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.
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 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:
We look at the authors of five books discussing race in America.
Five Books Exploring Race in America — Discover
Well Read Black Girl is “an inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular book club Well-Read Black Girl.” Below is a list of titles recommended in the book by Black authors that you can check out from JMRL. Non-Fiction I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by […]
The African American Experience: Well Read Black Girl Reading List at JMRL — grow. learn. connect.
Louis Lomax, African American journalist: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/lomax-louis-emanuel-1922-1970
Famous African Americans born on August 15:
Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/oscar-peterson-mn0000489316
http://www.npr.org/2008/05/16/17622315/oscar-peterson-on-piano-jazz
http://jazz-piano.org/pianists/oscar-peterson/
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/oscar-peterson/
Vernon Jordan, lawyer and civil rights leader: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/jordan-vernon-e-1935
http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/vernon-e-jordan-jr
Maxine Waters, Congresswoman:
https://waters.house.gov/about-maxine/biography
African Americans born on August 14:
Ernest Everett Just, African American scientist: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/just-ernest-everett-1883-1941
https://www.biography.com/people/ernest-everett-just-9359195
http://blackinventor.com/ernest-just/
http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asbmbtoday.aspx?id=5878
https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ernest-everett-just-1883-1941
Niara Sudarkarsa, African American scholar and anthropologist: http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/niara-sudarkasa-40
https://www.c-span.org/person/?niarasudarkasa
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