“The Neighborhood’s Child” by Peggy Seeney Caranda is now available for purchase
“Oh what a bright and beautiful day
Dad is out and on his way
Selling eggs and chickens making his pay.”
– an excerpt from the book
AR Press is honored to publish “The Neighborhood’s Child” by Peggy Seeney Caranda. The book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARPress website.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Peggy Seeney Caranda is an artist, illustrator, and author living in Owings Mills, Maryland. She has been recognized for her talent by the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Alpha Zeta Chapter, as Woman of the Year in the Arts, 2000. She was chairperson and coordinator for Girl Scouts for the Baltimore Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. In addition to a degree in Fine Arts from Morgan State University, she holds a master’s degree from Loyola University in Occupational Guidance and Counseling.
Peggy Seeney Caranda is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Seeney Fine Art Gallery Books for Young Readers. Most recently, the artist was featured in the exhibition “Expanding Circles: Family, Friends, and Community” at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts in Wilmington, Delaware. Her paintings THE PUMPKIN MARKET and THE GATHERING OF WOMEN are part of a collection at The Christina Cultural Arts Center and Kuumba Kids Academy in Wilmington, Delaware.
Currently, the artist is featured in the exhibition MARCH TO VICTORY, commemorating the civil rights movement in the James and Brenda Hamlin Gallery at The Avenue Bakery on historic Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The JAZZ ON THE AVENUE-LEGACY IN BLACK & WHITE series of reverse glass painting collages learned from the artists in Senegal, Africa, is on display at the Congressman Parren J. Mitchell Mansion on historic Lafayette Square.
“The Neighborhood’s Child” is a book of poems and verses from Peggy’s childhood memories growing up in the Historic Upton Community of Baltimore.
“The Neighborhood’s Child” by Peggy Seeney Caranda is now available for purchase via ARPress Bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/bookstore/the-neighborhoods-child/.