Tuesday, February 9, 2010

More Books & Resources for Black History Month 2010

Books & Resources

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Poetry for Black History Month

Sweethearts of Rhythm:
The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World

Written by Marilyn Nelson
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney


You can read the Booklist review here.
You can read more about the book here.

The Poetry of Music: An Interview with Marilyn Nelson (School Library Journal, 10/29/2009)
Interview with Marilyn Nelson (The Brown Bookshelf)
Click here to listen to Marilyn Nelson read her poem A Wreath for Emmett Till.

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My People
Written by Langston Hughes
Photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr.

You can read the School Library Journal review here.

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Becoming Billie Holiday
Written by Carole Boston Weatherford
Art by Floyd Cooper

You can read about the book and learn about Billie Holiday here.
Author Interview: Carole Boston Weatherford on Becoming Billie Holiday (Cynsations)
Becoming Billie Holiday: Blog Tour (The Brown Bookshelf)

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Poems to Celebrate Black History Month (Poetry Foundation)
Langston Hughes (The Academy of American Poets)
Phillis Wheatley (The Academy of American Poets)
Paul Laurence Dunbar (The Academy of American Poets)
Black History (The Academy of American Poets)

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