Chances are you’ve heard of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. They’re wonderful stories that have been shared for generations. But what if you’re looking for a tale that celebrates the season and African-American culture? Here are 10 picture books to consider adding to your holiday book list that salute Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year’s [ Read the full article… ]
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Chall-lunge!
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… ]
EXPERT SCOOP
Being a new member of The Brown Bookshelf, and primarily a picture book writer, I thought it fitting that I dedicate myself to blogging about newbie/PB stuff. My mission is to provide inside info— tapping a broad spectrum of key decision makers that drive what is currently deemed marketable (and therefore, most likely to be [ Read the full article… ]
Book report: Looking Like Me
Looking Like Me written by Walter Dean Myers illustrated by Christopher Myers Published by Egmont, 2009 Walter Dean Myers is a writer and photographer, a flute player and cat lover. Christopher Myers is an artist and writer, a clothes designer, a dancer. Together this father-son duo created the picture book Looking Like Me, a collaboration [ Read the full article… ]
Precious, Princess & The Frog
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… ]
Welcome Aboard!
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… ]
Book reports: FIRST COME THE ZEBRA; MOST LOVED IN ALL THE WORLD
FIRST COME THE ZEBRA, written and illustrated by Lynne Barasch (Lee & Low Books, 2009). For thousands of years, millions of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle have journeyed through the plains of the Serengeti and the Massai Mara, in search of fresh water and grasses. It’s known as the annual ‘Great Migration.’ One day during the [ Read the full article… ]
YALSA 2009 Teens Top Ten
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… ]