Virtual Book Club
For the past few years, I’ve facilitated book clubs for girls. We’ve read dozens of picture books that celebrate children and families. Sometimes, I get emails from parents, community group leaders and teachers asking me to recommend good books about kids of color. Below, I posted our reading list for the 2010-2011 school year. If you don't see a month listed, that means we have a field trip scheduled instead.
The book selections are grouped by age range – lower elementary and upper elementary. Please join us in reading these titles and saluting the wonderful authors and illustrators who created them. If you enjoy a particular selection, please post a review on Amazon.com. Your feedback may help keep a good book in print.
Also, to find more great reads, please check out The Brown Bookshelf, a site created by a team of authors and illustrators dedicated to raising awareness of African-American children’s literature. I'm honored to be part of that group. Finally, I created a few Listmania lists on Amazon.com that offer more wonderful books to consider sharing with young people you love.
Here’s to celebrating children’s literature every day.
Happy Reading!
Kelly
LOWER ELEMENTARY
September
Ruby & the Booker Boys: Brand New School, Brave New Ruby by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton |
November
Little Diva |
My Friend Maya Loves to Dance by Cheryl Willis Hudson, |
December
Chita's Christmas Tree by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, illustrated by Floyd Cooper |
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February
Oprah, The Little Speaker |
Just Like Josh Gibson |
April
Around My Way on Neighbor's Day illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb |
Jazz of Our Street illustrated by E.B. Lewis |
June
Looking Like Me illustrated by Christopher Myers |
Keep Climbing, Girls illustrated by R. Gregory Christie |
UPPER ELEMENTARY
September
Ruby & the Booker Boys: Trivia Queen, Third Grade Supreme Vanessa Brantley Newton |
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November
Lucky Beans by Becky Birtha, illustrated by Nicole Tadgell |
Ruth & the Green Book by Calvin Ramsey, illustrated by Floyd Cooper |
December
February
Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie |
When Marian Sang by Pamel Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Brian Selznick |
April
The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street (first half of the book) |
June
The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street (second half of the book) |
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KELLY’S AMAZON LISTMANIA LISTS: