Charmaine Wilkerson

Exciting news! Compendium has joined the Penguin Random House family, bringing a proven line of bestselling, sentiment-driven gifts to our extensive and ever-growing catalog. Since 1985, Compendium has been creating meaningful moments with beautiful, thoughtfully made gifts that center connection and celebrate occasions both big and small. From greeting cards to inspirational books to impulse-friendly add-ons, Compendium

Charmaine Wilkerson’s bestselling multigenerational family epic, Black Cake, has been adapted into a series which is now streaming on Hulu! Black Cake follows two siblings, Benny and Byron, who inherit a mysterious black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording after their mother Eleanor’s death. In her message, Eleanor

From the twins to the crab, chatty Gemini yields to caring Cancer from June 22 – July 22 in the Western zodiac. Appropriately for summer, Cancer is a water sign ruled by the moon, both of which symbolize Cancer’s tendency towards changeable moods and their deep connection with the rhythms of the world. The key

Image from Gee’s Bend: Equal Justice by Essie Bendolph Pettway, Paulson Fontaine Press   February is Black History Month! Continue to celebrate the stories and achievements of the Black community throughout February and the rest of the year through self-education, conversation and action. Black History Month Amplify Black Voices: Cookbooks Amplify Black Stories: Children’s Books Amplify Black