bucks, and we
Speaker 6: had summer parties all the time. We'd stay up almost
Speaker 6: all night talking. We couldn't get to bed, even if
Speaker 6: our mom thought we were asleep, we were. We were
Speaker 6: away playing, doing stuff in gas bed, messing with her clock,
Speaker 6: breaking something probably wow.
Speaker 2: Having fun. Yes, having a good time. Ka's Slummer Party
Speaker 2: is an expression of just you being.
Speaker 1: A young girl.
Speaker 5: Huh yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah. And is that how you come up with the
Speaker 2: idea DearS for all of your books?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Yes, Real stories are stories, stories that matter to her.
Speaker 3: She does a lot of the leading now. She chooses
Speaker 3: what we're going to write about, what the next story
Speaker 3: is going to be about. And I think that is
Speaker 3: what makes them so special, is that they're real stories
Speaker 3: that are universal. Right, everybody can relate to their first
Speaker 3: slumber party, whether it was with friends or cousins, or
Speaker 3: at an auntie or an uncle's house. Slumber parties, we
Speaker 3: all go through that.
Speaker 2: So, Yes, and I think one of the titles of
Speaker 2: you book, Parker's Big Feelings, is that the title, Yeah,
Speaker 2: Parker's big feeling, and well, what's the big feeling?
Speaker 3: The big feelings are because at seven, eight, nine years old,
Speaker 3: we have big feelings, we do, and you know, even
Speaker 3: adults we have big feelings, you know, and mental health
Speaker 3: is really important to me, it's one of my passions.
Speaker 3: And I felt like writing a story about something that's
Speaker 3: super personal to her, super personal to me as a mom,
Speaker 3: trying to help her manage those big feelings, trying to
Speaker 3: manage my big feelings and helping her with her big feelings.
Speaker 3: Everybody can relate to that, you know, And there's a
Speaker 3: million ways you can cope with those big feelings. So
Speaker 3: just wanted to put a few of those ideas on
Speaker 3: paper for the littlest readers to know that they all
Speaker 3: have big feelings and you can deal with them.
Speaker 2: Yes, where they all the books are inspiring, they're encouraging,
Speaker 2: they're motivating, they're uplifting. You're touching a lot of kids,
Speaker 2: you're touching a lot of parents.
Speaker 1: Listen.
Speaker 2: What you're doing is incredible and I just want you
Speaker 2: to know it.
Speaker 1: If nobody else did. I know your mama didn't told.
Speaker 2: You that, but I'm telling you as Alit the owner
Speaker 2: of Malique Books.
Speaker 1: I'm very impressed. I'm looking to see what's next.
Speaker 2: I've been following you since the first book, and I'm
Speaker 2: gonna continue to follow you until further books. Just just
Speaker 2: the beginning, I could see the big screen. I could
Speaker 2: see probably unanimated story on TV on your books, the
Speaker 2: character Parker.
Speaker 1: Wouldn't that be amazing? I got it out of them.
Speaker 5: Yes, it's a.
Speaker 1: Amation series coming to you soon.
Speaker 5: It's in production.
Speaker 3: If you know a buyer, hello, you know someone that Netflix, Disney,
Speaker 3: let us know.
Speaker 5: But yeah, we're working on it. It's in production right now.
Speaker 2: That means you gotta look out for Jessica and Parker
Speaker 2: carry You need to tell them where to find you
Speaker 2: right now.
Speaker 3: You can find us on Instagram at Parker Curry. It's
Speaker 3: Parker's Instagram. We also have another Instagram, happy mom and
Speaker 3: happy Babies. That's my where I put all my things
Speaker 3: that the kids are doing. Things that I'm doing with
Speaker 3: the kids inspire me.
Speaker 6: As five hundred and fifty eight photos.
Speaker 2: Hell say that again, I did not have that many photos.
Speaker 1: Yay.
Speaker 5: No, I wish I had enough.
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