If you’re familiar with Black children’s book publishing, then you might know why Just Us Books was founded. Parents Wade and Cheryl Hudson were tired of searching for books that featured little brown boys and girls, and coming up with the same handful of titles. So they combined their experience in writing, marketing and art…
Category: Children’s Literature
Liveblog: Benefit Concert at Rembrandts Coffee House Supports “Buckle Up for Bobby”
LIVE: 8:37 p.m. I just won Basket #1 outside in the raffle. LIVE: 8:35 p.m. A check for $500 was just presented by the Grotto Group. LIVE: 8:25 p.m. The Kimberly Trip is playing a song from Napolean Dynamite. LIVE: 8:20 p.m. Mark Robert Nielebeck just announced that the silent auction is about to close….
Coach Pete Congratulating Finishers @BoiseStateRec #BeatCoachPete #photo
Pete congratulating finishers at #beatcoachpete twitter.com/JCorrKTVB/stat… — Justin Corr (@JCorrKTVB) April 13, 2013 __ @jcorrktvb It is another great day for Boise State Bronco sports and the entire community! Go Blue! #BeatCoachPete — YoungPeoplesPavilion (@Young_Pavilion) April 13, 2013
#beatcoachpete could be the biggest field ever #photo
Off they go to #beatcoachpete could be the biggest field ever. twitter.com/JCorrKTVB/stat… — Justin Corr (@JCorrKTVB) April 13, 2013 I’m heading over to the finish line. How many people will Beat Coach Pete this year? #beatcoachpete — YoungPeoplesPavilion (@Young_Pavilion) April 13, 2013
Liveblog: Follow the Beat Coach Pete Race Here!
by Michael Strickland “The Book Bear” It is rainy in Boise, but that hasn’t stopped people from marching in for this race. A representative from Boise State university recreation services just confirmed to me that 2,200 people have registered. I’m here and will be doing a Liveblog. My posts will be on our Twitter account….
Read a lovely interview with Lee Bennett Hopkins about his book AMAZING FACES
Amazing Faces is a new poetry anthology celebrating the faces all around us—girls and boys, women and men revealing the universal feelings we all share. Here, Lee Bennett Hopkins, the poet who gathered these poems, and Chris Soentpiet, the painter who illustrated them, share their thoughts on poetry, diversity, and the challenges and rewards of…
Nikki Grimes: “Received a lovely letter from a teen. Some of her questions were better than a few I’ve received from adults!”
“Received a lovely letter from a teen, today,” writes Nikki Grimes on her Facebook Page. ___ Some of her questions were better than a few I’ve received from adults! “I’ve been writing my own stories since I was little, and I’ve always wanted to know what the job was like. I’ve also been wondering, how…
The Flag We Love by Pam Munoz Ryan – Illustrated by Ralph Masiello: Dazzling illustrations and inspiring verse
Enjoy a red-white-and-blue introduction to our nation’s most cherished ideals in this look at Old Glory. Dazzling illustrations and inspiring verse bring to life many famous moments in our country’s history and reveal fascinating facts about one of its most enduring symbols. Written in poetic verse, The Flag We Love tells the story of how…
Please give this book a try if you have a loud, rowdy boy
Holler Loudly has a voice as big as the southwestern sky, and everywhere he goes, people tell him to “Hush!” From math class to the movies and even the state fair, Holler’s LOUD voice just keeps getting him into trouble. But when a huge tornado comes twisting into town, Holler (with that voice of his!)…
Out of the Easy Writing Scholarship Contest: One high school senior can win $5,000
One high school senior can win $5,000 toward the college of their choice and the participating school will receive 25 Penguin books. Entering is easy. Encourage your students to write an essay based on Out of the Easy referencing the following quote from Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield. How does this quote relate to the journey…
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