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Ashley Bryan-inspired book festival to return as virtual celebration in August
Indigo Arts had planned the first Beautiful Blackbird Children s Book Festival as a block party, but was successful with the online format.
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“So Tall Within,” a book about Sojourner Truth illustrated by Maine artist Daniel Minter, will be part of this summer’s Beautiful Blackbird book festival.
Courtesy of Indigo Arts Alliance
The Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival, which debuted last year in honor of renowned Maine artist and author Ashley Bryan, will return with a virtual edition throughout the month of August.
Last year’s festival reached more than 100,000 people in 44 countries, according to Indigo Arts Alliance, which conceived and presented the event. Originally envisioned as a community block party, it evolved into a summerlong and wildly successful international online celebration of Black authors and illustrators with videos, read-alouds and ar
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Her second-grade daughter is reading Marley Dias Gets it Done
, authored by Marley Dias, a 14-year-old activist, writer and founder of the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign, who is a native of West Orange. She is an avid reader, Auer said of her daughter. Reading books like that, it inspires her because she sees herself and she is so excited.
For Black History Month in February, the borough s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, which Auer leads, donated books to the Memorial Elementary School library that
kids can enjoy year-round. Our committee likes to think of innovative ways to celebrate, Auer said. We thought it would be a great way to introduce some diverse characters.
Tristan Strong Destroys the World,” by Kwame Mbalia.
Bestselling author Rick Riordan publishes this New York Times best-selling and award-winning series from Mbalia. They’re fantastic. According to the synopsis:
Strong, just back from Alke, the land of African American folk heroes and African gods, is suffering from PTSD. But there s no rest for the weary when his grandmother is abducted. Tristan must return to Alke to rescue Nana and stop the culprit from creating further devastation…
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I love everything about this book.
A beautiful New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book about a young girl, Jude, who has to leave her dad and brother in Syria, and a travel to Cincinnati with her mother to stay with relatives. Here Jude is called Middle Eastern, an identity she s never known before.