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Poetry Friday: An Ode to Dreams (and Keeping ‘Em)
I love celebrating the New Year with Poetry. I just finished reading this gorgeous book which I learned about through another Poetry Friday friend, Linda Kulp in her Thanksgiving Post here. Needless t… more →
Sneak Peek! Third Grade Wonderful Biographies
wrote 2 weeks ago: The third graders at PS 76 hit the nail on the head when they titled their newly published book Thir … more →
A New Classic . . . Andrea Davis Pinkney's book Hand in Hand
wrote 1 month ago: Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America. 2012. Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by B … more →
A New Fable
wrote 2 months ago: Busy – Busy Little Chick by Janice N. Harrington, pictures by Brian Pinkney is a vibrantly pai … more →
Who Built It?
wrote 2 months ago: With Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America, Andrea Davis Pinkney has outdone herself. And … more →
2013 Coretta Scott King Awards for Children's Literature Announced by ALA
wrote 3 months ago: The 44th Annual Coretta Scott King Awards for children’s literature were held Monday at the Am … more →
Congratulations to the BtB authors who won ALA Youth Media Awards!
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wrote 3 months ago: Behind the Book is dedicated to bringing the highest quality authors and illustrators into NYC class … more →
Hush, Little Baby
wrote 5 months ago: Author: Brian Pinkney Publisher: Greenwillow Books Copyright: 2005 Suggested reading level and inter … more →
Halloween is a Week Away!
wrote 6 months ago: With that news, we thought we would give you a monster of a blogpost: a collection of our favorite … more →
Time to Eat!
wrote 7 months ago: It’s always a good idea to group similarly-themed books together in the room to which they rel … more →
Musical Passion
wrote 1 year ago: We had our Teen Open Mic Night this past Friday. There was a young violinist there, who technically … more →
231. 232 Peggony-Po: A whale of a tale. The Z was zapped.
wrote 1 year ago: Peggony-Po: A whale of a tale by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney The Z was zapped … more →
Boycott Blues (2008)
wrote 2 years ago: Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney Illustrated by Brian Pinkney Colored inks on clayboard Text set in A … more →
Trailer 1 for "Library of the Early Mind"
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wrote 2 years ago: This is the first of several short trailers we’ll put out for the film. WordPress video Music … more →
Black History Month
wrote 3 years ago: Every February I look forward to seeing all of the new books published in conjunction with Black His … more →
Duke Ellington pounds the pearlies
wrote 3 years ago: Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney; published by Hyperion Books fo … more →
McKissack Book: The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
wrote 4 years ago: Here’s another book by Patricia McKissack we’d like to feature: The Dark-Thirty: Souther … more →
Pat Cummings’s ‘Talking With Artists' Series Lets Children Read About Their Favorite Picture-Book Illustrators and What They Do All Day
wrote 4 years ago: Any book in Pat Cummings’s three-volume Talking With Artists series would make a wonderful gift for … more →
Southern Tales of the Supernatural
wrote 4 years ago: Pat McKissack’s award-winning book, The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural is a g … more →
Booked for the Holidays
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wrote 5 years ago: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Around us we see decorations, holiday sales, and … more →
