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September 12, 2025 KRLemmons African American Authors, African American Biography, African American Picture Books, African American Young Adult Literature, African Americans, Children's literature

Day 12 of September is Black Reading Month Dancing Friday

Friday is a good day for dancing! I will feature three books that are about dancing.

Book 1: Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. A story about a long-legged girl who is determined to prove she can be a dancer.

Book 2: Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. A delightful story about 12 brothers who can dance their shoes off!

Book 3: Life in Motion Young Reader’s Edition by Misty Copeland. This memoir chronicles Misty’s journey to become the first African American female principal ballet dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.

September 1, 2025September 10, 2025 KRLemmons African American Authors, African American Literature, African American Middle Grades Literature, African American Picture Books, African American Young Adult Literature, African Americans, Multicultural Nonfiction

September is Black Reading Month

September is Black Reading Month! I am kicking off the month featuring and celebrating books about black folks written by black authors. My plan and goal is to feature at least one book a day. Some of these books I may or may not have read.

Day 1: To kick off Black reading month and in honor of black workers, check out this book by Blair LM Kelley:

December 20, 2022 KRLemmons Multicultural literature

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature 2022 Best Books List has been released

The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature (CSMCL) has released its 2022 Best Book list. This list represent the best fiction and nonfiction books published in 2022 that are historically accurate, authentically represent the culture, and well-written. The entire list can be found by visiting the site:

https://www.csmcl.org/best-books-2022

February 23, 2015February 23, 2015 KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American Illustrators, Children's literature

Day 23 28 Days Later Campaign from The Brown Bookshelf: Jerry Craft

Day 22 features author/illustrator Jerry Craft, author of the book, The Offenders, and illustrator of the book, The Zero Degree Zombie Zone. Read about this versatile author/illustrator here: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2015/02/23/day-23-jerry-craft/

February 22, 2015 KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American Poetry, Children's literature

Day 22 28 Days Later Campaign from The Brown Bookshelf: Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton, award winning poet and author of the acclaimed Everett Anderson series, is featured in Day 22 of the 28 Days Later Campaign from The Brown Bookshelf. Read about this multi-talented writer here: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2015/02/22/day-22-lucille-clifton/

February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, Children's literature

Day 20 28 Days Later Campaign from The Brown Bookshelf: Mildred Pitts Walter

Mildred Pitts Walter, author of several books including Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, Suitcase and others, is the featured author for Day 20 28 Days Later Campaign. Read about this multi-talented author here: http://thebrownbookshelf.com/2015/02/20/day-20-mildred-pitts-walter/

February 15, 2015 KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, African American Literature, Children's literature

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/

February 15, 2015February 15, 2015 KRLemmons 28 Days Later Campaign, African American Authors, Children's literature

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/

December 22, 2014December 22, 2014 KRLemmons African American Authors, African American Illustrators, Children's literature, Multicultural literature

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

March 15, 2014 KRLemmons African American Authors, African American Literature, African American Young Adult Literature, Children's literature, Resources

March 12 Woman of the Day: Virginia Hamilton

March 12 Woman of the Day is Virginia Hamilton, an award winning children’s and young adult’s author, who was born on this day in 1936. Information about this amazing author can be found by clicking here:

Additional resources: Biography.com: http://www.biography.com/people/virginia-hamilton-21106647 Scholastic.com: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/virginia-hamilton Audio from Open Road Media: http://video.openroadmedia.com/UTq3/meet-virginia-hamilton/

TeachingBooks.net: http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=444&a=1

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