Join Us For Change

Dear Friends,

At the Booking Biz, we’re heartbroken and asking what can we do over the unjust atrocities taking place in America. We write books for ALL children. We write to help them determine their voices in the world. We write to be heard so they can learn how to be heard, too. And right now, the people of America want to be heard. They protest the unfair and unequal treatment of black people in this country. Promises broken. Denied. Ignored.

The people protesting;

Demand change,

Stand up,

Kneel,

Raise their voices.

And the children are watching.

To that end, we invite you to join us in supporting change. This Thursday, June 4th, 2020 at 7pmEST on Facebook Live @TheBrownBookshelf, our client Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medalist & Founding Editor of Versify/HMH, will be holding a Rally For Black Lives with friends. Please join us.

Rally for Black Lives

Here are just a few books that we hope you will turn to as a beacon of hope.

Picture Books

THE UNDEFEATED written by Kwame Alexander, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

HOW SWEET THE SOUND: THE STORY OF AMAZING GRACE written by Carole Boston Weatherford

ALL BECAUSE YOU MATTER written by Tami Charles, Illustrated by Bryan Collier

WORDS SET ME FREE: THE STORY OF YOUNG FREDERICK DOUGLASS written by Lesa Cline-Ransome, Illustrate by James E. Ransome

CROWN: AN ODE TO THE FRESH CUT written by Derrick Barnes, Illustrated by Gordon C. James

GRANDFATHER GANDHI & BE THE CHANGE: A GRANDFATHER GANDHI STORY written by Bethany Hegedus & Arun Gandhi, illustrated by Evan Turk

THE BOOK ITCH: FREEDOM, TRUTH & HARLEM’S GREATEST BOOKSTORE written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

I AM FARMER written by Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon

BETWEEN US AN ABUELA: A FAMILY STORY FROM THE BORDER written by Mitali Perkins, Illustrated by Sara Palacios

SING A SONG: HOW LIFT EVERY VOICE & SING INSPIRED GENERATIONS written by Kelly Starling Lyons, Illustrated by Keith Mallet

RADIANT CHILD written and illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

BLACK ALL AROUND written by Patricia Hubbell, Illustrated by Don Tate

Novels

SWING written by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess

LIKE VANESSA written by Tami Charles, Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

FINDING LANGSTON written by Lesa Cline-Ransome

NOTE SO PURE AND SIMPLE written by Lamar Giles

BOOK UNCLE AND ME written by Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Julianna Swanney

HEARTS UNBROKEN written by Cynthia Leitich Smith

NO CRYSTAL STAIR: A DOCUMENTARY NOVEL OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF LEWIS MICHAUX, HARLEM BOOKSELLER written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR written by Mitali Perkins

JADA JONES: DANCING QUEEN written by Kelly Starling Lyons