Welcome to my stop on the Hear Our Voices book tour for When I Hear Spirituals by Cheryl Willis Hudson, illustrated by London Ladd. This is a beautiful book of lyrical storytelling that weaves in Spirituals throughout. Each page features a different spiritual and if you grew up in the Black church, no matter the […]
Welcome to my tour stop for the Frankie and Friends: The Lost Tooth by Christine Platt book tour hosted by Hear Our Voices Tours ! 🦷 🧚🏾♀️This is a favorite young reader series of mine. There are not many early reader/chapter book series that feature Black children as the main character. Here are a few […]
Review: They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illustrated by James E. Ransome What better way for a Black Book Influencer to kick off Black History Month than with a book that shares the history of why reading and literacy is so important? Told from the point of view of a young […]
My kids called this book the “smart version of Little Red Riding Hood.” We all really liked Mahogany by Janay Brown-Wood, a new, melanin-rich version of the popular fairytale. The author incorporates contemporary ideas, the importance of nature and the richness of Black culture into this retelling. Mahogany has a love for fashion and music. […]
Here is a great book for a father-son read aloud! I’m So Proud of You by Craig Melvin is a heartwarming book. Through the use of rhyming, the father conveys to the son how proud he is of him in a variety of scenarios. It highlights the kind and considerate behavior of the son as […]
Happy Book Birthday to Renee Watson for her new children’s book Summer Is Here! Thank you @bloomsburychildrens for the gifted copy! Looking for a great end of the school year read aloud for your elementary kiddos? (Or for parents-first-day-of-summer read aloud!) Check out this poetic and beautifully illustrated celebration of excitement for the summer season. It takes […]
Shh! It’s a secret but this secret library is exactly what it says it is. I’ll let you think about it for a second. Yup! That’s right, this library is full of volumes of secrets. Welcome to my stop on The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon hosted by Hear Our Voices Book Tours This is […]
Review: There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds This is such a fun book! For lovers of history, poetry, storytelling, and art, there is something for each that will keep you in awe. I was actually introduced to this book through a launch party where I got to hear Jason Reynolds introduce There […]
We Could Fly by Rhiannon Giddens is a companion to her last book Build a House. We Could Fly is a lyrical conversation between a mother and daughter. Their dialogue is musical like a Negro spiritual and has an ancestral connection. We Could Fly also speaks to the ongoing search for freedom that African-Americans experience […]
I’m back celebrating my third year as a Multicultural Children’s Book Day reviewer! I’m excited to share my thoughts on Old to Joy by Anita Crawford Clark. Be sure to check out the details after this review for ways you can participate in Multicultural Children’s Book Day and attend the celebration Thursday, Jan. 25 at […]