Stacey Patton

About The Author

Dr. Stacey Patton is an award-winning journalist and child advocate who teaches digital storytelling and media literacy at Howard University. She writes frequently about race and child welfare issues for The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, BBC News, and The Root, and has won numerous journalism awards and academic honors. Dr. Patton also is the author of the memoir That Mean Old Yesterday. Not My Cat is her first picture book. Visit her at SpareTheKids.com.

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Books by Stacey Patton

Not My Cat

By Stacey Patton

Illustrated by Acamy Schleikorn

Based on the author’s real experience, this charming and hilarious picture book follows a solitary homeowner who insists she’s much too busy to adopt a stray cat…until the cat adopts her.

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That Mean Old Yesterday

An Abused Girl's Fight for Survival

By Stacey Patton

'So there I was - a twenty-one year old black female university student walking down a suburban street with a gun, no shoes and murder on my mind. I was going to kill the past. I didn't know what else to do with it' Stacey Patton today is a vibrant and impressive young woman with a promising care...

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