Illustrator Jan Spivey Gilchrist's blog talk radio program, which aired April 4, 2017, is now av
UPDATE: The program described below aired on 4/4/2017, but if you missed it, it's not too late to hear it. Just go to Write Stuff Radio...
What fourth and fifth grade students recently had to say about Skyping with author Dean Pitchford
Recently, Dean Pitchford, author of THE BIG ONE-OH, NICKEL BAY NICK and CAPTAIN NOBODY (all published by Penguin/Putnam), as well as...
Announcing Jan Spivey Gilchrist's new book, WE ARE SHINING, by Gwendolyn Brooks, coming out in l
We were pleased to learn that Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist has illustrated WE ARE SHINING...
See Dean Pitchford talk about NICKEL BAY NICK in this video for Georgia’s largest school district’s
Earlier this month, Dean Pitchford’s NICKEL BAY NICK (Penguin) was included in Georgia’s largest school district’s reading completion...
A tribute to Eloise Greenfield on the Brown Bookshelf’s flagship initiative, 28 Days Later
The Brown Bookshelf was started by a group of authors and illustrators who promote awareness of the many African American voices writing...
Marilyn Singer's FEEL THE BEAT unites communities in the Publishers Weekly review
Publishers Weekly feels the celebration in Marilyn Singer’s FEEL THE BEAT: DANCE POEMS THAT ZING FROM SALSA TO SWING: Booklist agrees in...
Ashley Bryan’s FREEDOM OVER ME and Neal Shusterman’s SCYTHE win major ALA awards!
What do Ashley Bryan and Neal Shusterman have in common? This year they are both recipients of ALA awards. This year, ALA (the American...
School Library Journal finds Marilyn Singer's FEEL THE BEAT an absolute delight
That's what the School Library Journal reviewer said in her review of FEEL THE BEAT: DANCE POEMS THAT ZING FROM SALSA TO SWING...
The exact location in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture where
As you may recall, in September, we blogged that the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the new branch...
Ashley Bryan's FREEDOM OVER ME starred in Horn Book
Read the Horn Book starred review of Ashley Bryan's FREEDOM OVER ME.
