Through Sand and Salt: A Tale of Discovery Across the Sahara Book cover type:Hardcover and the media filled in

and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: a white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter

and carries readers on an epic and spirit-affirming journey toward transformation

Black America was built by brave pioneers—men and women taken from Africa

and her dog

but difficulties at home almost break her spirit

Through Sand and Salt: A Tale of Discovery Across the Sahara Book cover type:Hardcover and the media filled inA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection From critically acclaimed artist Elizabeth Zunon, a picture book about one boy on a journey to deliver salt across the desert a journey that will reveal the precious rock's true value. In the Sahara, salt is worth its weight in gold. When Malik is finally old enough to join his father's caravan, transporting salt across the long trade route to Timbuktu, he can't wait to prove himself worthy of this big