What I’m Reading: Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I gave Between the World and Me to my son at Christmas. After the holidays I realized #1 son had left…
Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for…
Discover Black History Month with Alice Walker & The Color Purple
Discover Black History Month with Alice Walker The Color Purple Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and…
Ira’s Shakespeare Dream by Glenda Armand Illustrations by Floyd Cooper
This above all…to thine own self be true Shakespeare. Iambic pentameter. Such good stuff! Young Ira Aldridge loved The Bard…
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
Have you ever imagined a horror book for tweens? Prior to seeing Neil Himself, I never would have really considered…
Mommy, Why’s Your Skin So Brown? by Maria Leonard Olsen
If you’re white, you probably don’t get asked too many questions about your heritage. To be sure, you probably identify…
Top Five African American Reads
I’m so excited to share this list with you today! My young cousin is a teacher in Pittsburgh and she…
Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth a ListenUp Audio Review #DiversityReadingChallenge
It’s no secret by now that I LOVE Audible.com! They’ve made the past 6 months of my life immensely more…
An Unconventional Librarian’s 2015 #DiversityReadingChallenge
IT’S TIME FOR DIVERSITY! I’ve been wanting to start my own reading challenge and I’ve finally done it! Let’s ring…
Good Writers Live in Our Hearts Forever: Maya Angelou and Walter Dean Myers
It’s true: while we want our fave writers to live forever, it’s just not possible. I mean, realistically, what would…