Sometimes it’s fun to find out things about an author or illustrator that has nothing to do with their craft. For instance, YA author, Angie Thomas, likes playing video games, driving anywhere and nowhere at all, cooking/baking, and Air Jordan collecting. Her favorite foods are baked macaroni and cheese and cheesecake. She was a teenage […]
Biography Blog Post from Edi Campbell
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of young John Lewis by Jabari Asim and E. B. Lewis. (Nancy Paulsen Books; 2016) I remember reading about John Lewis adopting his family’s chickens as his congregation when he was a child. Asim details this time in Lewis’ life as a character building activity. The muted water color […]
February African American Historical Events
Read the daily African American historical events that happened in February by clicking on this link: http://listserv.icors.org/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?A1=ind1702&L=munirah
January African American Historical Events
To read daily African American historical events for the month of January, click on this link: http://listserv.icors.org/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?A1=ind1701&L=munirah
December African American Historical Events
The posts of daily African American historical events for the month of December can be found by clicking on this link: http://listserv.icors.org/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?A1=ind1612&L=munirah
The Brown Bookshelf Throwback Thursday: London Ladd
We last highlighted London Ladd during our 2009 28 Days Later campaign. Since that time, Ladd went on to illustrate many more award-winning picture books including Under the Freedom Tree, written by Susan VanHecke, Lend a Hand: Poems About Giving, written by John Frank, and Frederick’s Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass, written by Doreen Rappaport. […]
Book Review The Smoking Mirror
Reviewed by Cris Rhodes DESCRIPTION FROM THE BOOK JACKET: Carol and Johnny Garza are 12-year-old twins whose lives in a small Texas town are forever changed by their mother’s unexplained disappearance. Shipped off to relatives in Mexico by their grieving father, the twins learn that their mother is a nagual, a shapeshifter, and that they have […]
via Book Review: The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles — Latinxs in Kid Lit
Book Review Because of the Sun
This review was originally published in Latinxs In Kidlit. I am now cross-posting it on my blog. Dani Falls has a complicated and fractured relationship with her mother, Ruby, who in her eyes is not good mother in any regard. In fact, for dozens of pages, Dani often explicitly stated that she hates her…
via [Review] Because Of The Sun – by Jenny Torres Sanchez — Read Diverse Books
K.C. Boyd on Black People. . .
As a black librarian, the only book in my library that depicts a monkey is Curious George. The stories are based on life lessons and he is portrayed as what he is: an animal. Throughout the Obama administration, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were likened to monkeys/apes, needless to say some paid…
via Black People, Children’s Literature and Monkeys — MissDomino
The Brown Bookshelf 28 Days Later Campaign Day 1 Andrea Loney
We at The Brown Bookshelf have been in countdown mode for a while now, excitedly waiting for this day–the commencement of our tenth 28 Days Later campaign! For those who may be joining our celebration for the first time, the goal of 28 Days Later is to promote increased awareness of black authors and illustrators creating books […]
The CamaraIfe Maktaba 