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Day 20 Throwback: RENÉE WATSON

Renée Watson was the debut author of two children’s books–a picture book and a middle grade novel, both published in 2010–when we featured her during 28 Days Later in 2011. She is now a Coretta Scott King Award and Newbery Honor winning kidlit superstar whose books have sold over 1 million copies. Though her notoriety [ Read the full article… ]

Day 19 Throwback: DANIEL MINTER

Daniel Minter’s art is bold, brilliant, and singular. Every book, every sculpture, every painting, every postage stamp…all are testaments to the compelling nature of his creative genius. In 2020, Minter was awarded a Caldecott Honor Award for Going Down Home With Daddy, his second award-winning collaboration with BBS member, Kelly Starling Lyons. Their first was [ Read the full article… ]

Day 18 Throwback: JERDINE NOLEN

When I interviewed author Jerdine Nolen in 2010, during my first year with The Brown Bookshelf, I was a bit star struck. Two of her books were in our family’s regular reading rotation (In My Momma’s Kitchen and Raising Dragons), and we had checked out several others from the library (shout outs to Harvey Potter’s [ Read the full article… ]