May 14, 2021

The Tulsa Race Massacre 100th Anniversary: 7 Children’s & YA Books

“I could see planes circling in mid-air…They grew in number and hummed, darted and dipped low. I could hear something like hail failing upon the top […]
May 12, 2021

12 Books for National Foster Care Month

“Although I was young when my foster care ordeal began, I remember how it felt to be passed off and over-looked. Like nobody knew me or […]
May 10, 2021

20 Picture Books by Eloise Greenfield

“I write with the hope that my work will inspire, in children, a love for themselves, a love for language and literature, and a commitment to […]
May 4, 2021

15 Picture Books for Mother’s Day

My little dark baby, My little earth-thing, My little love-one, What shall I sing For your lullaby? — Langston Hughes, Lullaby (For a Black Mother) Esteemed […]