to brown author, Grace Lin’s Where The Mountain Meets The Moon.
Visit Grace Lin’s blog to find out more about the novel for readers age 8-12 and her Twitter Book Party festivities.
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Note: Whenever possible i.e. when I’m at my PC at the right time and can do it, I’ll try and pass on those books, by brown authors, that are part of Mitali’s Twitter Party event.
The Brown Bookshelf is designed to push awareness of the myriad of African American voices writing for young readers. Our flagship initiative of is 28 Days Later, a month-long showcase of the best in Picture Books, Middle Grade and Young Adult novels written and illustrated by African Americans.
You can read more about the founders of The Brown Bookshelf here.
Additional Information about The Brown Bookshelf and 28 Days Later:
28 Days Later Press Release
Flipping the Script by Paula Chase Hyman
Saving Maddie by Varian Johnson
It Jes' Happened by Don
Tate,
Ellen's Broom, Written by Kelly Starling Lyons
Eighth-Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Around Our Way by Tameka Fryer Brown
The Pet Wash, Written by Gwendolyn Hooks
How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba Sized Trophy, Written by Crystal Allen
Check out more of our books here.
