Tag: african american

Interview: Alice Randall, Caroline Randall Williams, Shadra Strickland

Alice Randall is the only black woman in history to have written a number one country song. She’s a produced screenwriter and a successful author of contemporary adult fiction. Caroline Randall Williams, her daughter, is an award winning poet and the great-granddaughter of Arna Bontemps. Shadra Strickland  won the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Coretta Scott… Read More Interview: Alice Randall, Caroline Randall Williams, Shadra Strickland

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book review and a pairing: The diary of B. B. Bright Possible Princess

title: The diary of B. B. Bright Possible Princess authors: Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams illustrator: Shadra Strickland date: Turner Books; September, 2012 main character: B.B. Bright reading level: 3.0 B.B. Bright is an orphan girl who lives on an island with her three godmommies. As she faces her thirteenth birthday, she begins to realize… Read More book review and a pairing: The diary of B. B. Bright Possible Princess

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Winners All

A couple of days ago, I posted about a couple of recent awards given by the ALA. We’re at that time of the year where movie awards, book awards, acting awards and other accolades are being made. (I’m sure the educator and librarian awards will receive just as much notoriety and compensation.) These awards provide… Read More Winners All

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