They've Got Game: The Children's Books of Toni & Slade Morrison
I’ve always had a twinge of envy for novelists who also wrote for children… It was when my son, Slade, provided the material, the slant, that I became fascinated by the idea.
In a nine book collaboration spanning well over a decade, Toni and Slade Morrison deftly crafted stories around themes such as individualism, independence of thought, family connections, freedom, imagination, and the empowerment of self.
Toni and Slade Morrison at the Who's Got Game? book signing at Barnes and Noble Union Square, New York on June 18, 2003 (ZUMA Press, Inc.)
I see the stories the way a painter sees: not just in shapes, line and color, but also the tension, the question, uncertainty.