A Gift for a Special Child (Hardback; Local Book Reading Edition for in person appearances only)This wonderfully illustrated book reads like a children's story, but it is as much a parent's story. The concept is simple: The gift you give to a child will shape the person the child becomes. The story and images further illuminate the path to instilling leadership qualities in your child from onset told through the experience of a wise old man and some friendly animals celebrating a child's naming day.

Presentation:  Matted

“I love you” to his daughter

Among the signs the wise old man recognizes in A Gift for a Special Child is when the lion is on the prowl

Each Rose is unique

For sale at OC Black History Parade and Unity Fair

This is for purchase exclusively at OC Black History Fair

Wire roses are  made of heavy 16 gauge nickel alloy

83   Signed print on canvas by artist William Wilkerson

5" circular picture holder with metalic paint finish

Medium: Oil

If you will be seeing Derek at a local book reading event

so that his son might have a chance to live up to the meaning of his names