When The Brown Bookshelf launched 28 Days Later in 2007, our goals were simple – honor Black children’s literature creatives who blazed trails in publishing and highlight Black children’s lit…[...]

Two years ago on social networks, librarian Elizabeth Bird suggested that someone write a biography on Jerry Lawson—the self-taught engineer known as the “father of modern video gaming.” Back in…[...]

Happy 2024, Friends! We were on hiatus most of last year. Happy to be back celebrating outstanding Black children’s book creators. This time, we’re doing something new. We’re collaborating with our…[...]

As more and more adoptees get published or share their stories, the response from readers and gatekeepers in kidlit publishing is often fraught with hurt feelings and a limited understanding…[...]

June is full of celebrations: Father’s Day, Juneteenth and Black Music Month to name a few. But a beautiful one that needs more support is LGBTQIA Pride. There are so…[...]

We are proud to support Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools as they commemorate the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer of 1964. To mark that milestone, they are recruiting 60…[...]

It’s time for another Generations Book Club lineup and I can’t believe how fast the summer is flying by. Some of us are already thinking about back-to-school. Some of us…[...]

The Left Behind novels are a series of 16 novels written by authors, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. The subject of their books is the Christian viewpoint about the…[...]

Richard Morais is a former Forbes magazine correspondent turned author, when he wrote his first novel, The Hundred Foot Journey. An American who was raised in Switzerland, Morais has spent…[...]

Christine Baker Kline captured a beautiful story about a search for family, but also sheds light on a forgotten chapter in American history. In the time period between 1854 and…[...]