“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]
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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… ]
Where The Rubber Meets The Road
So many books. So little time. I’m overwhelmed with the sheer number of books available. I used to feel ignorant when someone would wax on about an author I hadn’t heard of, because they’d speak of them as if everyone should know the person. I no longer feel that way. There are lots of books [ Read the full article… ]
Book report: Before John Was a Jazz Giant
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane Written by Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by Sean Qualls Published by Henry Holt and Company, April 2008 Life can be a rat race, I know. We get so busy we never take the time to stop and listen, taking a chance on missing life’s [ Read the full article… ]
28 & Beyond: Almost to Freedom
Children’s librarian and author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson was exploring an exhibit of historic rag dolls at New Mexico’s International Museum of Folk Art when inspiration struck. As she perused the collection, which included a few dolls from Underground Railroad hideouts, she is quoted as thinking: “If only these dolls could talk.” So began Nelson’s journey [ Read the full article… ]
Speak Up…Who’s Your Favorite?
I’m used to my own blog being quiet. People lurk and like it that way. I never give them a hard time about it. But Don and I have always wished the comments here at the BBS reflected the number of folks actually visiting. Still, I don’t want to scare anyone away by making them [ Read the full article… ]
Guest blogger Kyra Hicks: Black Kid’s Lit Authors – Down 12% in 2007
The number of African American Children’s Book authors published in 2007 has declined nearly 12% since 2006! The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin, Madison has tracked children’s books by and about people of color in the US since 1994. Its study of African American children’s book authors goes back further [ Read the full article… ]