To promote awareness of black artists creating books for children, and to ensure they receive some level of collective push for their work, The Brown Bookshelf has established 28 Days Later, an annual celebration featuring 28 authors and illustrators throughout the month of February.
Our 2014 honorees are:
15. Tiki Barber and Ronde Barber
28. Higgins Bond
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks
The Magnificent Maya Tibbs, by Crystal Allen
Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Don
Tate (illustrated)
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
The Zero Degree Zombie Zone by Jerry Craft (illustrated)
Jada Jones: Rock Star by Kelly Starling Lyons
TWO NAOMIS by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (w. Audrey Vernick)
My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood by Tameka Fryer Brown
So Done by Paula Chase
Check out more of our books here.
Robyn Z. Abdusamad
Children Books: “Wahid & His Special Friend” and “You Are Beautiful”