“The Vince Staples Show is back!” Staples said in a statement. “The people have spoken and the most riveting, captivating, and polarizing show on Netflix is returning for Season 2.

“I felt that it was time for me to do a children’s book,” Ms. Staples says via phone. It was her idea, which she then brought to her manager in 2022, who helped get the project rolling.

The giveaway will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 10 — which is also Staples' birthday — with a reading of the book at Guthrie Green, 101 E. Reconciliation Way.