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Every Child a Reader, the charitable arm of the Children s Book Council, is introducing a new component to its Get Caught Reading program, featuring local leaders of key cultural and social services organizations. ....
Susan Faust February 24, 2021Updated: February 26, 2021, 8:48 am The Black Lives Matter movement is generating serious and hopefully sustained conversation about systemic racism and being non-white in America. Some new kids’ books are keeping pace. They consider “The Talk” between Black parent and child, as well as interracial dialogue. And with special urgency, they also offer “you are valued” recognition for a rainbow of kids, in years past mostly unrecognized and unrepresented. ‘The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person’ Written by Frederick Joseph “The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person,” by Frederick Joseph. Photo: Candlewick Bristling with righteous indignation but tempered by enduring hope is “The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person.” Its aim is twofold: one, to help white people recognize, and then neutralize, the many obstacles impeding Black freedom, and two, “to provide affirmation ....
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2 Picture Books Celebrate the Poetry and Promise of Black Lives In “Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter” and “The ABCs of Black History,” U is for Unfinished. From “Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter.”Credit.Bobby C. Martin Jr. By Jabari Asim HAVE I EVER TOLD YOU BLACK LIVES MATTER Written by Shani Mahiri King Illustrated by Bobby C. Martin Jr. THE ABCS OF BLACK HISTORY Written by Rio Cortez Illustrated by Lauren Semmer The week I wrote this review, Kamala Harris became the first woman, first African-American and first Asian-American to take the oath of office as vice president of the United States. At the same event, Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first National Youth Poet Laureate, dazzled the world with her inaugural poem. Roughly two weeks before that, Bianca Smith joined the Red Sox organization, becoming the first Black woman hired to coach professional baseball. There will be more firsts before the sun sets on this ....