Click on the link to read about June 2016 African American historical events: http://listserv.icors.org/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?A1=ind1606&L=munirah
May 2016 African American Historical Events
Click on the link to read about the May 2016 African American historical events: http://listserv.icors.org/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?A1=ind1605&L=munirah
April 2016 African American Historical Events
Click on this link to read about April 2016 African American historical events. The link is to the entire month of events: http://listserv.icors.org/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?A1=ind1604&L=munirah
March 2016 African American Historical Events
Listed below are the links to March 2016 African American historical events. Rather than list them by day, here is the link for the entire month: http://listserv.icors.org/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?A1=ind1603&L=munirah#1
Celebrating Pura Belpré Winners: Spotlight on Grandma’s Gift by Eric Velasquez — Latinxs in Kid Lit
The Pura Belpré Awards turns 20 this year! The milestone will be marked on Sunday, June 26, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. during the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. According to the award’s site, the celebration will feature speeches by the 2016 Pura Belpré award-winning authors and illustrators, book signings, light snacks, and entertainment. The event will also feature […]
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Celebrating Pura Belpré Winners: Spotlight on David Diaz — Latinxs in Kid Lit
The Pura Belpré Awards turns 20 this year! The milestone will be marked on Sunday, June 26, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. during the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. According to the award’s site, the celebration will feature speeches by the 2016 Pura Belpré award-winning authors and illustrators, book signings, light snacks, and entertainment. The […]
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Celebrating Pura Belpré Winners: Spotlight on Doña Flor, illustrated by Raul Colón — Latinxs in Kid Lit
The Pura Belpré Awards turns 20 this year! The milestone will be marked on Sunday, June 26, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. during the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. According to the award’s site, the celebration will feature speeches by the 2016 Pura Belpré award-winning authors and illustrators, book signings, light snacks, and entertainment. The event […]
Celebrating Pura Belpré Winners: Spotlight on Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez — Latinxs in Kid Lit
The Pura Belpré Awards turns 20 this year! The milestone will be marked on Sunday, June 26, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. during the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. According to the award’s site, the celebration will feature speeches by the 2016 Pura Belpré award-winning authors and illustrators, book signings, light snacks, and entertainment. The event […]
Celebrating Pura Belpré Winners: Spotlight on Author-Illustrator Carmen Lomas Garza — Latinxs in Kid Lit
The Pura Belpré Awards turns 20 this year! The milestone will be marked on Sunday, June 26, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. during the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. According to the award’s site, the celebration will feature speeches by the 2016 Pura Belpré award-winning authors and illustrators, book signings, light snacks, and entertainment. The event […]
Call for Submissions —
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 […]





