Rio Cortez - Books

Rio Cortez is the New York Times bestselling author of picture books The ABCs of Black History (Workman, 2020) and The River Is My Sea (S&S, 2024). Her debut poetry collection, Golden Ax, is forthcoming from Penguin Poets this August, 2022.

The ABCs of Black History

2024

An alphabet book that presents key names, moments, and places in Black history with simple