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National children's lit

Charles Fuller fulfills promise to his sons with children's adventure novel, "Snatch"

| July 31, 2010 Nordette AdamsJuly 31, 2010
Contributions from Charles H. Fuller to America’s literary heritage have been rich, theatrical plays based in historical fact that feature...
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Donate A Book to Head Start: You Pay Nothing. Just Share a Title at BlogHer

| May 25, 2010 Nordette AdamsMay 25, 2010
It's so simple to help a child learn to love books. In fact, this may be the simplest social actionever seen where the result is a tangible gift to...
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Black history education kicks off this week's blogs round-up

| February 10, 2010 Nordette AdamsFebruary 10, 2010
Black History Month kicks off this week's round-up of blog posts on black books and ends with an extra tidbit on the 1949 movie Pinky. In the...
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Black books blogger round-up February 2

| February 2, 2010 Nordette AdamsFebruary 02, 2010
This week's round-up of blog posts on black books begins with an event for writers, specifically poets. However, it ends with a event for authors...
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What is the African-American Read-In?

| January 24, 2010 Nordette AdamsJanuary 24, 2010
With Black History Month upon us, it's possible within the next week and throughout the month of February, you or the children in your life, will...
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Whitewashing black books draws fire again

| January 19, 2010 Nordette AdamsJanuary 19, 2010
The whitewashing of black books tops this week's African-American books blogger round-up at African-American Books Examiner. Here are this week's...
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Black Books Blogger Roundup, January 12

| January 13, 2010 Nordette AdamsJanuary 13, 2010
Once a week, the African-American Books Examiner will search the blogosphere for posts about African-American books,writingor publishing. Here are...
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Ezra Jack Keats, author of books for black children, list 2

| May 22, 2009 Nordette AdamsMay 22, 2009
Some people see the title African-American Book Examiner and expect all the book authors discussed to be African-American. It's a logical...
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From Twitter and Examiner comments, favorite African-American children's books

| May 18, 2009 Nordette AdamsMay 18, 2009
When I published my post, "Rise of African-American Children's Books" for Children's Book Week, which ended tonight, I decided it would...
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Spike Lee and wife Tonya Lewis Lee, children's book authors

| May 16, 2009 Nordette AdamsMay 16, 2009
Writer, director, producer Spike Lee met his wife Tonya Lewis Lee in 1992 at a Congressional Black Caucus dinner. In a 2004 interview with Avenue...
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