A short and excellent list of books that feature Black women as heroes and role models: http://readdiversebooks.com/books-black-women-as-heroes-role-models/?utm_content=buffer6c6dc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&subscribe=success#blog_subscription-5
book review: Perfect Liar — Crazy QuiltEdi
title: Perfect Liars author: Kimberly Reid date: Tu Books/Lee & Low; 2016 main character: Andrea “Drea” Faraday young adult realistic fiction I was excited to see a new release from Kim Reid and for the most part, I was not let down. Perfect Liars is an innovative story that reflect today’s teens in their high risk […]
Top Children’s African American Books
Cheryl Hudson, co-founder of Just Us Books, posted a list of top Children’s African American books. This is a great list! http://aalbc.com/books/children.php
April Releases (middle grade and YA) — Crazy QuiltEdi
Meet Marly: Marly Book 1 by Alice Pung; Penguin Books Australia. Ages 8-12. It’s 1983 and Marly is just trying to fit in at Sunshine Primary School. But being a refugee from Vietnam doesn’t make things easy, and when Marly’s cousins come to stay and end up at the same school, her friends make fun […]
May 2016 Releases — Crazy QuiltEdi
OMG…issues OMG…I Did it Again?! by Talia Aikens-Nuñez; Central Avenue. ages 9-12 April Appleton wakes up to quite the sight: a herd of elephants marching down her street! She realizes that her powers of witchcraft have done it again. With her friends, Grace and Eve, April must figure out how the elephants got to her town in […]
Day 11 28 Days Later Campaign from The Brown Bookshelf: Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward, author of the books, Salvage the Bones, Where the Line Bleeds, and Men We Reaped A Memoir, is the featured author for Day 11 28 Days Later Campaign. Read about this award winning author here: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2015/02/11/day-11-jesmyn-ward/
March 13 Woman of the Day: Harriet A. Jacobs
Harriet A. Jacobs, born in 1813, was one of the first African American women to publish an autobiography. Her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, told how she struggled to avoid the sexual advances of her master. More information about this courageous woman can be found here:
More resources on Harriet A. Jacobs:
Yale University: http://www.yale.edu/glc/harriet/ PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2923.html NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1869987
Middle School lesson plan: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/teachers/lesson3.html
Teacher’s Guide: http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/IncidentsSlaveGirlTG.pdf
Annenberg Learner: http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit07/authors-7.html
March 12 Woman of the Day: Virginia Hamilton
March 12 Woman of the Day is Virginia Hamilton, an award winning children’s and young adult’s author, who was born on this day in 1936. Information about this amazing author can be found by clicking here:
Additional resources: Biography.com: http://www.biography.com/people/virginia-hamilton-21106647 Scholastic.com: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/virginia-hamilton Audio from Open Road Media: http://video.openroadmedia.com/UTq3/meet-virginia-hamilton/
TeachingBooks.net: http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=444&a=1
Interview: Crystal Chan
Crystal Chan debuted in January with Bird. I caught up with Crystal a few weeks ago and she was gracious enough to give me some time for an interview. While I hadn’t read Bird at the time of the interview, I have completed and reviewed it.
This summary appeared on Amazon.
Gr 4–6—Jewel never met her brother. On the day she was born, he tried to fly off a cliff and died. Her
parents believe that Grandpa’s nickname for his grandson, Bird, caused a bad spirit, a duppy, to trick the boy into believing he could fly. Twelve years later, Grandpa has still not spoken a word and Jewel is fed up with her moody parents and unloving household. She meets a boy who calls himself John, her brother’s real name. They share their hopes and dreams and Jewel opens up about visiting the cliff to bury her worries as…
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Happy Birthday Ralph Waldo Ellison!
Ralph Waldo Ellison, the author of the classic book Invisible Man was born on March 1. Information on this author can be found by clicking on the following links:
Library of Congress. Type Ralph Ellison in the search box and view hundreds of primary resources on this author at http://loc.gov
PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/ralph-ellison/an-american-journey/587/
NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9977702
Lesson plans/activities on Invisible Man
Random House: http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679732761&view=tg
PBS: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/lessons_plans/ralph-ellisons-invisible-man/
Ms. Effie’s LifeSavers for Teachers: http://mseffie.com/AP/Invisible%20Man.pdf
The CamaraIfe Maktaba 