I’ve come to really enjoy posting this list in February and celebrating Black authors new to MG & YA. I find much pleasure in looking at the wide array of stories being told, the variety of experiences they bring to the field and the diverse ways they represent Blackness from being 1st gen in this… Read More Debut Black MG & YA Authors

title: Yesterday is History author: Kosoko Jackson date: Sourcebooks; Feb 2020 main character: Andre Cobb gay speculative fiction/time travel Review is based on an advanced copy. Kosoko Jackson’s website describes him as a “digital media specialist, focusing on digital storytelling, email, social and SMS marketing, and a freelance political journalist”. He’s worked in publishing for… Read More review: Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson

Maybe it was the mid 90s when I was recently divorced and teaching 7th & 8th graders at an historically Black Catholic school. I was still figuring out teaching (an unending quest) and figuring out how to navigate the world as a single Black mother. When February rolled around, I was once again reminded how… Read More 14 February

1 Feb The Greatest SuperPower by Alex Sanchez Capstone 2 Feb The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood. Doubleday 2 Feb Crocodile Rescue: WIld Survival #1 by Melissa Cristina Máequez. Scholastic. 2 Feb Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado. Holiday House. DEBUT 2 Feb Flood City by Danile José Older. Scholastic. 2 Feb The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant, illustrated by Paola Escobar. Norton Young Reader. 2 Feb Muted by… Read More February Releases

I really haven’t been blogging enough so, I’ve resolved to blog every Thursday and to post interviews and reviews at least once per month this year. I really wanted to run a Black History month series this year, but the month has such a busy start that I don’t know how much I can do.… Read More Monkeys and Children