In case you live under a rock or haven’t noticed, we’re smack dab in the middle of a teen “renaissance.” Quotes are necessary because pop culture pundits don’t believe it’s a temporary thing, which renaissances typically are. No, as it stands, we’re in the middle of a change in entertainment – movies, TV and music. [ Read the full article… ]
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IRA releases it Teachers’ Choices lists
The International Reading Association has released it’s Choices Booklists for children, teachers and young adults. And the lists are quite diverse. Here are a few titles from the Teacher’s list, that are either by or about African Americans: Primary winners: Ain’t Nobody a Stranger to Me by Ann Grifalconi, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, Hyperion, Jump [ Read the full article… ]
Membership Has Its Privileges
Have you joined The Brown Bookshelf Myspace forum yet? We know, we know – you’re already a member of a million and one other forums, message boards and blog subscriptions. But one more won’t kill you. Especially since, starting next month the forum will host some great guests for our Summer Chat Series. June Temperature [ Read the full article… ]
Faith in Fiction
Christian fiction is not a new phenomenon. I grew up reading Catherine Marshall and Janette Oke’s Love Comes Softly series in the 80s. In the 90s, the Left Behind series gained widespread notoriety on the literary scene. Within African American Christian fiction, there are several well known authors including Jacquelin Thomas, Kendra Norman Bellamy, Michelle [ Read the full article… ]
YALSA’s Best Books for Young Adults
Every year, the American Library Association compiles a list of the Best Books for Young Adults (BBYA). Each month, the BBYA committee, made up of members of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) updates the consideration list. As of April 3, 2008, two novels by African-American authors have made the consideration list: Conception (St. [ Read the full article… ]
CNN hero: Yohannes Gebregeorgis, champions children
“Moved by the lack of children’s books and literacy in his native Ethiopia, Yohannes Gebregeorgis established Ethiopia Reads, bringing free public libraries and literacy programs to thousands of Ethiopian children.” Meet this weeks CNN hero, here. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/9hM1rU-Wr18&hl=en]
What’s New in YA Releases?
The release of new books is an exciting day for book lovers all over especially when it’s a book by an author that you love. With the news that the number of books by African American authors was down in 2007 compared to 2008, it is with pleasure that I present to you a list [ Read the full article… ]
Thelma Morris-Lindsey inspires children to read
How do you excite, influence, and stir the souls of our children to greatness? In other words, how do you inspire our children to read? Create a sense of self-efficacy: I have never known anyone to do anything unless there was a feeling that they could accomplish the task at hand. Putting a book into [ Read the full article… ]