Happy Nappy Storytelling Presents: J.D. and the Family Business with author J. Dillard and Illustrator Gordon C. James

Join J. Dillard A.K.A. the Barberpreneur for a a children's reading event of J.D. and the Family Business, the latest in his J.D. the Kid Barber Series- moderated by Gordon C. James, illustrator of the critically acclaimed picture book Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (by Derrick Barnes)

J. Dillard (known as the Barberpreneur) is a former managing partner for ConAllegiance, a consulting firm based out of Atlanta, Georgia. He is a master barber, a certified consultant, and an industry leader who started cutting his own hair at the age of ten. After many trials and tribulations, he began cutting hair professionally in 1999 and became a shop owner while attending college at Tuskegee University in Alabama. He travels the country with his clients as a personal barber and calls Atlanta home. This is his first book series for children.

Gordon C. James illustrated the critically acclaimed picture book Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (by Derrick Barnes), which received a Caldecott Honor, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor, the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers, and a Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. He also illustrated Let 'Er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion (by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson). He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.