What’s the buzz about: A collection of art and essays showcasing the best African American artists in today’s vibrant comic book culture.
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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 […]
The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign Day 9 Sarah Everett
This is a special year for The Brown Bookshelf as we celebrate 10 years of bringing authors and illustrators to booklovers. Today, I’m pleased to feature Sarah Everett. She writes from her home in Canada and released her debut novel Everyone We’ve Been in October 2016. She is currently working on a second young adult […]
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 […]
via Book Review: Somos Como Las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta — Latinxs in Kid Lit
The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign Day 10 Linda Williams Jackson
In reading the articles and interviews about Linda Williams Jackson and her novel, Midnight Without a Moon, it is clear that this is no ordinary book about the Civil Rights movement. Even though the backdrop of this novel is the Emmitt Till story, Midnight Without A Moon is about so much more. Born […]
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 […]
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…
via A Taste Of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson – Review & Giveaway! — Read Diverse Books
The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign Day 12 Margot Lee Shetterly
The world knows Margot Lee Shetterly‘s work. Hidden Figures, the $125 million-grossing movie starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae, was based on her New York Times bestselling book, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (William Morrow/HC, September 2016). The […]
From Zetta Elliott, 2016 MG & YA Titles by African Americans
Zetta Elliott has posted on her website, a list of middle grades and young adult titles by African American authors in 2016. Click on this link: http://www.zettaelliott.com/2016-mg-ya-titles-by-african-americans/
Throwback Thursday: Jason Reynolds —
In 2014, he was already on his way to becoming “the” Jason Reynolds. Today–a mere two years, a John Steptoe Award, multiple CSK Awards, a Walter Dean Myers Award, a Kirkus Prize, a National Book Award Finalist sticker, and an NAACP Image Award nomination later–Reynolds has firmly cemented his status as a kidlit superstar. Read […]
The CamaraIfe Maktaba 