Skip to main content Currently Reading It's hard to find children's books with Black characters, so a coach's family wrote its own Emily Giambalvo, The Washington Post Feb. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5"The Adventures of Us: Getting to Know Guion Bluford Jr." by Tierra Haynes. Morgan Jennings, a former college basketball player, illustrated the book.Photo courtesy of Tierra HaynesShow MoreShow Less 2of5The children of Tierra and DeAndre Haynes, Dre, Devon and Dallas, were the inspiration for the children's book "The Adventures of Us: Getting to Know Guion Bluford Jr."Photo courtesy of Kelsey PriceShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5Tierra Haynes, the wife of Maryland basketball assistant DeAndre Haynes, wrote a children's book about the first African American astronaut, Guion Bluford Jr. Haynes's children - Dre, Devon and Dallas - are the main characters in the book.Photo courtesy of Kelsey PriceShow MoreShow Less