I was doing so good, getting these out much earlier in the month. Well, better late than never! This is a quite a full list! I hope you’ll let me know what I’m missing. In the meantime, I’m reading I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee, I’ve listed around 80 books on the Goodread challenge… Read More March Releases

Bold Words from Black Women Inspiration and Truths from 50 Extraordinary Leaders by Tamara Pizzoli and Monica Ahanonu. S&S/Millner Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide A Memoir by Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Darrell Dawsey. Amistad Feminist AF: A Guide to Crushing Girlhood by Brittney Cooper, Chanel Craft Tanner and Susana Morris.  Norton Young Readers Eight Stories… Read More Black for Real: Self Care

Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace by Jen Cullerton Johnson and Wellington D. Sadler. Lee & Low Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner by Janice N. Harrington and Theodore Taylor. Calkins Creek Jayden’s Impossible Garden By Mélina Mangal and Ken Daley. Free Spirit Publishing I am A Farmer: Growing… Read More Black for Real: Healthy Living

When I was a social studies teacher my colleagues, Max Beazley and David Duncan, got me to understand the significance relationship between sports and social justice. It is defintely more than just a game! Same with entertainment! Athletes, singers and other performers have influenced our culture for years not only because of the ways we… Read More Black for Real: Sports and Entertainment

In my continuing Black History Month series, today I’m offering up a few nonfiction books that are political in nature. Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ’Round: My Story of the Making of Martin Luther King Day by Kathlyn J. Kirkwood. Versify We’re Better Than This: Young Readers’ Edition: My Fight for the Future of… Read More Black for Real: Politicals