Lashon Daley, PhD
HELLO, I'M DR. DALEY
PROFESSOR | YA WRITER | SCHOLAR
I am the director of the National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature, an assistant professor of English and Comparative Literature with a specialization in children’s literature, and an affiliate faculty of the Digital Humanities Initiative at San Diego State University.
My work has appeared in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture, Society and Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, The Black Scholar, and Girlhood Studies Journal.
As a scholar, writer and performer, I thrive on bridging communities together through movement and storytelling.
Available online and in bookstores!
When Mr. Okra drives by in his iconic, painted truck piled high with garden-fresh fruits and vegetables, people hear him calling “I got asparagus. I got eggplant." Mr. Okra’s asparagus are thin and tall like the steeples of St. Louis Cathedral, and his eggplants are as dark as the coffee at Café du Monde.
Bright illustrations of tasty, healthy food pop from the pages of this mouthwatering romp around familiar New Orleans locations. Readers follow the beloved local and his truck as he brings food and song to the city.
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