KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign Day 5 Olive Senior

Olive Senior’s work has been broadcast on both sides of the Atlantic, including the BBC Book at Bedtime and the CBC Festival of Fiction. Her work has been included in the Best Poems on the Underground published by London Transport, and she is a featured poet on The Poetry Archive. Senior’s work often addresses questions […]

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The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign Day 6 LaTisha Redding

Today we shine the spotlight on another debut picture book author, LaTisha Redding. Her first title, Calling the Water Drum (Lee & Low, December 2016, illus.by Aaron Boyd) is the story of Henri, a young immigrant from Haiti who loses his parents as they attempt to make their way “across the great waters” to America. […]

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KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Illustrators

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign Day 7 Jeffery Weatherford

As a child, Jeffery B. Weatherford had “large hands.” It was a fact that prompted a prediction from his grandmother: someday Jeffery would do something great with those hands. She was right. Jeffery Weatherford grew up to become a multi-talented fine artist and illustrator, who studied computer graphics and animation at Winston-Salem State University, on a full-ride scholarship. Fresh out of college, […]

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KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign Day 8 Leah Henderson

Day 8 begins our focus on book creators for older readers, starting with Leah Henderson whose debut middle grade novel One Shadow on the Wall is due out in June. Leah’s adventuresome spirit and love of stories helped her turn a passing encounter into her first novel. I first met Leah at the Kweli Writers Conference in Spring […]

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KRLemmons Multicultural literature

Book Review: Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta — Latinxs in Kid Lit

Reviewed by Sanjuana C. Rodriguez, PhD DESCRIPTION FROM THE BOOK JACKET: An eloquent and moving account of the tragic migrations of thousands upon thousands of children who are leaving their homes in Central America, often alone, to seek refuge in the United States. Why are they going and how does it feel to be one of […]

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KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign Day 11 Michael Cottman

Reading the bio page of Michael Cottman’s website, you can’t help but marvel at all of the ways he has used his gifts to make a difference. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Michael has extensively covered former President Barack Obama, offered political analysis for The Tom Joyner Morning Show, authored books on everything from the Million Man […]

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KRLemmons African American Science Fiction Literature, Multicultural literature

A Taste of Honey Book Review

I can’t stress to you all how much Fantasy and Science-Fiction with LGBTQIA characters mean to me, especially those centering Queer people of color. So when I heard about Kai Ashante Wilson’s follow-up to Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, I was ecstatic. Gay romances set in fantasy worlds really get to me, y’all. I am so thankful…

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