Welcome to my stop on the Hear Our Voices Book Tour for The Fire Serpent Legacy by Cindy L. Rodriguez! This is a middle grade fantasy that for those who like mystery, adventure and protecting the environment. I was already a fan of Rodriguez’ last book Lola Reyes is So Not Worried (see my review) […]
Book Review: What Are You? by Ilduce Brandão-DaSilva, illustrated By Sarah Jane Docker This new children’s book first caught my attention because of its title. It’s a question that I have been repeatedly asked my entire life. All through my childhood and teenage years, other kids were always asking me, What are you? It was […]
Book Review: When Chicken and Duck Talk: Learning to Swim by Joana Szeto, illustrated by RaeAnne Lee Welcome to my stop on the Hear Our Voices book tour for When Chicken and Duck Talk: Learning to Swim by Joana Szeto and illustrated by RaeAnne Lee. Embedded Audio for Multilingual Read Aloud Learning to Swim […]
The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika and Maritza Moulite is not a zombie book in the sense that the plot explicitly aligns with the MC roaming around eating peoples’ brains, but main character girlie Brielle still ate!!! This young adult revenge fiction features Haitian American zombie, Brielle Petitfour. Now I love a good […]
Do you know a teen who would be interested in a club name the Dope Writers’ Society? If so, then This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph, might be the book for them. Thank you @candlewickpress for the gifted copy and to @libro.fm for the ALC. In his YA novel debut, Frederick Joseph tells the […]
Silenced Voices is a generational tale that is fictional, but based on true events. Beginning in present day, Young José knows nothing of his mother’s childhood and past. But one day in 2013, he gets curious when he learns about the genocide trial of former Guatemalan president, Efrain Rios Montt. The trial triggers his mother, […]
It’s the weekend and for many African American families that means engaging in the weekly Black hair care routine. For some it’s a few hours and for others it’s an all day event. But one thing it does in addition to producing some cute and healthy hairdos is build relationships. Relationships between mother/auntie/grandmother and daughter/niece/granddaughter […]
Welcome to my tour stop for the Chloe by Connie Briscoe book tour by Colored Pages Book Tours The story follows not, Chloe, but Angel, a private chef who has been hired to spend the month of August on Martha’s Vineyard for a wealthy Black family. Angel puts up with the haughtiness and temper tantrums of […]
Welcome to my book tour stop for The Filling Station by Vanessa Miller, hosted by Hear Our Voices Book Tours. Vanessa Miller’s latest novel, The Filling Station is historical fiction that tells the story of two sisters who survived the massacre and how they try to pick up the pieces of their lives left in […]
Okay so this book is awesome!!! As a Black gardener, I love the representation this book, Akeem Keeps Bees!: A Close-up Look at the Honey Makers and Pollinators of Sankofa Farms by Kamal E. Bell and Akeem Bell, illustrated by Darnell Johnson gives to young Black children who might want to grow up to be […]