Links We Like
We know what the problem is. Illiteracy is a problem that leads to a host of other problems, for all of us. You can read more statistics about the problem, nationally, at Reading is Fundamental.
A lot of people are doing a lot of different things to improve literacy all across the United States. Read about Jumpstart and Read for the Record. Another organization giving books to children is First Book. We also just found out about Better World Books, so we have added their link too.
We also just added a link here for the Trident Literacy Association. My mom used to write, copy, fold, stamp, and mail their newsletter, as a TRILA volunteer back in the 70's, before she was a mom, before there was internet. (My mom's pretty old.) She says the Baptists and the Catholics in Charleston have been working hard for literacy in Charleston for many, many years
We found a lot of information on the internet, and we want to thank Doret Canton again for her contributions to the book list. You might also be interested in book lists offered by these organizations, and we have included links to Author and Illustrator Pages in Amazon:
Some More Book Lists
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
The John Steptoe Award for New Talent
African American Literature Book Club
Arrowhead Library System: African-American Voices in Children's Fiction
The Study of African-American Children's Literature, Anthologies, Etc.
The Augusta Baker Collection of African-American Children's Literature & Folklore at the Thomas Cooper Library at University of South Carolina
Read more about Mrs. Baker at the Augusta Baker Page
UNC Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History Library
de Grummond - Resource Bibliography for the Study of African-American Children's Literature
Great Books for African-American Children, by Pamela Toussaint, former editor at Essence (Chapter 1: Helping Any Child Love Reading) Published in 1999, this book reviews more than 250 titles from the 1970s forward, including some that are out of print, categorized by age group, from toddlers to young adults, noting book awards, main value points and read-aloud-value, with tips and insights for parents.
Book Sellers and Book Reviews
Just Us Books
Hue Man Bookstore
Black Expressions
The Happy Nappy Bookseller
Better World Books
Authors and Illustrators
These are in no particular order
Kadir Nelson
E. B. Lewis (he's from Charleston, SC)
Sharon Draper
Nikki Grimes
Eric Velasquez
Noah Z. Jones
Jabari Asim
Charles R. Smith, Jr.
Shane Evans
Frank Morrison
Jacqueline Woodson (she's from Greenville, SC)
Patricia McKissack
Ann Cameron
Mary Hoffmann
Hope Anita Smith
Tonya Bolden
Faith Ringgold
Angela Johnson
Tom Feelings
Gregory Christie
Christopher Myers
Eloise Greenfield
Pat Cummings
Rachel Isadora
Irene Smalls
Virginia Hamilton
Bryan Collier
Marilyn Nelson
Ashley Bryan
Leo and Diane Dillon
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Angela Davis Pinckney
Brian Pinckney
Deborah Hopkinson
Doreen Rappaport
Nikki Giovanni
Tony Medina
Natasha Tarpley
Ntozake Shange
Carole Boston Weatherford
W. Nikola-Lisa
Ezra Jack Keats
Spike Lee
Jerdine Nolan
Jonah Winter
We also wanted to give you information about the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. This project is in partial completion of its requirements. And you can read more about Buist Academy here, and more about James Simons Elementary here.
For Fun: http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/dennis.asp?date=20090926
Please send us more links, and we'll add them!
A lot of people are doing a lot of different things to improve literacy all across the United States. Read about Jumpstart and Read for the Record. Another organization giving books to children is First Book. We also just found out about Better World Books, so we have added their link too.
We also just added a link here for the Trident Literacy Association. My mom used to write, copy, fold, stamp, and mail their newsletter, as a TRILA volunteer back in the 70's, before she was a mom, before there was internet. (My mom's pretty old.) She says the Baptists and the Catholics in Charleston have been working hard for literacy in Charleston for many, many years
We found a lot of information on the internet, and we want to thank Doret Canton again for her contributions to the book list. You might also be interested in book lists offered by these organizations, and we have included links to Author and Illustrator Pages in Amazon:
Some More Book Lists
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
The John Steptoe Award for New Talent
African American Literature Book Club
Arrowhead Library System: African-American Voices in Children's Fiction
The Study of African-American Children's Literature, Anthologies, Etc.
The Augusta Baker Collection of African-American Children's Literature & Folklore at the Thomas Cooper Library at University of South Carolina
Read more about Mrs. Baker at the Augusta Baker Page
UNC Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History Library
de Grummond - Resource Bibliography for the Study of African-American Children's Literature
Great Books for African-American Children, by Pamela Toussaint, former editor at Essence (Chapter 1: Helping Any Child Love Reading) Published in 1999, this book reviews more than 250 titles from the 1970s forward, including some that are out of print, categorized by age group, from toddlers to young adults, noting book awards, main value points and read-aloud-value, with tips and insights for parents.
Book Sellers and Book Reviews
Just Us Books
Hue Man Bookstore
Black Expressions
The Happy Nappy Bookseller
Better World Books
Authors and Illustrators
These are in no particular order
Kadir Nelson
E. B. Lewis (he's from Charleston, SC)
Sharon Draper
Nikki Grimes
Eric Velasquez
Noah Z. Jones
Jabari Asim
Charles R. Smith, Jr.
Shane Evans
Frank Morrison
Jacqueline Woodson (she's from Greenville, SC)
Patricia McKissack
Ann Cameron
Mary Hoffmann
Hope Anita Smith
Tonya Bolden
Faith Ringgold
Angela Johnson
Tom Feelings
Gregory Christie
Christopher Myers
Eloise Greenfield
Pat Cummings
Rachel Isadora
Irene Smalls
Virginia Hamilton
Bryan Collier
Marilyn Nelson
Ashley Bryan
Leo and Diane Dillon
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Angela Davis Pinckney
Brian Pinckney
Deborah Hopkinson
Doreen Rappaport
Nikki Giovanni
Tony Medina
Natasha Tarpley
Ntozake Shange
Carole Boston Weatherford
W. Nikola-Lisa
Ezra Jack Keats
Spike Lee
Jerdine Nolan
Jonah Winter
We also wanted to give you information about the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. This project is in partial completion of its requirements. And you can read more about Buist Academy here, and more about James Simons Elementary here.
For Fun: http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/dennis.asp?date=20090926
Please send us more links, and we'll add them!
