Added this book to our picture book collection and added a copy to my shop @thedopekidfest !! DARRYL’S DREAM is an inspiring story written by the legendary rapper, Darryl “DMC” McBride of the ground breaking Hip Hop group, RUN DMC. SUMMARY: The story follows Darryl, a young student that receives an A on his poem […]
It has been a loooooooong time since I have done a freestyle friday…..and I stopped because I thought they were getting a little rant like and complaining… so as I read through some of my previous ones, I was like that is not Maya in real life. I try not to complain about things and […]
Penguin Classroom is a wonderful resource provided by the publishing house, Penguin Random House. Here is a link to a curated list of antiracism books for children of all ages. I would highly recommend joining their email list as they provide some very valuable resources for young readers! I especially love their discussion guides for […]
According to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, there were 3500 children’s books published in the United States in 2017. Of these 3500 books, only 319 displayed an African American character or roughly 9.1%. Even more astonishing, only 3% of these children’s books author were also African American.