CORRECTION: A Brown Bookshelf reader let me know that there are two Plum Street publishing companies – Plum Street Press, based in New Orleans, and Plum Street Publishers, based in Arkansas, which issued the call for submissions. So sorry for the mix-up. Lucky for us, both are open to new work: Here’s what I wrote about […]
Our sincere thanks to all of the ALA participants who joined The Brown Bookshelf in paying tribute to our favorite children’s books created for and by African Americans (and those of the African diaspora). Below are the links to the book lists we promised: BBS Nonfiction BBS Fiction BBS “Celebrating Diversity” Book Recommendations Thanks again for all you do to […]
by Cris Rhodes At this year’s Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) Conference, hosted by the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, featured speaker Gene Luen Yang, author of Printz Award-winning American Born Chinese, presented conference attendees with a challenge—to read without walls. To do so, readers must read a book with characters unlike themselves, topics […]
via Latinx Representation at the 2016 Children’s Literature Association Conference — Latinxs in Kid Lit
The Pura Belpré Awards turns 20 this year! The milestone was marked on Sunday, June 26, during the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. In honor of the award’s anniversary, we have been highlighting the winners of the narrative and illustration awards. Today’s spotlight is on Viola Canales, the winner of the 2006 Pura Belpré Narrative Medal […]
The Pura Belpré Awards turns 20 this year! The milestone was marked on Sunday, June 26, during the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. In honor of the award’s anniversary, we have been highlighting the winners of the narrative and illustration awards. Today’s spotlight is on Margarita Engle, the winner of the Pura Belpré Narrative Medal for […]
via Celebrating Pura Belpré Award Winners: Spotlight on Margarita Engle — Latinxs in Kid Lit
We are officially on summer vacation and will return after Labor Day. Until then, we will be reading, writing, resting, and scheduling Tweets of previous posts to encourage you to read and support Latinx books! And… GRACIAS OBRIGADO to everyone who contributed to our site this past year! Enjoy the rest of the summer! […]
via We’ll See You All in the Fall! Meanwhile, Read Latinx Books! — Latinxs in Kid Lit
Imagine a strip of medical tape with the adhesive gum on one side. Then a tiny ball of cloth is dropped onto the center of that tape. My library is that ball of cloth in what we call normal time and space. It is affixed to one place, one plane. But then imagine crumpling the […]
via Book Bits: The Ballad of Black Tom — Highly Textured Librarian
By Cecilia Cackley This is the third in a series of posts spotlighting Latina illustrators of picture books. Some of these artists have been creating children’s books for many years, while others will have their first book out this year. Some of them live in the US, while others live overseas. They come from […]
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 […]
I have been listening to audiobooks for nearly three decades, so it was something of a dream come true to see Out of Darkness go into production shortly after it received a Printz Honor. Before production began, though, I found myself wondering if my strong opinions about narration, pronunciation, and the like would get in […]
via Listening Latinx: An author’s audiobook experience — Latinxs in Kid Lit
The CamaraIfe Maktaba 