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.
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
YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR written by Mitali Perkins
JADA JONES: DANCING QUEEN written by Kelly Starling Lyons
Nonfiction picture book LET ‘ER BUCK: GEORGE FLETCHER, THE PEOPLE’S CHAMPION written by 
