About

Tracey Baptiste is a New York Times bestselling author, best known for the creepy Caribbean Jumbies trilogy. She is also the author of MINECRAFT: THE CRASH, AFRICAN ICONS: TEN PEOPLE WHO SHAPED HISTORY, and the graphic nonfiction ROSA PARKS AND CLAUDETTE COLVIN: CIVIL RIGHTS HEROES. Tracey writes fiction and nonfiction picture books, middle grade, young adult, and graphic novels. She is a former elementary school teacher, curriculum designer, and editor. She currently writes full time and teaches in the low residency creative writing program at Lesley University. Tracey travels for school visits anywhere in the world.
Contact her at www.traceybaptiste.com.

Featured Work

Mermaid and Pirate

2023
Cover image of Mermaid and Pirate. Blue cover with Black mermaid and Black pirate looking at each other with a background of sea creatures such as crabs, coral, and fish.

Glub glub…
Aargh...
Mermaid and Pirate cannot understand each other. They speak different languages and come from different worlds. But they’re quick to lend a hand, or a tail, when the sky grows stormy and waters get rough, and a friendship is born. Sometimes kindness and generosity speak louder than words.

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