AuthorsNow! » African American http://www.authorsnow.com The Internet's Largest Collaboration of Children's and Teen Book Authors and Illustrators Wed, 11 May 2011 06:00:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 AROUND OUR WAY ON NEIGHBORS’ DAY by Tameka Fryer Brown http://www.authorsnow.com/around-our-way-by-tameka-fryer-brown/ http://www.authorsnow.com/around-our-way-by-tameka-fryer-brown/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 15:00:34 +0000 Tameka Fryer Brown http://www.authorsnow.com/?p=3825 AROUND OUR WAY ON NEIGHBORS' DAY by Tameka Fryer Brown

AROUND OUR WAY ON NEIGHBORS' DAY by Tameka Fryer Brown

  • Publication Season/Year: Fall, 2010
  • Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
  • Release Date: August 1, 2010
  • ISBN (hardcover): 978-0-8109-8971-9

It’s a beautiful, cloudless summer day–perfect for the annual neighborhood celebration. Everything is running smoothly…until Momma burns the food!

AROUND OUR WAY ON NEIGHBORS’ DAY is a lyrical, rhyming picture book; a contemporary story about a young girl’s love for her close-knit, diverse community.

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FINDING LINCOLN by Ann Malaspina

  • Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
  • Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
  • Release Date: September 1, 2009
  • ISBN (hardcover): TBD
  • ISBN (paperback): TBD

Louis needs to find a book about President Lincoln for a class report, but the main library is open to whites only. He searches in the small library in the church basement for African Americans, but he can’t find any books about presidents.  His parents tell him to be patient.  Some day soon, he’ll be allowed to borrow books from the main library, but Louis refuses to wait.

]]> http://www.authorsnow.com/finding-lincoln-by-ann-malaspina/feed/ 0 40.9838753 -74.1125031 Publishers Aim for Teen African-American Audience http://www.authorsnow.com/publishers-aim-for-teen-african-american-audience/ http://www.authorsnow.com/publishers-aim-for-teen-african-american-audience/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:00:35 +0000 David Macinnis Gill http://www.authorsnow.com/?p=1257 In a shift to reach out to more African-American readers, publishers of young adult books are taking action to provide quality literature specifically for this under-served group. Read more at: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6620241.html.

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PERFECT SHOT by Debbie M. Rigaud

  • Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
  • Publisher: Simon Pulse
  • Release Date: December 1, 2009
  • ISBN (hardcover): TBD
  • ISBN (paperback): TBD                             

London Abrams is all about spiking volleyballs, not wearing spike heels. But in one ker-azy moment, she signs up for a modeling contest as an excuse to meet its cute photography intern.  Never in a million years did London expect to get selected as a finalist. Before she knows it, she’s in an online reality show competition against 14 super chic chicks–including her childhood frenemy.

As the lone (read: token) sporty girl, London feels way out of her league and wants to quit. But when the cutie photo intern is assigned to shadow her, she decides to stick it out. Too bad his lens reports everything it sees to a scrutinizing online audience and to her backbiting frenemy. Suddenly, London’s not so sure she’s ready for this type of close-up.

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