“Priso channels ancestral memory, diasporic beauty, and emotional truth into stories that celebrate Black children and broaden global understanding.”
— HeartandSoul.com
WELCOME TO ROOTS & RHYTHMS STORYBOOKS
Your child’s passport to wonder! Explore cultures, kindness, and imagination with every page.
Where Culture, Story and Magic Meet.
At Roots & Rhythms, we create beautifully crafted children’s books that celebrate culture, curiosity, and nurture emotional intelligence in young readers.
Through rich stories and diverse voices, young readers explore traditions, emotions, and everyday magic from around the world.
🌍 Discover cultures through story
đź“– Bilingual titles in English and French
đź’› Build kindness, empathy & connection
Introducing Our New Series: Little Big Moves
Big feelings. Bold movement. Beautiful kids — just being themselves.
Meet Tutu, a joyful little girl who doesn’t always have the words to explain how she feels — so she moves! When she’s excited, she twirls. When she’s nervous, she taps her toes. And when she needs a little love… she becomes the Cuddle Bunny.
Little Big Moves is our newest story series celebrating how children express themselves — in their own way, at their own rhythm.
Perfect for every child who feels deeply, wiggles often, or loves to move through big emotions.
🎬 Watch the sneak peek to see Tutu come to life in a short animated clip.
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🎶 And there’s more: select books include a bonus music video — available when you subscribe to our YouTube channel bringing each adventure to life through song, movement, and celebration.
Let your child’s love of travel, language, and learning take flight!
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The Moonlight Bloom
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The Civet's Grove
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The First Bloom
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The Boy from the Land of Kind People
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La Terre Des Gens Honnetes
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Le Voyage Du Festival Du Cameroun De Ndome
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Ndome's Cameroon Festival Journey
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Decouvrez Le Cameroun Avec Ndome
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Discover Cameroon with Ndome
đź“š About the Author
I’m Angela Deneen Priso (A. Deneen Priso)— a lifelong storyteller and child advocate. For nearly two decades, I worked in pediatric healthcare, where I cared for and learned from children of all kinds. My journey has taken me around the world — from the hospitals of the U.S. to the markets of Cameroon, the coasts of Tanzania, and France, Italy and Qatar, to name a few places.
My husband is Cameroonian and speaks fluent French, and together we’ve raised six children in a family rooted in love, laughter, and cross-cultural connection. But long before any of that, I was just a little girl with a notebook — creating the life I dreamed of, one story at a time.
Today, I write to honor that girl… and to offer children everywhere stories that inspire, and help them feel seen. Every book I create is rooted in love, a deep search for truth, wonder, and belonging.