This marks the end of our Summer Generations Book Club. We thank all of you for participating with us! I certainly found books that I wouldn’t have otherwise. My favorite was Questlove’s CREATIVE QUEST. I read it twice. Once as an audiobook and once in paperback because I wanted to take notes on the page. [ Read the full article… ]
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Torrey Maldonado on: The Talk
In The Talk, out today, thirty diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators engage young people in frank discussions about racism, identity and self-esteem. Featuring stories and images filled with love, acceptance, truth, peace, and an assurance that there can be hope for a better tomorrow, The Talk is an inspiring anthology and must-have resource published in [ Read the full article… ]
Generations Book Club: Voice and Vision
“It was my mother who gave me my voice. She did this, I know now, by clearing a space where my words could fall, grow, then find their way to others.” ― Paula Giddings “The world is before you and you need not to take it or leave it as it was when you [ Read the full article… ]
Congressman and Children’s Book Author John Lewis
Last night as I listened to my bedtime YouTube music the letters J O H N L E W I S scrolled across the screen. There was no need to click on them. I knew what it meant. We had lost another soldier of the Civil Rights Movement and an award-winning children’s book author. Four [ Read the full article… ]
Generations Book Club: Heritage & Legacy
We hope you’ve enjoyed our book club selections, so far. I trust you don’t need a pandemic to force reading, but with a semi-quarantine situation in effect for most of our country, our book selections are a great opportunity to find a book for any member of the family. This week’s theme is Heritage and [ Read the full article… ]
Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival Honors Ashley Bryan
Today, on Ashley Bryan‘s birthday, we’re thrilled to share a guest post about an incredible children’s book festival created in his honor. Award-winning artist Daniel Minter and his executive creative director wife Marcia are the founders of the hosting organization, Indigo Arts Alliance. The festival is named in honor of Bryan’s Coretta Scott King Award-winning [ Read the full article… ]
Generations Book Club: Ingenuity & Innovation
Welcome to the Generation’s Book Club. Today’s list features books that celebrate the inventive genius of Black people—not just characters in books, but also the people who create these stories. We are confident that you will enjoy these selections as much as we do. Should you decide to purchase, we’ve partnered with Brian Lair [ Read the full article… ]
Generations Book Club: Community & Culture
The books featured on our site have shown the Black experience in all its shapes and forms. In our second Generation’s Book Club list we feature books that give readers a glimpse into the many flavors of community and culture – from a nighttime routine to put baby to sleep to the battle over [ Read the full article… ]