TY'S TRAVELS: ZIP, ZOOM!

Join Ty on his imaginative adventures in Ty's Travels, a new My First I Can Read series with rhythmic text by Kelly Starling Lyons and joyful art by Nina Mata.

Ty can't wait to ride his brand-new scooter at the park. Other kids zip and zoom by like race cars, but all Ty can do is wobble! Ty wants to give up, but a new friend helps Ty give it another try. Celebrate imagination and the power of persistence in Zip, Zoom!
With simple, rhythmic text and joyful, bright art, this My First series is perfect for the beginning reader.

Key selling points:
DIVERSIFYING I CAN READ: The early reader market, and the children's publishing market at large, continues to primarily feature white children. This offering from Kelly Starling Lyons and Nina Mata helps fill an important need in the market.
BLACK BOY JOY: Kelly Starling Lyons, the author, wanted to create a series that in her words embodied Black Boy Joy. This needed representation, especially in the early reader market, shines through on every page of these books in both the text and the art.

Kelly Starling Lyons is a founding member of The Brown Bookshelf www.thebrownbookshelf.com. Her acclaimed picture books include Ellen's Broom, Going Down Home with Daddy and Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice & Sing Inspired Generations. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Nina Mata is a NYT bestselling illustrator. Her books include Laurie Hernandez's She's Got This, and What Does it Mean to be American? She lives in Rahway, NJ.