#DearScholastic
Do you remember buying books from the Scholastic Book Fair? I think I do. You…
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sharing the burden
Up again. Listening to the Lauryn Hill channel on You Tube, which reminded me of…
day of the dead
There’s a reading tonight hosted by the Pan-African Writers Association (PAWA) but I was simply too tired…
making change from within
I’m not on Twitter much but on one of my recent visits I discovered a…
see through
Summer Edward, Caribbean children’s literature specialist, is running a series on her website called “Publishing…
sweet snarl
It actually feels like spring here in Toronto—for once I’m not shivering through my visit,…
see what we saw
If you were at the NYPL yesterday for Betsy Bird’s Children’s Literature Salon then you…
Diversity and the State of the Children’s Book
If you’re a member of the children’s literature community then you know Betsy Bird, Fuse8…
farewell, Coretta
My grandmother was an ardent admirer of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A “colored” woman…
and now for the analysis…
I think my list of black-authored MG/YA novels published in the US is pretty complete—thanks…