I haven’t added new book reviews this summer, not because I haven’t been reading but because my reading has not been directly related to this blog. I’ve had three workshops full of reading! First was a Leading Edge Librarian Academy which had me reading a Barbara Stripling textbook. Then there is a Pearl Harbor workshop… Read More Adding Reviews
If you’re missing the point of the new books I’ve recently posted, check out Jelani Cobb, History Professor at Spelman University here on Tayari Jones’ blog. Yes, he’s writing about music but our young people are caught up in a trick bag. They’re no longer learning the value of education, the morals of decency or… Read More And if you still don’t get it!!
and if you weren’t insulted by the previous book, check this out. This time, it’s a white female author with obviously black characters. HEY!!! KIDS!!! WAKE UP!!!!!!!
What an amazing program in NYC that teaches media literacy through political expression to young people!! Radio Rootz helping young people find meaning in their world!
I was excited to see that Scholastic has a book coming out this fall by a new black author, Coe Booth. There is a sample online. Let me know what you think!
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