Questlove with S. A. Cosby

THE ONE AND ONLY QUESTLOVE: Questlove has authored many books but this will be his fiction and children's debut. Known first and foremost as a member of The Roots, he is also the musical director for The Tonight Show where The Roots play as the house band. Drummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur, and a New York Times bestselling author, Questlove is a five-time Grammy award-winning musician and the Sundance award-winning director of Summer of Soul. A creator through and through, his latest venture, this new middle grade series, carries his signature humor, warmth, and artistic spirit.

PERFECT WRITING PARNTER: Questlove has partnered with the award-winning author S.A. Cosby to bring this vibrant world and fantastic characters to life. Shawn is the author of the critically acclaimed and LA Times Book Prize winner Blacktop Wasteland and this is also his children's debut. Together their writing is magic and they've written characters similar to them as kids-nerdy sci-fi bookworms obsessed with hip-hop who would have loved to have gone on a time traveling adventure to see their favorite bands.

FUNNY, STAND OUT VOICE AND WRITING: The voice here is fantastic. Rahim and Kasia are hilarious on their own, but together they are outstanding with their playful jabs at each other and quick-witted retorts which make for a page turning read. At the same time, underneath the humor is a heartwarming classic middle grade adventure that thoughtfully dares kids to dream big and wide.

FAST-PACED TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE: This is a compulsively readable fast-paced adventure starring two Black kids who have inadvertently created their own Choose Your Own Adventure as Rahim becomes stuck in the past and together with Kasia must find a way out without destroying their timeline. The characters are lovable, the world inventive, and is exactly the kind of story readers are clamoring for-one that brings an immediate smile to your face and kids won't be able to put down.

MORE TO COME: We have two more books scheduled in this fun-tastic series, set to publish once a year with paperbacks slotted just ahead of frontlist titles.