These books highlight children and their pets.
Book 1: Thinker My Puppy Poet and Me by Eloise Greenfield; illustrated by Ehsan Abdollahi
Book 2: Sounder by William H. Armstrong A classic!
Book 3: Please, Puppy, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Book 4: Not My Cat by Stacey Patton; illustrated by Acamy Schleikorn
Tasteful Tuesday is about culinary books from African and Ethiopian/Swedish chefs.
Book 1: Sankofa A Culinary Story of Resilience and Belonging by Eric Adjepong
Book 2: My America Recipes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
Book 3: The Rise by Marcus Samuelsson
Three books about our magic!
Book 1: The Breakbeat Poets, Vol. 2 Black Girl Magic
Book 2: Black Boy Magic by Tex Stanly
Book 3: Black Magic by Langston Hughes
Sundays are for family, food, fun, and, of course church. These three books explore the traditions, food, fun, and church on Sundays.
Book 1: Soul Food Sunday by Winsome Bingham
Book 2: Sunday Dinner by Angela Shanté
Book 3: Second Sunday by Michele Andrea Bowen. I have read two of her books, Church Folks and Second Sunday. Both are humorous, delightful, and honest!
On this partly cloudy day in some cities, I am choosing sun over the clouds. The three books below have the word “sun” in the title to also be the light in our reading.
Book 1: Hello There, Sunshine by Tabitha Brown
Book 2: The award winning The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Book 3: Those Who Saw the Sun by Jaha Nailah Avery
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
This post will feature just a few of the award-winning titles by the late, great, dynamic duo Fredrick and Patricia McKissack. Together they wrote 50+ books. These books are well researched, written, and a must read! https://www.read.gov/exquisite-corpse/mckissack.html
I will feature three books on spirituals.
Book 1: All time classic. All Night, All Day by the late Ashley Bryan Just a beautiful book!
Book 2: When I Hear Spirituals by Cheryl Hudson
Book 3: Wade in the Water by Arthur C. Jones. A scholarly book on the wisdom of spirituals
The following books feature children and families spending their Saturdays together.
Book 1: Saturday by Oge Mora.
Book 2: Saturday Morning by Fasharah Fearon
Book 3: Saturday Morning at the ‘Shop by Keenan Jones
These books will focus on our children’s mindset.
Book 1: Positive Affirmations for Black Kids by Nia Simone
Book 2: I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes
Book 3: Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
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