The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
Award winner-King Illustrator Honor Book-2025
A biography about a Black children's librarian determined to share books featuring Blacks in positive light. She influenced a lot of well-known authors-James Baldwin, John Steptoe, Virginia Hamilton, Walter Dean Myers
I still see a need for books featuring Blacks in a honorable, respectable manner. It seems so many books with them as characters focus on race and issues. I read on Redeemed Reader about a recently published book that lists fun books, fantasty books, and book about regular families with Black protagonists. This book is very much needed-Soul School: Taking Kids on a Joy-Filled Journey Through the Heart of Black American Culture. Amber O’Neal Johnston. Tarcher Perigree, 2025. 304 pages.
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