My round-up of resources for Black History Month includes: African American children’s book lists Multicultural Children’s Book Club videos Read Your World Ig Live interviews with Black KidLit Creators African American Books for Kids 30 Black Joy Picture Books and Chapter Books Walden Pond and Black History Month Black Heritage Trail in Boston Children’s…
My Book News! GREEN HOMES HAPPY PLANET Cover Reveal BARBED WIRED BETWEEN US: Kirkus The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of Spring 2026 We Sing From the Heart Wins Social Justice Literature Award BARBED WIRE BETWEEN US gets Kirkus Starred Review! A Great Review by BookList for FORTUNE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE! We Sing…
My author copies just arrived! I can’t wait to show you! Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación, and published by Red Comet Press This is the story of my heart. The manuscript that I struggled with for years, which was, at first, much too dark to be a children’s…
Thank you to my guest author today, Lori Apfel Cardeli, AIA, NCARB, with her list of 10 children’s books on Architecture, Identity, and Storytelling: Children’s Books That Build More Than Buildings! We are giving away five (5) signed copies of The Glass Pyramid. To enter, please leave a comment. — Architecture is often taught through famous…
This Harvard museum used to be called the Cooper Gallery, but now, after a generous donor stepped up, it is renamed the Alain Locke Gallery of African and African American Art. It’s located in Harvard Square, but it seems like this jewel of a museum is under the radar. I hope you enjoy the works…
Thank you to Poetry for Children for including Barbed Wire Between Us in Sneak Peek list of Poetry for Young People 2026! Here is the list: Sneak Peek list of Poetry for Young People 2026 Adjoa, Delali. 2026. The Free Verse Society. Peachtree Teen. Alexander, Kwame. 2026. The Mighty Macy. Ill. by Kitt Thomas. Little, Brown. Arango,…
My picture book, Green Homes, Happy Planet, has had quite a journey. It started out with the title A Place to Call Home. I failed to check for other books by this same name when I titled it. My editor, agent, and I brainstormed alternative titles. I even used ChatGPT for ideas, but it didn’t…
Since I was going to be in Washington, DC for NCSS, my husband joined me so that we could go to some of the museums. He hadn’t visited museums in DC since his trip in high school. I hadn’t seen the museums since graduating from college. We had a lot of catching up to do!…
Please join us on Feb 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) for our FREE Virtual Event with panelists Deedee Cummings Tonya Duncan Ellis Nina Crews Lisa D. Brathwaite Click here to register or click on the image below: Book Bundle Giveaway We will be giving away books during our…