I have compiled some of my book lists to include all the books that I could find that showcase Black Achievement. So far, my list of books here is up to 48 but more books within each blog post linked below. This list was prompted by an article in Edutopia that asked K-12 teachers to celebrate…
Please welcome my guest author today, Lisa Stringfellow. We both served on the Equity and Inclusion Committee for NE SCBWI (and what a crazy time that was!). The best part of the E&I committee was working with the committee members, especially Lisa Stringfellow! She’s awesome! My next-door neighbor’s daughter also had Lisa as her middle…
Please join me for our ninth Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. February’s event will be held on February 3rd and we are celebrating Multicultural Children’s Book Day using Change Sings: A…
Please welcome my guest author today, Alice Faye Duncan. She has a list of picture books about the power of protests and activism. We are also giving away two of her signed books on this theme! To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. 10 Picture Books About the Power of Protests…
Please join me for our fourth Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. October’s event will be held on October 7th and we are celebrating Halloween using Boo Stew by Donna L. Washington,…
“This history was totally hidden from white children. And that was deliberate.” from The Atlantic I think that the Tulsa Race Massacre may have garnered a single sentence in my history book when I studied A.P. History in high school in Southern California. A single sentence or even paragraph isn’t enough to do it justice,…
Juneteenth gets its name from the combination of June and Nineteenth and is celebrated annually on June 19. It’s also called Emancipation Day and Freedom Day. Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, announcing enslaved people “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free,” but the proclamation didn’t immediately apply in certain areas, including secessionist…