Award winning mixed media sculptor, painter, writer, and more is Day 15 featured author. Read about this multi-talented artist/author/illustrator here: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2015/02/15/day-15-faith-ringgold/
Day 12 28 Days Later Campaign from The Brown Bookshelf: Fredrick McKissack
Award winning fiction and information author Fredrick McKissack is Day 12 28 Days Later Campaign author. He joined the ancestors on April 28, 2013, but he left a written legacy to be enjoyed by others forever. Read about this author here: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2015/02/12/day-12-fredrick-mckissack/
Day 11 28 Days Later Campaign from The Brown Bookshelf: Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward, author of the books, Salvage the Bones, Where the Line Bleeds, and Men We Reaped A Memoir, is the featured author for Day 11 28 Days Later Campaign. Read about this award winning author here: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2015/02/11/day-11-jesmyn-ward/
Day 10 28 Days Later Campaign from The Brown Bookshelf: Jackie Wellington
Day 10 introduces a new “up and comer” educator, author, and activist. Her name is Jackie Wellington. Read about this rising author here: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2015/02/10/day-10-jackie-wellington/
Day 9 28 Days Later Campaign from The Brown Bookshelf: Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Jan Spivey Gilchrist is an award winning author, illustrator, fine artist and lecturer. She is featured in Day 9 28 Days Later Campaign from The Brown Bookshelf. Read about this multi-talented artist here: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2015/02/09/day-9-jan-spivey-gilchrist/
Day 2 28 Days Later Campaign: JaNay Brown-Wood
Day 2 features JaNay Brown-Wood, author of the book Imani’s Moon: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2015/02/02/day-2-janay-brown-wood/
Happy Birthday Jerry Pinkney!
On this day in 1939, Jerry Pinkney, a future award winner children’s book author/illusrator was born. Read about this multifaceted and award winning author/illustrator here:
More information about Jerry Pinkney:
Exhibition: http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/787.html
The Pinkney family: http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/multi-day/net-profiles/6-pinckney-family.html
New York Times Book Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/books/review/Sutton-t.html?_r=0
Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/pinkneyj/featuredbooks
Interview: http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/LA/0916-jul2014/LA0916Conversation.pdf
April 18 Poet of the Day: Haki Madhubuti
April 18 Poet of the Day is Haki Madhubuti. Born Donald Luther Lee in Little Rock, Arkansas, be is poet, essayist, editor and educator. He cofounded, along with two others, Third World Press. Read more about this multitalented poet here:
Additional resources on Haki Madhubuti:
Poetry Foundation: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/haki-madhubuti
African American Literature Book Club (AALBC): http://aalbc.com/authors/haki.htm
Third World Press: http://www.thirdworldpressbooks.com/
Black Past: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/madhubuti-haki-r-don-l-lee-1942
Interview on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss1ZwA9Zx9U
Speech given at Bethel AME Church in Baltimore, MD via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfsfCzoitxQ
April 12 Poet of the Day: Margaret Walker
Margaret Abigail Walker is April 12 Poet of the Day, Best known for her poem, “For My People” and her novel, “Jubilee”, this fascinating woman was the daugher of a Methodist minister and an educator. Read more about this fascinating writer here:
Reading of the poem, “For My People”:http://www.loc.gov/poetry/poetry-of-america/american-identity/nikkyfinney-margaretwalker.html
Voices From the Gap: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/alexanderMargaret.php
Poetry Foundation: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/margaret-walker
March 25 Woman of the Day: Toni Cade Bambara
Toni Cade Bambara, born on March 25 in 1939, is March 25 Woman of the Day. Read about this author, film-maker, and college professor here:
Other resources on Ms. Bambara:
Lesson plans on Ms. Bambara’s stories: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/bambara.html
Pearson Prentice Hall: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phlit/author_bios/bambara_tc.html
Voices From the Gap, University of Minnesota: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/bambaraToni.php
The Bombing of Osage Avenue, a documentary written and narrated by Toni Cade Bamabara: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVbOlY7svfE
Books written by Toni Cade Bambara:
Gorilla, My Love
The Salt Eaters
These Bones Are Not My Child
The Sea Birds Are Still Alive
The CamaraIfe Maktaba 