November 1, 2021
National STEM (and STEAM) Day is Monday, November 8th. This list of children’s books by Black authors has stories that feature real-life and fictional explorers, scientists, […]
October 19, 2021
Today is World Ballet Day! It is a fairly new annual celebration that gives admirers of the art form a peek behind the scenes of many […]
October 7, 2021
Jupiter Hammon was born on October 17, 1711. He is known as the father of African American literature, a distinction that recognizes him as the first […]
October 1, 2021
India Hill Brown’s The Girl in the Lake (Scholastic Press) is described as “a truly chilling (and historically inspired) ghost story,” but Brown’s much anticipated sophomore […]