Hello, friends! Our book today is Rosa, written by Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier, the story of Rosa Parks’s famous act of defiance and the fire it lit in the Civil Rights movement. Rosa Parks is a seamstress, an activist, and a well-respected woman in her town of Montgomery, Alabama. One December afternoon, … Continue reading Rosa (Nikki Giovanni)
Hello, friends! Today, we read A Is For Activist by Innosanto Nagara, a children's guide to human rights, equality, and civil disobedience. As with any alphabet book, the reader is taken through their ABC's, this time using progressive subjects and topics to illustrate each letter. For instance, E is for Environmental Justice, L for LGBTQ … Continue reading A Is For Activist (Innosanto Nagara)
Hello, everyone! Today, we're wrapping up our Black History Month series with We March by Shane W. Evans, an account of the 1963 March on Washington written from a child's point of view. Set against the background of the seminal civil rights protest, We March tells the story of one family's experience, presenting the history … Continue reading We March (Shane W. Evans)
Hello, everyone! It's Friday again, so we're continuing our Black History Month book series with The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore, written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore as told through the eyes of Lewis Michaux, Jr. Lewis's dad runs … Continue reading The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore (Vaunda Micheaux Nelson)
Hello everyone! It's Friday, so we are continuing our Black History Month series with today's book, Martin's Big Words: The Life Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., written by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Bryan Collier. This picture book biography of Dr. King uses the theme of his "big words," i.e. his powerful writings and … Continue reading Martin’s Big Words: The Life Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Doreen Rappaport)
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