Day 2: As children and young adults are returning to school, I think it would be a good idea to feature books about children returning to school.
Book 1: The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes
Book 2: the Queen of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes
Book 3: Nana Akua Goes to School by Tricia Elam Walker
Book 4: For middle school New Kid by Jerry Craft
Book 5: For high school, The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
Book 6: Classic nonfiction title
Today’s focus is on wonderful stories with beautiful illustrations/photographs and stories with powerful messages.
Book 1: How the Unicorn Got its Horn by Calandra and Camille Gibson. Mother and daughter team up to write a powerful story on patience and being careful what you ask for.
Book 2: A classic story beautifully and written story by John Steptoe
Book 3: A contemporary twist on fairy and folk tales with beautiful photographs.
Today’s focus is poetry. Starting with one of Detroit’s own, Dudley Randall. He was a poet, publisher, and founder of Broadside Press.
Poet Laureate and founder of Lotus Press, Naomi Long Madgett
Poet #3 Georgia Douglas Johnson
This Monday is about mysteries.
Book 1: Barbara Neely wrote about a woman name Blanche who is on the run from the law but runs into a murder. Good read!
Book 2: Grace F. Edwards, If I Should Die
Book 3: Stephen Mack Jones, a Michigan author, August Snow. Good read
Today is a Sunday. I will feature books on the Black Church.
Book 1: Noted historian, C. Eric Lincoln, his classic book: The Black Church in the African American Experience:
Book 2: Well known theologian and historian, James H. Cone wrote a classic seminal book titled: For My People: Black Theology and the Black Church
Book 3: Noted historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr., wrote another classic book on the black church:
Day 6 is about one of my favorite hobbies-quilting. Here are just a few books that should be checked out.
Book 1: A Communion of the Spirits by Roland Freeman. A classic!
Book 2: Black Threads by Kyra E. Hicks. Another classic!
Book 3: Spirits of the Cloth by Carolyn Mazloomi
Today is a Fantasy Friday and I will feature fantasy books.
Book 1: Zetta Elliott, Dragons in a bag series:https://www.zettaelliott.com/books/kids/
Book 2: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. Book 1 of a Trilogy
Book 3: Kindred by Octavia Butler. A must read classic!
Today will feature historical books.
Book 1: Jarena Lee, first African American woman preacher:
Book 2: William Wells Brown, Clotel or The President’s Daughter
Book 3: Harriet Wilson, Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
Today I decided to go whimsical. I found three humorous books that should have readers smiling, chuckling, and even laughing!
Book 1: Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee. A delightful book about the antics of the cute little baby!
Book 2: Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff by Walter Dean Myers. The late award winning Walter Dean Myers mainly wrote about African American male characters and he nailed these characters with humor and adventure. Stuff is the new kid on the block and he makes friends and get into a few mishaps–sometimes funny sometimes serious. A good read!
Book 3: An adult book, Raymond Andrews write a dark humorous story about some interesting cousins. Good read!
September is Black Reading Month! I am kicking off the month featuring and celebrating books about black folks written by black authors. My plan and goal is to feature at least one book a day. Some of these books I may or may not have read.
Day 1: To kick off Black reading month and in honor of black workers, check out this book by Blair LM Kelley:
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