Author and blogger, Kyra Hicks, offers predictions for the 2010 Coretta Scott King Awards.
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Mock Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Each year, awards are given to authors and illustrators of outstanding children’s books, Newbery, Caldecott, Siebert, Coretta, among them. And each year about this time, people try to predict who might win those awards. Some in the kidlitosphere have noted a lack of interest in discussions of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards by holding [ Read the full article… ]
Javaka Steptoe On The Sounds of a Rainbow
Javaka Steptoe is an award-winning, eclectic artist, designer, and illustrator. His debut work, In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers, earned him the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, a nomination for Outstanding Children’s Literature Work at the 1998 NAACP Image Awards, and countless other honors. More accolades followed for his work on [ Read the full article… ]
Remembering One Million Men in October
October 16, 2010 marks the 15th Anniversary of the Million Man March, an event where African-American men from all over the country came together in the spirit of atonement, reconciliation, and responsibility. BBS’s Kelly Starling Lyons attended the march and is the author of the picture book, One Million Men and Me—a tender story told [ Read the full article… ]
It’s In There…
Totally dating myself here, but remember that old Ragu commercial where the grandma was making spaghetti sauce and one of her new- school grandchildren comes up and starts making all these suggestions of what she should put in the sauce to make it better? And everytime the grandchild mentions an ingrediant, Grandma says (with all [ Read the full article… ]
Open Sesame
Or is it…open says me? I never knew. Which ever it is, the window is now open for 28 Days Later submissions. The Brown Bookshelf is still here four years later because of word-of-mouth. For those who visit regularly, we appreciate your spreading the word about submission time and then promoting 28 Days Later when [ Read the full article… ]
SEEING is believing
Click here to see the video: http://www.facebook.com/v/10150269864645317 I love how technology has changed how authors and illustrators can promote their works. With this video, Shane W. Evans beaks way beyond the typical. Not quite sure if it’s a book trailer, but whatever it is, it’s certainly fun and memorable. Sing along! Learn more about Shane [ Read the full article… ]
Giving Time
Every Sunday my pastor does her little routine… “What time is it?” she says, a glint in her eye as she scans the church. And the congregation responds, “It’s giving time.” And everyone knows that it’s time to dig deep into their pockets or checkbooks and prime themselves for the offering. Well, it’s giving time [ Read the full article… ]