One day not too long ago, Yvette Cole M’16 was looking for a fun and engaging book to read to her Stamford, Connecticut, kindergarten class that related in an engaging way to Black history in America. Her choices were surprisingly few.
So, she wrote one herself.
Cole, who has a master’s degree in childhood education from UHart’s College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions, recently published a picture-story book called Harriet’s Dinner Party, mixing historical facts with a fanciful tale of discovery.
The first-time author, who was born and raised in the Harlem section of northern Manhattan, is a dedicated advocate for implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion into daily school curricula. Harriet's Dinner Party does just that, giving teachers and parents an enjoyable and effective way to enlighten children in kindergarten through third grade about significant figures in Black history, including Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King Jr.