2017 is off to an amazing start with the release of several
books for children, teens and young adults written by black authors. I have been happily bombarded with advanced
reader’s editions and new book releases over the last couple of months and I
absolutely cannot wait to share them with you.
I had an amazing opportunity to meet and sit in on a discussion with
poet/author Kwame Alexander and illustrator Ekua Holmes in Atlanta during the
American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference as well as new YA author Tiffany
D. Jackson. I will gush a little more about
their upcoming titles in a later book review post since I have more of an insight on what inspired their
work. I really hope that you will read
the following titles yourselves or share them with a young reader that you
know. Happy New Year and Happy Reading!
TAGS: poetry, children, middle grades, non-fiction, Harlem Renaissance, anthology
TAGS: middle grades, identity, self-awareness, short stories, fiction, multicultural, high school, anthology
TAGS: middle grades, coming-of-age, historical fiction, segregated south, Emmett Till, Jim Crow
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist (1/17/17) Levinson, Cynthia
Blumenthal, Deborah
Blumenthal, Deborah
TAGS: contemporary fiction, raw, gritty, mystery, young adult, adult, social justice, strong language
TAGS: inspirational, sports, poetry, life lessons, role models, nonfiction
TAGS: black lives matter, contemporary fiction, social issues, realistic, high school, Young Adult
TAGS: contemporary fiction, social issues, realistic fiction, middle grades, high school, Young Adult, coming-of-age
TAGS: immigration, contemporary fiction, gritty, social issues, realistic, high school, Young Adult
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