Learn all about the community-centered holiday with these fun, educational Kwanzaa books for young readers Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

The original book was published in 1995 and it has — I'm being immodest in saying — but weathered well. I find people have it on their Kwanzaa setups and it is now out of print, long out of ...

“Kwanzaa is a time to come together, a time for people to renew and regroup and revivify.” This reflection led her to create a new edition of her classic book, which features recipes and a ...