KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American Illustrators, African American Young Adult Literature, Children's literature

The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign:Day 3: Maxine Beneba Clarke

“I think every writer always feels like a fraud, almost every writer has imposter syndrome, it’s like you go to the Writers Festivals and you feel like I’m here with all the real writers and I’m the fake writer, please don’t anybody find out.” – A Conversation with Maxine Beneba Clarke, The Westsider Facts, reader. Facts. [ Read the full article… ]

Source: Day 3: Maxine Beneba Clarke

KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American Illustrators, African American Literature, African American Young Adult Literature, Children's literature

From the Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign:Day 1: Mariama J. Lockington

Today begins the Brown Bookshelf’s most-anticipated, and our favorite series of posts of the year, 28 Days Later. Celebrating Black Kidlit creators across the diaspora has been a passion for us, but is also necessary. Books by Black creators continue to be out-paced by books about Black children from people outside of the community. So [ Read the full article… ]

Source: Day 1: Mariama J. Lockington

KRLemmons African American Authors, African American Literature, Uncategorized

Sunday Morning Reads — CrazyQuiltEdi

Edi Campbell presents the sad statistical information on books about and/or written by African Americans that were published in recent years.

This is a really brief post to look at some of the numbers for 2018. If you haven’t seen it yet, do look at the list of 2018 MG & YA books published in the US that recently posted on Zetta Elliott’s blog. We work together at the end of each year building from […]

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KRLemmons African American Biography, African American History, Resources

Born on this date: Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.

Born on this date in 1865 was Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., religious leader at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, after becoming the pastor in 1908. More information about him:

Black Past Remembered: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/powell-sr-adam-clayton-1865-1953

African American Registry: https://aaregistry.org/story/spiritual-charisma-adam-clayton-powell-sr/

Scholastic: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/meet-reverend-adam-clayton-powell-sr/

KRLemmons Multicultural literature

Book Review: Telegrams to Heaven–Blog Post in Latinxs in Kid Lit

Review by Jessica Agudelo DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK: Telegrams to Heaven / Telegramas al Cielo recounts the moving childhood of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, who from an early age discovers the candor, light and power of the word, which he uses to pray and to write poetry, sending telegrams to heaven from his […]

via Book Review: Telegrams to Heaven / Telegramas al Cielo by René Colato Laínez, illus. by Pixote Hunt — Latinxs in Kid Lit

KRLemmons Multicultural literature

Book Review: Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer–Latinxs in Kid Lit Blog Post

Reviewed by Lila Quintero Weaver Publisher’s Description In this hybrid memoir, Alberto Ledesma wonders, At what point does a long-time undocumented immigrant become an American in the making? From undocumented little boy to “hyper documented” university professor, Ledesma recounts how even now, he sometimes finds himself reverting to the child he was, recalling his father’s […]

via Book Review: Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer: Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre-American Life, Written & Illustrated by Alberto Ledesma — Latinxs in Kid Lit

KRLemmons Diversity, Research

Blog Post: Diversity in Youth Literature: The Research — CrazyQuiltEdi

As promised, today I have a post on trends in resesearching “diversity’ in youth literature from Dr. Angel Daniel Matos. Even if you’re not a scholar, you’ll appreciate the attention thatAngel’s piece brings to shifts we’re observing in youth literature. This body of work will continue to grow particularly with the new Research on Diversity […]

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