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7 Children’s Titles for Juneteenth
Juneteenth is the celebration of the news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally stretching to the farthest reaches of the Confederacy at the time, Texas. It took over two years for the news of emancipation to reach Texas! General Gordon Granger read aloud the proclamation in Galveston, Texas on June 19,…
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Black Publishing Power
This week, Amistad Books is encouraging everyone to purchase just two titles written by Black authors this week. The goal of the Black Publishing Power initiative? To blackout the Best Seller List with a complete list of Black authors and to bring awareness to inequality in the publishing world! It’s…
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18 More Books for Babies & Toddlers: Social Justice, Equality and Diversity
My 36 Titles for Babies & Toddlers: Social Justice, Equality, and Diversity has been extremely popular in recent weeks. If you can believe it, this list has been viewed almost 200 times a day for the past week! There have been more and more calls to action to create diverse…
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16 Picture Books Featuring Black Characters
Today I’m sharing 16 picture books featuring Black characters by Black authors. There are dozens of wonderful books featuring black characters written by white authors and there’s nothing wrong with those titles. But, right now, it’s important to bring awareness to Black creators. Be sure to include these books as…
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Storytime Theme: Food
It’s been radio silence on my blog for the past few days! We had a massive storm blow through southeastern Pennsylvania on Wednesday around lunchtime. We were one of the over 1 million people who lost power and we still haven’t gotten it back. We tried to get our generator…
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Kidlit Rally for Black Lives
Kwame Alexander has organized a Kidlit Rally for Black Lives hosted by The Brown Bookshelf. As if I could love him anymore? Organized by Black authors and illustrators, the Brown Bookshelf was “designed to push awareness of the myriad Black voices writing for young readers.” They have some amazing book…
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16 Books with Black Characters Written by Black Authors
My heart hurts every time I have to address police brutality, like school and gun violence, these situations keep happening and nothing seems to get better. People across the country are hurting right now and it can be seen in the number of peaceful protests and the more violent looting…
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6th-8th Grade Back To School Reading List
Response I’d say that there are hundreds, if not thousands of schools across the country with school reading lists that mirror this reading list posted on Twitter by the Florida Department of Education. The list of titles includes a majority of authors that are, for a lack of a better…
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Middle Grade @ Heart Summer Reading Bingo
Middle Grade @ Heart is an online book club “as a resource for parents, librarians, teachers, writers, and everyone who loves the heart and hope of books for this age group.” This summer they’ve created the ultimate middle grade bingo sheet filled with amazing books! I’m so excited because although…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Reflection
I survived another year of the Blogging From A to Z April Challenge (scroll to the bottom for a complete list)! This year, I dove deep into the world of diversity in children’s and young adult literature. I was surprised to see as much diversity as I did, but we’ve…
