Name: Juneteenth
Brand: Scribbly
SKU: BK-FREEDOM--001
Price: 59.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Juneteenth

Custom-illustrated keepsake book

Through the mountains, freedom was coming.

Across the rivers, freedom was coming.

Over the fields and through the towns and all the way down to Texas.

Juneteenth marks the day the last enslaved people in America learned they were free. Freedom had been declared more than two years earlier — but the word had to cross a vast country to reach everyone it belonged to.

It moved through rivers and mountains, fields and towns, traveling toward Texas — until June 19, 1865, when it reached Galveston at last. Nine hundred days late.

This book carries the Black child you love along that same journey: the distance freedom traveled, the people who waited for it, and the legacy they carry forward today.

$59.99

Soft-touch, matte-finish hardcover

FSC-certified, forest-friendly paper

Smyth-sewn binding to last generations

Manufactured by our premium bindery in the USA

Satisfaction Guaranteed

If you’re not happy with our illustrations of your little one before we go to print, we'll send you a refund. Questions? Contact us any time.

Specifications

12 full-color illustrations of your favorite kiddo
Name personalized throughout the story
Square hardcover book
9.25"x9.25"
22 richly illustrated pages
Bed-time read length of 4 minutes

Production and shipping timelines

Every Scribbly book is a one-of-one keepsake, crafted with premium materials to last a lifetime. We recommend ordering with a few weeks’ lead time.

The process:

Every illustration in your book is reviewed by an artist and touched up by hand as needed.
We send your book for printing and binding on the next upcoming print date. We have one or more print dates each month.
Your book is shipped at the speed of the method you choose at checkout.

If you have questions about your order at any time, please reach out. We also have an app for you to track your book's progress - it's available for iPhone and Android.

For future books, consider enrolling your little one in the Most Magical Book Club. We’ll send a monthly, Montessori-inspired Scribbly book—and we’ll pre-order ahead of time so their next collectible title arrives on schedule.

Juneteenth

$59.99

See inside the book

FOR THE GOOD OF THE KIDS WE LOVE

Why we made this

Juneteenth is more than a date on the calendar. It is the story of people who waited far too long to hear a word that had always belonged to them: freedom. And it is the story of the Black children we love who carry that legacy forward.

We created this book so Black children could step into the history of Juneteenth and see themselves reflected with pride, tenderness, and joy. A story written in psalmic refrain, and every spread custom-illustrated in a rich, cinematic, oil-painting style. The black birds woven through the scenes carry an old symbol of freedom throughout.

The love in these pages is just as intentional. The presence of an ancestor in the final pages demonstrates the thread of strength and celebration through generations. It is every Black parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, and loved one who has ever held a child close to say, You are cherished. You are seen. You are free.

FOR THE GOOD OF THE WORLD THEY LIVE IN

Why you'll love it

The story of Juneteenth needed to be told for Black children, to connect them to their ancestors who waited for freedom, and to the legacy they carry forward. We wanted to tell that story with images full of light, with oil-painted, cinematic panoramas of the United States, as the word travels and the child with it.

We wanted a Black child to be able to hold their history in their hands and find themselves inside it.

This hardcover keepsake book is meant to be kept for a lifetime.