STEM Nature School Art Activities If you’re looking for a quick monthly roundup, check out the best books I read in August below! As always, the entire month’s reviews can be found on Bookshop. Tap the image above to look at everything I reviewed. I’ve been ridiculously lucky with the #SweetsAndSocialJustice options lately! Recipes for…
Category: Black Culture and Identity
Top Books I Read in May
Black History Filipino Sign Language Capitalism MMIW Pride If you’re looking for a quick monthly roundup, check out the best books I read in May below! As always, the entire month’s reviews can be found on Bookshop. Tap the image above to look at everything I read in May in a convenient list, perfect for…
Top Books I Read in April
Black History Artists Pride If you’re looking for a quick monthly roundup, check out the best books I read in April below! As always, the entire month’s reviews can be found on Bookshop. Tap the image above to look at everything I read in April. THAT FLAG: This beautiful and poignant picture book follows best…
An interview with Rue Mapp, creator of Nature Swagger
English 12 & Up Black Joy Outdoors Feminism I got the amazing opportunity to do a Q&A with Rue Mapp, creator of the recently released Nature Swagger & founder of Outdoor Afro! Nature Swagger is a beautiful book that celebrates Black Joy with stunning photography & personal essays from some of the outdoorsiest folks around….
Juneteenth 2022
It’s Juneteenth! This year I have a roundup of some books for younger readers less familiar with Juneteenth and a cookbook that will provide everything you need for a Juneteenth cookout, and at any gathering all year. If you’re looking for more information about Juneteenth and the historical context around June 19, 1865, check out…
Top 5 Books I Read in May
If you’re looking for a quick monthly roundup, check out the best 5 books I read in May! Ordinary Equality: You know, it would be really nice to go one day without feeling like my bodily autonomy wasn’t under attack. By now you’ve probably seen all sorts of coverage about the document leak regarding overturning…
Top 5 Books I Read in April
If you’re looking for a quick monthly roundup, check out the best 5 books I read in April! Tap any photo to read the entire review As someone who regularly tells people to push past uncomfortable feelings and have important conversations with young people, having a developmentally appropriate definition to assist with teaching new vocabulary…
Black Girl Magic: Ballerinas & Other Historical Figures
English Middle Graders Black Culture & Identity summary Both of these books are beautiful collections of badass historical figures, many of whom are still alive and continuing to make history! If you’re in the market for nonfiction anthologies about historical figures (like I am 100% of the time) make sure you check these out from…
Read This to Get Smarter: About Race, Class, Gender, Disability & More
English YA (12/13+) Education Anti-Oppression Blair Imani summary Y’all, think back to the person that you would go to for answers when you were a teen. Maybe they were an older sibling, maybe a friend’s older sibling. A cousin, a cool neighbor or babysitter. That one person who you could trust to not bullshit you…
Magic Like That
English 3+ Black Joy Hair Girls Outdoors Poetry Samara Cole Doyon & Geneva Bowers summary Magic Like That is the most beautiful ode from our narrator to her hair. As she sits on the floor with her mom combing through it, the young girl thinks about other hairstyles she’s had in the past and how…