Every year, I have celebrated Caribbean American Heritage Month as well as the anniversary of SocaMom in June. This month, I felt like I wasn’t doing much of anything, but when I look back on how I spent the month,…
I had a wonderful time with Jamar Johnson and Sarah Gethers doing a morning storytime for the American Literacy Corporation. The books chosen for Black History Month were to be written by or about Black people. The book I read…
Book launches are always a lot of fun. It is the day that all of your hard work goes on display for friends, family, and fans. I was honored to be the host of author and illustrator Daniel J. O’Brien’s…
World Read Aloud Day is February 3, 2021 and is held annually on the first Wednesday of every February. For World Read Aloud Day 2021, Eden Wilson of Lemonerdy did a reading of Winston Won’t Go. The special Illustrate Me…
On social media, there has been a lot of chatter around how much (or how little) Caribbean American people have contributed to Black American culture. *sigh* As the world mourns the death of Black American icon Cicely Tyson, we realize…
