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Dr. Steven Barnett, Senior Co-Director and Founder of the National Institute for Early Education Research, talks with Roberta Gonzalez, Director of Early Learning Program at El Rancho Unified School District, about Transitional Kindergarten (TK) as California prepares to roll out universal TK.

Black Girl, Brown Girl Books, a new publishing company created by Ingrid Estrada-Darley and Crystal Hawkins, aims to increase the representation of black and brown children in children’s literature. With the recent release of Crystal and Ingrid's first co-authored book, Soul Sisters, Crystal shares with Wendy Hernandez and LaWanda Wesley about why she and Ingrid started this company. Together, the three discuss the importance of increasing multicultural representation in children's literature. Soul Sisters is read aloud in both English and Spanish during the episode.