Leroy and the Turnip Green Patch

"Leroy and the Turnip Green Patch" explores the life of Leroy and his mother that have hit a dead end. They face extreme poverty and Leroy is left with no other option but to use his lunch money to purchase magical turnip green seeds with hopes of getting a magical lottery ticket from a giant that lives in the clouds.

"Leroy and the Turnip Green Patch" explores the life of Leroy and his mother that have hit a dead end. They face extreme poverty and Leroy is left with no other option but to use his lunch money to purchase magical turnip green seeds with hopes of getting a magical lottery ticket from a giant that lives in the clouds. This familiar story is retold in a way that brings in new readers ready for a modern-day adventure. . Written by LaDell Beamon, Founder of Heal the Hood Foundation of Memphis and illustrated by Aaron AJ Liddell, this story continues to take the readers deeper into the Hood Fables Series. The series merges familiar characters together along the journey. You will be surprised at who pops up in this amazing parody that will have you laughing, cheering and learning.

LaDell Beamon (screenwriter, filmmaker, composer, director, producer, and youth advocate) is a native Memphian, and he currently resides in the city of Memphis as CEO of Heal the Hood Foundation of Memphis. Beamon was born into a single parent home in which he was raised by his mother and grandmother. After seeing the lives of several youth being affected by the media, Beamon decided to use his talents of being a musician, writer, actor, producer, director and minister of the Gospel to become a catalyze for change through the arts. He has worked on several projects and serviced over 400,000 youth with the powerful anti-social deviance tour known as The Wake Up Tour. Beamon is also the co-creator of Wake Up Tour Evolution Comic Book Series in which he doubles as the Super Powered Hero "Wake." This work has added author to his list of many titles, and he still shows no signs of slowing down with a new book series entitled, "Hood Fables." LaDell has as worked with stars such as: Master P, Lil Romeo, Day 26, Vivica A. Fox, Gospel Legend John P. Kee, Ginuwine, Tank, Lil P-Nut, Trevor Jackson, Sammie, Jacob Latimore, Tiny, Robert Townsend, Michael Jai White, Taimak, Adolpho Shabbadoo Quiones and comic book creator Martheus Wade. His newly developed passion is to complete the new youth and family facility called the Hero Empowerment Center that will house the first fully Functional 4D Theater in Memphis and a Museum of Heroes dedicated to Urban, Modern, Fictional and Non-Fictional Heroes. The Hero Empowerment Center will be the light on the Hill.