Miss Quality & Mr. Cloud: The Time Machine of Black Excellence,

Book Description

What if history wasn’t something you simply read about, but somewhere you could actually go?

In Miss Quality & Mr. Cloud: The Time Machine of Black Excellence, Miss Quality is a curious young girl with one big question: How can someone do something important enough to change the world and still have people who don’t know their name?

The answer begins when a mysterious Time Machine appears.

With the lovable and often hilarious Mr. Cloud by her side, Miss Quality travels into the past and meets remarkable Black innovators whose intelligence, determination, and creativity helped shape the world. Along the way, she discovers the stories of George Washington Carver, Sarah Boone, Ellen Eglin, Garrett Morgan, Madam C. J. Walker, Marjorie Stewart Joyner, and Elijah McCoy.

But the Time Machine is teaching her more than history.

Through every adventure, four words guide her journey:

LOOK • THINK • DREAM • CREATE

Miss Quality learns that great ideas often begin with ordinary questions. A tired field, a difficult household task, a dangerous intersection, a business opportunity, or a machine that keeps stopping can become the beginning of something extraordinary when someone is willing to pay attention and imagine a better way.

Filled with adventure, humor, history, and discovery, The Time Machine of Black Excellence introduces young readers to Black achievement while encouraging them to recognize the curiosity and potential within themselves.

Because history isn’t only about remembering the people who came before us.

It’s also about inspiring the children who will come next.

They Made History. We Shape the Future.

Jacquelyn L. Smith 🦋

The JLS Collection