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Celebrate Black History Month and Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week With These 7 Picture Books

The first week of February marks a unique moment in the calendar. Designating the start of Black History Month, it also happens to be Children's Authors and Illustrators Week. This combined celebration creates the perfect opportunity to feature children’s books that educate and honor key figures and events of Black…
Cameron Kimball
February 4, 2022
AudiobooksFictionListicles

5 Novels in Verse for National Poetry Month

Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? That makes this month the perfect time to push your audiobook envelope and add some variety to your listening. Although your first inclination might be to listen to a poetry collection (try Richard Blanco’s How to Love a Country), I have another…
AudioFile
April 17, 2019
AudiobooksFiction

Narrator of “Friday Black” discusses Afrofuturism

Corey Allen narrates Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s moving collection of short stories, Friday Black (Recorded Books). The themes of these stories include the power divide, minimum-wage work, racism, education, and the consequences of ethical decisions, and Corey shares why it’s a collection well worth your listening time. “What Nana manages to capture in this…
AudioFile
February 22, 2019

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