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I arrived in San Diego for the American Library Association's 2024 annual meeting, held June 27-July 2, filled with optimism. Before flying out, I had learned that the New York [...]

The American Library Association's annual conference draws thousands of people from around the globe for intensive professional connection and learning. Among the highlights for many attendees are the Youth Media [...]

I am grateful to the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Jury and for the support of Lerner Publishing Group and Carolrhoda Books, my editor Carol Hinz, art director Danielle Carnito, [...]

For as long as I can remember, I have had three loves: jazz, poetry, and history. Those passions merged in my 2000 nonfiction title The Sound That Jazz Makes--a manuscript [...]

The winners of the 2022 Kids' Book Choice Awards have been announced, with 12 books taking home the prizes for outstanding achievement in young readers' literature. The awards, sponsored by [...]

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Carolrhoda) Poetic yet straightforward text by Weatherford and evocative illustrations by the late Cooper, using his distinctive [...]

The most frequent question I am asked about Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre is, 'Why did you tackle that topic for children?' In response, I ask, 'Did you learn about [...]

The article offers information related to the 2023 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards and Honors.

When Brian Pinkney's The Adventures of Sparrowboy, winner of the 1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book, debuted, I had two children in elementary school. Then, as now, characters, [...]

I confess. i succumbed to Pokemon fever. I took my 10-year-old son to 'The Pokemon Movie' during opening weekend. I suffered through the bad animation and mindless plot, while he [...]

Aunt Lizzie's mantel is like a museum. Darling grandkids and distant cousins gaze from photos spanning decades of smiles and celebrations. Sharing the perch are framed Ebony covers: Duke Ellington, [...]

Thank you for continuing to address the AIDS epidemic ('Facing Up to AIDS,' November-December 2004). HIV/AIDS poses the greatest threat to descendants of Africa since slavery. I would like to [...]

Presents a tribute to the town of Princeville, North Carolina, the nation's first incorporated Afro-African town, for the citizens' tenacity in the face of the 1999 floods that devastated the town. Recollection of the 1999 disaster; History of the town; Rebuilding after the disaster.

Features United States Lifesaving Service Commander Richard Etheridge and the rest of the black lifesavers in North Carolina. Personal background; Service in the organization; Racism in the service; Involvement in wars; Rescue operations.

The article presents the poem "Who Needs Poetry?," by Carole Boston Weatherford. First Line: Who needs poetry? Last Line: to savor in a snap!

Profiles Elaine Jones, graduate from the University of Virginia School of Law. Director-counsel of NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Cases on civil-rights; Participation on environmental racism issues to ensure economic justice and access to health care.