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The Brown Bookshelf Throwback Thursday: London Ladd
We last highlighted London Ladd during our 2009 28 Days Later campaign. Since that time, Ladd went on to illustrate many more award-winning picture books including Under the Freedom Tree, written by Susan VanHecke, Lend a Hand: Poems About Giving, written by John Frank, and Frederick’s Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass, written by Doreen Rappaport. […]
Book Review The Smoking Mirror
Reviewed by Cris Rhodes DESCRIPTION FROM THE BOOK JACKET: Carol and Johnny Garza are 12-year-old twins whose lives in a small Texas town are forever changed by their mother’s unexplained disappearance. Shipped off to relatives in Mexico by their grieving father, the twins learn that their mother is a nagual, a shapeshifter, and that they have […]
via Book Review: The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles — Latinxs in Kid Lit
Book Review Because of the Sun
This review was originally published in Latinxs In Kidlit. I am now cross-posting it on my blog. Dani Falls has a complicated and fractured relationship with her mother, Ruby, who in her eyes is not good mother in any regard. In fact, for dozens of pages, Dani often explicitly stated that she hates her…
via [Review] Because Of The Sun – by Jenny Torres Sanchez — Read Diverse Books
K.C. Boyd on Black People. . .
As a black librarian, the only book in my library that depicts a monkey is Curious George. The stories are based on life lessons and he is portrayed as what he is: an animal. Throughout the Obama administration, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were likened to monkeys/apes, needless to say some paid…
via Black People, Children’s Literature and Monkeys — MissDomino
The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign Day 1 Andrea Loney
We at The Brown Bookshelf have been in countdown mode for a while now, excitedly waiting for this day–the commencement of our tenth 28 Days Later campaign! For those who may be joining our celebration for the first time, the goal of 28 Days Later is to promote increased awareness of black authors and illustrators creating books […]
Book Review From Latinxs in Kid Lit
Reviewed by Caissa Casarez DESCRIPTION FROM THE BOOK’S BACK COVER: Estefania “Stef” Soto is itching to shake off the onion-and-cilantro embrace of Tia Perla, her family’s taco truck. She wants nothing more than for Papi to get a normal job and for Tia Perla to be a distant memory. Then maybe everyone at school […]
via Book Review: Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres — Latinxs in Kid Lit
The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign Day 2 Ron Husband
First I would like to say thank you to the Brown Bookshelf staff for recognizing author Deborah Hopkinson and myself for our collaborative efforts on Steamboat School. It is indeed an honor to be selected to participate in the annual February 28 Days Later recognizing those who have contributed to children’s literature. Guest post by Ron […]
The CamaraIfe Maktaba 