Please welcome my guest blogger today, Glenda Armand, the author of Ira’s Shakespeare Dream. If you agree about #OscarsSoWhite now in 2016, imagine how difficult it would be for people of color to succeed in the theater more than 100 years ago! #OscarsSoWhite analysis by Time Magazine: See the Entire History of the Oscars Diversity Problem…
Category: African American Children’s Books
Civil Rights Movement Books for 4th Grade and MLK Day
In honor of Martin Luther King, Junior day, I wanted to share my son’s 4th grade Civil Rights Movement project. His teacher created a really great timeline that I hope will be helpful as well. Civil Rights Movement Books for 4th Grade and MLK Day I am Jackie Robinson (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad…
5 Feel-Good Books About Africa
5 Wonderful Picture Books on Africa I know very little about the continent of Africa so today I wanted to explore it through picture books. These five books show different perspectives from the story of young Masaii girl who wants to touch the moon to visiting family in Tanzania and The Gambia. I was surprised to…
Booking Across the USA: Tennessee & Patricia McKissack
I am thrilled to be co-posting with Valarie Budayr of Jump Into A Book for the Book Across America blog tour. I was late to the sign up to my birth state of California was already taken, as well as Massachusetts where I now reside. No matter. Tennessee was open where Valarie lives so I…
Black History Month Picture Book of the Day
February is Black History Month and I’m celebrating with a round-up of books that I hope teach and inspire for different reasons. I have two biographies on Sun Ra, a jazz legend, and Malcolm X, the great civil rights leader. I chose Lend a Hand for the inspiring poems and inclusive illustrations that urge readers…
Children’s Africana Book Awards and Kid Lit Blog Hop
Valarie Budayr and I were so excited to meet Children’s Africana Book Awards at the National Social Studies Meeting.
Books for Kids To Celebrate MLK Day
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr image from Wikipedia To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 20th, I thought I would compile my previous posts on MLK day and the Civil Rights Movement. I hope these lists will be helpful if…