Brown Bookshelf feature!
This is a full circle moment. I started trying to get into the children’s book world around 2007/2008. Back then there were very few resources about Black folks or people of color in the biz that I knew of. And The Brown Bookshelf is one of the earliest resources I found! It was raft in a sea of formalities, stereotypes, nepotism, and plain old racism. Thank god for The Brown Bookshelf! Fast forward 15 or 16 years later and I’m featured as one of this year’s 28 storytellers! I am so honored.!!! BIG shout out to Nikki Shannon Smith for the props!
Read what I wrote here and check out some of the other creators. You have no idea how hard it is for these folks to get to where they are.
Dig this? Check out this podcast I was a guest on – Early Risers (Minneapolis Public Radio)
