Author: Dear Melanin Queen
Publisher: Writers Republic LLC
ISBN: 1637281633
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The book Dear Melanin Queen was written to inspire young girls to believe in themselves. The words in this book were chosen as words of inspiration for young girls. It tells them that they have the ability to do great things in the world. This book inspires them to reach their full potential and never give up. This book is for all young African American girls that need to hear words of encouragement. q
Dear Melanin Queen
Author: Dear Melanin Queen
Publisher: Writers Republic LLC
ISBN: 1637281633
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The book Dear Melanin Queen was written to inspire young girls to believe in themselves. The words in this book were chosen as words of inspiration for young girls. It tells them that they have the ability to do great things in the world. This book inspires them to reach their full potential and never give up. This book is for all young African American girls that need to hear words of encouragement. q
Publisher: Writers Republic LLC
ISBN: 1637281633
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The book Dear Melanin Queen was written to inspire young girls to believe in themselves. The words in this book were chosen as words of inspiration for young girls. It tells them that they have the ability to do great things in the world. This book inspires them to reach their full potential and never give up. This book is for all young African American girls that need to hear words of encouragement. q
A Melanin Masterpiece
Author: Ashley Kurns
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359428991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This book embodies what it truly means to be proud of being an African-American. The African-American culture is comprised of unique and powerful aspects that are personal to each King and Queen, and through this book, you'll find yourself one step closer to truly appreciating the beauty and excellence built within us.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359428991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This book embodies what it truly means to be proud of being an African-American. The African-American culture is comprised of unique and powerful aspects that are personal to each King and Queen, and through this book, you'll find yourself one step closer to truly appreciating the beauty and excellence built within us.
Dear Reader
Author: Tiffany Rose
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1499814127
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
A young Black girl pens a love letter to libraries and books, powerfully expressing the need to see herself represented in stories. From the author that brought you M Is for Melanin. "A rousing call to action for more racially diverse children's literature." -Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW There was just this one thing, this nagging suspicion, that I didn't meet the criteria for a heroine's condition. In the books that I read, an absence of melanin was a clear omission. A voracious young reader loves nothing more than going to the library and poring through books all day, making friends with characters and going off on exciting adventures with them. However, the more she reads, the more she notices that most of the books don't have characters of color, and the only ones that do tell about the most painful parts of their history. Where are the Black heroines with Afros exploring other planets and the superheroes with 'locs saving the day?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1499814127
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
A young Black girl pens a love letter to libraries and books, powerfully expressing the need to see herself represented in stories. From the author that brought you M Is for Melanin. "A rousing call to action for more racially diverse children's literature." -Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW There was just this one thing, this nagging suspicion, that I didn't meet the criteria for a heroine's condition. In the books that I read, an absence of melanin was a clear omission. A voracious young reader loves nothing more than going to the library and poring through books all day, making friends with characters and going off on exciting adventures with them. However, the more she reads, the more she notices that most of the books don't have characters of color, and the only ones that do tell about the most painful parts of their history. Where are the Black heroines with Afros exploring other planets and the superheroes with 'locs saving the day?
M Is for Melanin
Author: Tiffany Rose
Publisher: little bee books
ISBN: 9781499812053
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
"Contagiously upbeat, joyful, and positive . . . [C]herish this book." -Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW "A must-have for any library that is in need of books with positive representation for and about Black children, as there is no other alphabet book quite like this one." -School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW "A necessary, uplifting volume that celebrates 'black girl magic' and 'black boy joy.'" -Publishers Weekly M Is for Melanin is an empowering alphabet book that teaches kids their ABCs and celebrates Black children, now available as a board book! M is for Melanin shining in every inch of your skin. Every shade, every hue. All beautiful and unique. Each letter of the alphabet contains affirming, Black-positive messages, from A is for Afro, to F is for Fresh, to W is for Worthy. This book teaches children their ABCs while encouraging them to love the skin that they're in. Be bold. Be fearless. BE YOU.
Publisher: little bee books
ISBN: 9781499812053
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
"Contagiously upbeat, joyful, and positive . . . [C]herish this book." -Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW "A must-have for any library that is in need of books with positive representation for and about Black children, as there is no other alphabet book quite like this one." -School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW "A necessary, uplifting volume that celebrates 'black girl magic' and 'black boy joy.'" -Publishers Weekly M Is for Melanin is an empowering alphabet book that teaches kids their ABCs and celebrates Black children, now available as a board book! M is for Melanin shining in every inch of your skin. Every shade, every hue. All beautiful and unique. Each letter of the alphabet contains affirming, Black-positive messages, from A is for Afro, to F is for Fresh, to W is for Worthy. This book teaches children their ABCs while encouraging them to love the skin that they're in. Be bold. Be fearless. BE YOU.
The Diary
Author: Dani Romeo
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359388574
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The Diary...is the process of a fatal attraction. Starting with that "love at first sight" feel and how you will go to the end of the world for someone you barely know, a complete stranger. Dragging you through the ups and downs of what you thought would be love. Going through the heartbreak process and all the steps no one talks about...find your way through the pages...and show yourself the same amount of love by the end of the book
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359388574
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The Diary...is the process of a fatal attraction. Starting with that "love at first sight" feel and how you will go to the end of the world for someone you barely know, a complete stranger. Dragging you through the ups and downs of what you thought would be love. Going through the heartbreak process and all the steps no one talks about...find your way through the pages...and show yourself the same amount of love by the end of the book
Melanin Base Camp
Author: Danielle Williams
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN: 0762479337
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Beautiful, empowering, and exhilarating, Melanin Base Camp is a celebration of underrepresented BIPOC adventurers that will challenge you to rethink your perceptions of what an outdoorsy individual looks like and inspire you to being your own adventure. Danielle Williams, skydiver and founder of the online community Melanin Base Camp, profiles dozens of adventurers pushing the boundaries of inclusion and equity in the outdoors. These compelling narratives include a mother whose love of hiking led her to found a nonprofit to expose BIPOC children to the wonders of the outdoors and a mountain biker who, despite at first dealing with unwelcome glances and hostility on trails, went on to become a blogger who writes about justice and diversity in natural spaces. Also included is a guide to outdoor allyship that explores sometimes challenging topics to help all of us create a more inclusive community, whether you bike, climb, hike, or paddle. Join us as we work together to increase representation and opportunities for people of color in outdoor adventure sports.
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN: 0762479337
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Beautiful, empowering, and exhilarating, Melanin Base Camp is a celebration of underrepresented BIPOC adventurers that will challenge you to rethink your perceptions of what an outdoorsy individual looks like and inspire you to being your own adventure. Danielle Williams, skydiver and founder of the online community Melanin Base Camp, profiles dozens of adventurers pushing the boundaries of inclusion and equity in the outdoors. These compelling narratives include a mother whose love of hiking led her to found a nonprofit to expose BIPOC children to the wonders of the outdoors and a mountain biker who, despite at first dealing with unwelcome glances and hostility on trails, went on to become a blogger who writes about justice and diversity in natural spaces. Also included is a guide to outdoor allyship that explores sometimes challenging topics to help all of us create a more inclusive community, whether you bike, climb, hike, or paddle. Join us as we work together to increase representation and opportunities for people of color in outdoor adventure sports.
In Every Mirror She's Black
Author: Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728240395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick! As seen in Vulture, Essence, Good Morning America, The Independent, Goodreads, PureWow, and many more! "A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood."—Deesha Philyaw, 2020 National Book Award Finalist & award-winning author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies An arresting debut for anyone looking for insight into what it means to be a Black woman in the world. Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm as they build their new lives in the most open society run by the most private people. Successful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi is lured from the U.S. to Sweden by Jonny von Lundin, CEO of the nation's largest marketing firm, to help fix a PR fiasco involving a racially tone-deaf campaign. A killer at work but a failure in love, Kemi's move is a last-ditch effort to reclaim her social life. A chance meeting with Jonny in business class en route to the U.S. propels former model-turned-flight-attendant Brittany-Rae Johnson into a life of wealth, luxury, and privilege—a life she's not sure she wants—as the object of his unhealthy obsession. And refugee Muna Saheed, who lost her entire family, finds a job cleaning the toilets at Jonny's office as she works to establish her residency in Sweden and, more importantly, seeks connection and a place she can call home. Told through the perspectives of each of the three women, In Every Mirror She's Black is a fast-paced, richly nuanced yet accessible contemporary novel that touches on important social issues of racism, classism, fetishization, and tokenism, and what it means to be a Black woman navigating a white-dominated society. Praise for In Every Mirror She's Black: "In Every Mirror She's Black is a wise and complicated exploration of the lives of three Black women in America and Sweden. Lola Akinmade Åkerström offers a sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters, raising brutal questions and steering clear of easy answers. A book that will stick with you long after you've turned the last page." —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six and Malibu Rising "In Every Mirror She's Black highlights the struggles of three women fighting to assimilate into a society that ignores their worth. These characters will pull at your heartstrings. Lola writes with a contemporary flair, highlighting the layered subtleties of the Black woman's plight. In Every Mirror She's Black will stay with readers for a long time." —Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of bestselling novels Here Comes the Sun and Patsy "In her debut novel, Lola Akinmade Akerstrom has given us a story that is at once enjoyable and disturbing as it explores the painful price millions of women around the world pay for walking around with black skin." —Imbolo Mbue, New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728240395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick! As seen in Vulture, Essence, Good Morning America, The Independent, Goodreads, PureWow, and many more! "A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood."—Deesha Philyaw, 2020 National Book Award Finalist & award-winning author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies An arresting debut for anyone looking for insight into what it means to be a Black woman in the world. Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm as they build their new lives in the most open society run by the most private people. Successful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi is lured from the U.S. to Sweden by Jonny von Lundin, CEO of the nation's largest marketing firm, to help fix a PR fiasco involving a racially tone-deaf campaign. A killer at work but a failure in love, Kemi's move is a last-ditch effort to reclaim her social life. A chance meeting with Jonny in business class en route to the U.S. propels former model-turned-flight-attendant Brittany-Rae Johnson into a life of wealth, luxury, and privilege—a life she's not sure she wants—as the object of his unhealthy obsession. And refugee Muna Saheed, who lost her entire family, finds a job cleaning the toilets at Jonny's office as she works to establish her residency in Sweden and, more importantly, seeks connection and a place she can call home. Told through the perspectives of each of the three women, In Every Mirror She's Black is a fast-paced, richly nuanced yet accessible contemporary novel that touches on important social issues of racism, classism, fetishization, and tokenism, and what it means to be a Black woman navigating a white-dominated society. Praise for In Every Mirror She's Black: "In Every Mirror She's Black is a wise and complicated exploration of the lives of three Black women in America and Sweden. Lola Akinmade Åkerström offers a sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters, raising brutal questions and steering clear of easy answers. A book that will stick with you long after you've turned the last page." —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six and Malibu Rising "In Every Mirror She's Black highlights the struggles of three women fighting to assimilate into a society that ignores their worth. These characters will pull at your heartstrings. Lola writes with a contemporary flair, highlighting the layered subtleties of the Black woman's plight. In Every Mirror She's Black will stay with readers for a long time." —Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of bestselling novels Here Comes the Sun and Patsy "In her debut novel, Lola Akinmade Akerstrom has given us a story that is at once enjoyable and disturbing as it explores the painful price millions of women around the world pay for walking around with black skin." —Imbolo Mbue, New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers
Buried but not Dead: The Rebirth of a Warrior
Author: Kierra Jones-Jackson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1794823808
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Buried but not Dead is just a few of the 243 poems I have written on my journey of finding womanhood and stepping into my purpose. The book navigates readers through the most vulnerable and life changing moments I've encountered during this period of my life.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1794823808
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Buried but not Dead is just a few of the 243 poems I have written on my journey of finding womanhood and stepping into my purpose. The book navigates readers through the most vulnerable and life changing moments I've encountered during this period of my life.
Was the Cat in the Hat Black?
Author: Philip Nel
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190635088
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Racism is resilient, duplicitous, and endlessly adaptable, so it is no surprise that America is again in a period of civil rights activism. A significant reason racism endures is because it is structural: it's embedded in culture and in institutions. One of the places that racism hides-and thus perhaps the best place to oppose it-is books for young people. Was the Cat in the Hat Black? presents five serious critiques of the history and current state of children's literature tempestuous relationship with both implicit and explicit forms of racism. The book fearlessly examines topics both vivid-such as The Cat in the Hat's roots in blackface minstrelsy-and more opaque, like how the children's book industry can perpetuate structural racism via whitewashed covers even while making efforts to increase diversity. Rooted in research yet written with a lively, crackling touch, Nel delves into years of literary criticism and recent sociological data in order to show a better way forward. Though much of what is proposed here could be endlessly argued, the knowledge that what we learn in childhood imparts both subtle and explicit lessons about whose lives matter is not debatable. The text concludes with a short and stark proposal of actions everyone-reader, author, publisher, scholar, citizen- can take to fight the biases and prejudices that infect children's literature. While Was the Cat in the Hat Black? does not assume it has all the answers to such a deeply systemic problem, its audacity should stimulate discussion and activism.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190635088
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Racism is resilient, duplicitous, and endlessly adaptable, so it is no surprise that America is again in a period of civil rights activism. A significant reason racism endures is because it is structural: it's embedded in culture and in institutions. One of the places that racism hides-and thus perhaps the best place to oppose it-is books for young people. Was the Cat in the Hat Black? presents five serious critiques of the history and current state of children's literature tempestuous relationship with both implicit and explicit forms of racism. The book fearlessly examines topics both vivid-such as The Cat in the Hat's roots in blackface minstrelsy-and more opaque, like how the children's book industry can perpetuate structural racism via whitewashed covers even while making efforts to increase diversity. Rooted in research yet written with a lively, crackling touch, Nel delves into years of literary criticism and recent sociological data in order to show a better way forward. Though much of what is proposed here could be endlessly argued, the knowledge that what we learn in childhood imparts both subtle and explicit lessons about whose lives matter is not debatable. The text concludes with a short and stark proposal of actions everyone-reader, author, publisher, scholar, citizen- can take to fight the biases and prejudices that infect children's literature. While Was the Cat in the Hat Black? does not assume it has all the answers to such a deeply systemic problem, its audacity should stimulate discussion and activism.
ODE TO ADOLF HITLER
Author: alexander khamala opicho
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312908130
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312908130
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description