Although we should be giving throughout the year, Thanksgiving-Christmas is often highlighted as the “giving” season. These two books focus on the power of giving.
Book 1: The Power of Giving by Goblee Smith
Book 2: What is Given From the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack; illustrated by April Harrison.
The following books present historical information about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Book 1: Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Book 2: The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: The Memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson
Book 3: At the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire
Book 4: Pies From Nowhere How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romita
Book 5: Right to Ride by Blair L. M. Kelley
Today is Thanksgiving. Many of us celebrate this holiday in traditional, creative, and unique ways. As I was thinking about tradition and creativity, I remembered this book.
Book 1: Black Futures edited by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
As I am watching the Detroit Pistons/Boston Celtics game, the Pistons 13 game win streak is on the line. The game is almost over and Boston has the lead. Boston snapped the Detroit Pistons 13 game win streak.
Book 1: The Franchise: Building a Winner with the World Champion Detroit Pistons, Basketball’s Bad Boys
Book 2: Tales From the Detroit Piston
Book 3: Blue Collar Champions
Book: A Strawbeater’s Thanksgiving by Irene Smalls; illustrated by Melody Benson Rosales
Irene Smalls writes a Thanksgiving story featuring a slave boy and a tradition.
These books teach children and young people about financial literacy and business.
Book 1: No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas by Tonya Bolden; illustrated by Don Tate
Book 2: My Rows and Piles of Coins by Tololwa Mollel; illustrated by E.B. Lewis. A young Tanzania boy saves his money for a bicycle to help his mother carry heavy loads to the marketplace.
Book 3: J.D. The Kid Barber: J.D. and the Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard; illustrated by Akeem S. Roberts
Book 4: Bee Fearless Dream Like a Kid by Makaila Ulmer
Book 5: Mo’s Bows by Moziah Bridges
Award winning romance author Beverly Jenkins knows something about blessings. She wrote twelve books in the Blessings series. Rich in romance, characters, stories, twists, and surprises, these are books to read and enjoy! https://www.beverlyjenkins.net/books/the-blessings-series/
Another Detroit playwright is Dominique Morisseau. Her play, Detroit ’67, has been performed all over and is worth going to see when you get the chance. It is part of a trilogy known as The Detroit Project.
These books feature the amazing dance pioneer Alvin Ailey
Book 1: Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey by Alvin Ailey
Book 2: Alvin Ailey A Life in Dance by Jennifer Dunning
Book 3: Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Book 4: Ailey Spirit
Book 5: Edges of Ailey
Book 1: The African American Newspaper Voice of Freedom by Patrick S. Washburn
Book 2: Black Newspapers and America’s War for Democracy, 1914-1920 by William G. Jordan
Book 3: The Defender by Ethan Michaeli
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