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365 Black Books “We” for Wednesday

It’s all about the “we” in these Wednesday’s titles.

Book 1: The History of We by Nikkolas Smith

Book 2: We Are Here by Tami Charles

Book 3: When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banyo

Book 4: We Speak for Ourselves: A Word From Forgotten Black America by D. Watkins

Book 5: We Refuse A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson

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Day 10 of September is Black Reading Month Wonderful Wednesday

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.

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The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign:Day 26: Charly Palmer

Love, family, and history are common themes in Charly Palmer’s vibrant works. With bold colors and broad brush strokes, Palmer explores what it means to be Black. Prior to entering the field of children’s publishing, this Atlanta based artist, graphic designer, and illustrator ran a successful design studio. Fortune 500 companies his clientele. In addition, [ Read the full article… ]

Source: Day 26: Charly Palmer

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The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign: Day 19: Cathy Ann Johnson

Cathy Ann Johnson describes herself as “a visual, digital, designer, front end developer, in position to roll up my sleeves and dive in fearlessly.” Today, we are pleased to present this talented visionary that does it all! The Journey My path to children’s book development came early. I was in high school and working at a restaurant. [ Read the full article… ]

Source: Day 19: Cathy Ann Johnson

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The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign: Day 18: Rita Lorraine Hubbard

One of the things we at The Brown Bookshelf love most is being able to bring awareness to talented authors and illustrators creating books for children before they blow all the way up. I’m not sure if this feature is happening in time to stake that claim regarding author Rita Lorraine Hubbard, seeing that her first [ Read the full article… ]

Source: Day 18: Rita Lorraine Hubbard

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The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign: Day 17 – Ngozi Ukazu

It’s not too often that our YA spotlight features the author of a graphic novel. Though I believe we’ll begin to see more of them (we hope). Today’s spotlight is Ngozi Ukazu, author of the popular Check Please, series.  The series began as an online graphic novel and became one of the most funded webcomics [ Read the full article… ]

Source: Day 17 – Ngozi Ukazu