East Penn School District: East Penn Celebrates Black Authors

Press release from East Penn School District:

February 16, 2021

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As educators, we lean on literature to support learning in our classrooms. Therefore, we would like to take an opportunity to highlight black authors.

Children

• Dream Big, Little One – Vashti Harrison
• You Matter – Christian Robinson
• Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas – Gwendolyn Hooks, illustrated by Colin Bootman
• More Than a Princess – Delanda and Terrence Coleman, illustrated by Beatriz Mello
• Saturday by Oge Mora
• The Season of Styx Malone – Kekla Magoon

Middle Grades

• A Good Kind of Trouble – Lisa Moore Ramée
• Ghost Boys – Jewell Parker Rhodes
• The Stars Beneath Our Feet – David Barclay Moore
• As Brave As You – Jason Reynolds
• This Side of Home – Renée Watson
• New Kid – Jerry Craft

Young Adult

• Copper Sun – Sharon M. Draper
• Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
• The Opposite of Always – Justin A. Reynolds
• If You Come Softly – Jacqueline Woodson
• The Stars and the Blackness Between Them – Junauda Petrus
• When You Were Everything – Ashley Woodfolk

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This press release was produced by the East Penn School District.The views expressed here are the author’s own.