Going Down Home with Daddy Plushies to the sixteenth-century empire of

to the sixteenth-century empire of the Kongo

but they didn't know they needed one another until thankfully

Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor

and friendship

Going Down Home with Daddy Plushies to the sixteenth-century empire ofSet at one young boy's annual family reunion, this Caldecott Honor winning picture book is a rich and moving celebration of Black history, culture, and the power of family traditions. "On reunion morning, we rise before the sun. Daddy hums as he packs our car with suitcases and a cooler full of snacks. He says there's nothing like going down home" Down home is Granny's house. Down home is where Lil Alan and his parents and sister will gather with