Time & Again Press was founded in 2009 with a grant from the Creative Work Fund to write, design, illustrate, and publish a time-travel novel for local youth about their city’s history.
Richmond Tales: Lost Secrets of the Iron Triangle, the first book from Time & Again Press, turns its attention to Richmond, California, a city whose rich history has long been overshadowed by poverty, neglect, violence, and crime.
In June 2009, over forty-five hundred copies of Richmond Tales were distributed to students (10-12 years old) for summer reading. In addition, each student received a companion workbook, created by the West Contra Costa Unified School District. The district has over 30,000 students, representing more than eighty languages; and serves some of the poorest children in California.
Synopsis of the book:
After Mario and Maisha form an unlikely friendship, their adventures take them on a magical journey to discover the "lost secrets" of the Iron Triangle, a district of Richmond. They visit Richmond in Ohlone times, in 1915, in 1942, and forward in time to a revitalized Richmond of the future in 2050.
