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I know y'all did not read the books but Roald Dahl talks about this in the book. Charlie’s teacher points out the fact that unless you buy a shit ton of bars you’re probably not gonna win. Just like the lottery. Just like how all of the other winners of the tickets bought a shit ton of bars. Except Charlie, who just got lucky. And Charlie was originally black. Literally the whole point of the book was that wonka wanted to give the less fortunate a fair opportunity and it wasn’t fair because the system isn’t fair.

burnitalldowndarling

Stop the car.

Charlie was originally black?!?!

prince-toffee

!?!!

theryanproject

He was and Mr. Dahl was forced to make him white. Also his widow has spoken and confirmed that as well.

kayas-wife

So he was https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/16/551528425/roald-dahl-s-widow-says-charlie-from-the-chocolate-factory-was-originally-black

Dahl's widow revealed the surprising scoop on the BBC earlier this week.

#roald dahl #charlie and the chocolate factory

blackchildrensbooksandauthors

📢August 2020 New Picture Book Release

Me & Mama

Cozbi A. Cabrera

Denene Millner Books

Simon & Schuster BYR

August 25, 2020

On a rainy day when the house smells like cinnamon and Papa and Luca are still asleep, when the clouds are wearing shadows and the wind paints the window with beads of water, I want to be everywhere Mama is.

Mama and Me is an ode to the strength of the bond between a mother and a daughter as they spend a rainy day together.

Ages: 4 and up

Grades: Pre-K and up

Pages: 40

Available Here👉🏿Our Stories Matter Bookshop

Find more children’s and young adult books by Black authors here

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#Black Authors #picture books

The Cybils are looking for panelists! Deadline is September 7. If you are a kidlit enthusiast, book blogger, teacher, librarian, or reviewer, come join us!

#cybils awards #cybils2020

godzilla-reads

“Black Authors Rec List

YA Novels

“Children of Blood and Bone” by Tomi Adeyemi

“Dread Nation” by Justina Ireland

“Finding Yvonne” by Brandy Colbert

“Tyler Johnson Was Here” by Jay Coles

“The Hate U Give” Angie Thomas

History

“The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander

“Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” by Harriet Jacobs

“Freedom Dreams” by Robin D.G. Kelley

“The Common Wind” by Julius S. Scott

Auto/Biography/Memoir

“The Autobiography of Malcolm X” Malcolm X

“Assata: An Autobiography” Assata Shakur

“Between the World and Me” Ta-Nehisi Coates

“This Will Be My Undoing” by Morgan Jerkins

“Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah

“Black Boy” by Richard Wright

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

“Skin Folk” by Nalo Hopkinson

“Mumbo Jumbo” by Ishmael Reed

“Who Fears Death” by Nnedi Okorafor

“Dark Matter” by Sheree R. Thomas

“The Kishi” by Antoine Bandele

“Minion” by L.A. Banks

Comics

“Bingo Love” by Terrence Sage

“Rise of the Black Panther” by Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Black AF: America’s Sweetheart” by Kwanza Osajyefo

“Abbott” by Saladin Ahmed

“The American Way” by John Ridley

LGBTQ+

“Zami” by Audre Lorde

“Brother to Brother” by Essex Hemphill

“Under the Udala Trees” by Chinelo Okparanta

“Burnt Men” by Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun

“The Color Purple” by Alice Walker

Poetry

“Helium” by Rudy Francisco

“Bestiary” by Donika Kelly

“How Much We Must Have Looked Like Stars to Stars” by Alysia Nicole Harris

“The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes

“The Black Unicorn” by Audre Lorde

Authors

Toni Morrison

Zora Neale Hurston

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Octavia E. Butler

Ralph Ellison

Personal Favorites

“Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

“Go Tell it on the Mountain” by James Baldwin

“We Were Eight Years in Power” by Ta-Nehisi Coates

“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison

“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe

Honorable Mentions by People in the Notes

“The Skin I’m In” by Sharon G. Flake

“Jazz” by Toni Morrison

“A Mercy” by Toni Morrison

“The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson

Jesmyn Ward

“All American Boys” by Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds

“Just Mercy” by Brian Stevenson

“The Broken Earth Trilogy” by M.K. Jemisin

“Piecing Me Together” by Renee Watson

“Monster” by Walter Dean Myers

“The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead

“Sweet Thang” by Allison Whittenburg

“Shadowshaper” by Daniel José Older

“Dactyl Hill Squad” by Daniel José Older

“Midnight Robber” by Nalo Hopkinson

“The Sellout” by Paul Beatty

Editor’s Note:

If you want me to add one of your favorites, just message me!

#black authors #book recs

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When kids say they don't like to read, they’re not actually telling the truth. What they're really saying is that they don't like reading boring books. They haven't yet found the book that will make them fall in love with reading.

#jason reynolds

strandbooks

🌈💙💕This year marks the 50th anniversary of the pivotal Stonewall Riots–an uprising resisting police harassment and persecution against LGBT+ Americans. This year’s NYC Pride, dubbed #WorldPrideNYC, will be the largest international celebration of LGBT+ Pride IN HISTORY! In honor of this monumental celebration, Strand has partnered with @lgbtcenternyc for an epic Pride booklist. To read about these picks, click the link: https://www.strandbooks.com/strand-blog#/entry/entry227-the-center-x-strand-a-worldpride-nyc-booklist

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“Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.”

Nicholas Meyer (via intothestacks)

blackchildrensbooksandauthors

Born on this day…

Jacob Lawrence: Artist

September 7, 1917 – June 9, 2000

Books:

The Great Migration: An American Story – Jacob Lawrence

Harriet and the Promised Land – Jacob Lawrence

Aesop’s Fables – Jacob Lawrence

Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem – Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts

Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series – Elizabeth Alexander

Additional Reading:

Painting The ‘Epic Drama’ Of The Great Migration: The Work Of Jacob Lawrence

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#jacob lawrence

Cybils & KitLitCon: two great tastes that taste great together

So excited to hear about the official synthesis of these two fabulous organizations.

Come to KidLitCon2020 in Ann Arbor and hang out with me (and lots of other nice people)! If you want to host or be part of a panel discussion, contact us at [email protected] to suggest one.

#kidlitcon2020 #kidlitcon #cybils awards

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Participating in the Dewey 24-Hour Readathon

I've been readathoning since 2008. My kids were super little when I started and have been doing Readathon with me from the beginning, but now they are 10 and 12, so now it feels almost effortless (and indulgent!) because they can feed and amuse themselves while I read! The truth is, they have already read nearly all the books I will be reading over the 24 hours! =D

I have a well-stocked TBR pile: over 200 picture books checked out of the library, all starred reviews from the past year, in addition to nominees for various awards I read for. The night before the Readathon, I spend a few hours sorting through the pile and choose a couple favorites. I usually read about fifty books over the course of 18 hours, but I don't worry too much about quantity.

I bake a breakfast casserole (I suspect the recipe I use is still in the recipe feed!) and a batch of cookies the night before. I also indulge in purchasing some excellent cheeses, another Readathon tradition I love. Other than the cookies, I try to stay away from sweets because they dull my focus.

I have varied my social media engagement on the day of, but the last few years I have mostly stayed offline, and that has worked very well. I like having a cheerleader and I like running challenges, but I am easily distracted from reading, so I restrict my writing to two-sentence reviews on Goodreads and hourly check-ins on Twitter. I write a blog post at the beginning and the end.

I always have other commitments on the day of the Readathon, which is good! They provide me with some brain breaks and opportunities to get out of the house. I will also take a walk while listening to an audiobook if I find myself getting tired, or take a short nap.

You can sign up for the Dewey 24-Hour Readathon here: http://www.24hourreadathon.com/october-2018-reader-sign-ups/

#deweys24hourreadathon #readathon #kidlit

Ready for a gigantic reading party? So are we! Join us on October 20, 2018 for a reading extravaganza! Do you have to read the whole 24 hours? NOOOO! Do what ya can. We’d love to have you! We will …

I’ll be mostly reading graphic novels and picture books, with a few others thrown in for flavor. Find me on Twitter!

#readathon #deweys24hourreadathon #kidlit #graphicnovels

Here we go again with round 1! So many graphic novels, so little time... What kids’ or teens’ graphic novels published between October 2017 and now are worth considering?

#cybils #cybils awards #graphic novels #book blogger #kind of

libraryadvocates

Congress passed an FY2018 omnibus spending bill today that includes significant federal funding increases for our nation’s libraries.

Great news - the FY2018 omnibus spending bill, including significant federal funding increases for our nation’s libraries, has been signed! It includes $9 million more in funding for IMLS, including $5.7 million for LSTA, and it restores $27 million for the IAL program!

Our work is never over. But, today, the persistence of library advocates has paid off for every single community in our nation. As ALA President Jim Neal said: “This is a time to honor the power of ALA’s advocacy.” #FundLibraries

#fund libraries #tumblarians #libraries

Donalyn Miller & Colby Sharp at the Nerdy Book Club luncheon at the Michigan Reading Association 2018 conference. They’re not really this blurry in real life.

#nerdy book club

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