Author: paulahy

I am such a sucker for a challenge. I was lounging over at Miss Attitude’s site, Reading In Color, and saw the link to Story Siren’s YA/MG 2010 Challenge. The objective is to read a set number of YA and MG books by authors debuting in 2010. What I love about this is, it forces [ Read the full article… ]

This Friday, November 20th the movie, Precious, based on the book, Push by Sapphire opens nationwide. On December 11th, Disney’s Princess and the Frog opens nationwide. I’ll be going to see at least one of them on opening night, likely the Disney movie because I have a little one. Here’s why you should too: We [ Read the full article… ]

Psst, look to your right. Notice anything different on our side nav bar? No? Look again… The Brown Bookshelf has two new members: Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, author of the MG/YA debut, Eighth-grade Superzero (Arthur A. Levine, 2010) and Tameka F. Brown, author of debut Picture Book, Around Our Way (Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010). *applause* [ Read the full article… ]

First and foremost, this post is meant as a celebration in honor of Teen Read Week. The YALSA Teens Top Ten is out. These books were voted on by teens at libraries nationwide. That’s an exciting thing. The fact that teens still go to libraries for books and not merely to access the internet is [ Read the full article… ]

I can tell time by events going on in the literary world. For example, Halloween falls smack in the middle of The Brown Bookshelf’s call for nominations (September 30th) and YALSA’s Teen Read Week (October 19-24th). So I always know when to go out and buy my candy! Every year, Readergirlz goes full out for [ Read the full article… ]

The Writers Against Racism series is running fast and furious. Our very own Kelly Starling Lyons was Saturday’s feature. If you missed it (like I did!), check it out now. An excerpt: In elementary school, I remember reading just one children’s book featuring African-American characters — Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. [ Read the full article… ]

Congratulations to our very own, Varian Johnson. Per Publisher’s Weekly: Children’s Young Adult: Varian Johnson’s UNTITLED companion novel to the forthcoming SAVING MADDIE, again to Stephanie Elliott at Delacorte, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger, NA That calls for a Woo and a Hoo! Despite rumors of publishing’s imminent demise, books continue to be acquired. [ Read the full article… ]

If you haven’t been following Amy Bowllan’s Writers Against Racism series, catch up. I’m behind and shame on me because I missed Varian’s day. But it’s never too late. Check him out.