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If this is hard for someone to understand, I recommend @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social’s great book that succinctly explains this

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Thanks Valerie!!

Prayer Is For fans of Ainsley Earhardt and Matthew Paul Turner, this lyrical and heartwarming picture book introduces little ones to prayer and its infinite meanings, ...

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Team GREATNESS is back with a new and timely book for our kids called PRAYER IS.

It's written by me, beautifully illustrated by @alleannaharris.bsky.social, and lovingly published by @mackidsbooks.bsky.social. Available for pre-order. 💛🙏🏾💜

Good morning.
Listen, you have to just decide.

They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.

Resolve it in your spirit.

March 30, 1952: Charlotta Bass Accepts U.S. VP Nomination California newspaper owner and anti-Klan activist Charlotta Spears Bass became the first African American nominated to be a U.S. political party's vice-presidential candidate.

"I have fought and will continue to fight unceasingly for the rights and privileges of all people who are oppressed & who are denied their just share of [what] their labor produces. "

#tdih 1952, Charlotta Bass accepts VP nomination for Progressive Party 🧵
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Thank you @zinnedproject.bsky.social for recommending THAT FLAG as a book to teach truth to young readers during these troubling and regressive times.

The Neutral Ground Film. Directed by C. J. Hunt. 2021. 82 minutes. A co-production of POV and ITVS, in association with the Center for Asian American Media. A student-friendly documentary on the fight over Confederate m...

What to watch this weekend?

In light of the admin's EO to erase the truth about U.S. history in museums, historic sites, monuments, & the zoo -- we recommend "The Neutral Ground" by C. J. Hunt on the fight over Confederate monuments & the Lost Cause narrative.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...

And I superfan you back! 🥰

That Flag Picture Book. By Tameka Fryer Brown. Illustrated by Nikkolas Smith. 2023. 40 pages. Learn about the history of the Confederate flag, the myths and the reality, through the story of two young girls.

As reading lists circulate for adults about times we are in, here are some suggestions for early childhood/early elementary.

Starting with "That Flag" by @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social -- picture book introduces the Lost Cause narrative in history and today. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...

Thank you, @zinnedproject.bsky.social, for the book recommendation! 🙏🏾💙

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March is Women's History Month! Here are 14 books about phenomenal women young readers should know about.

Share their stories this month and all year long! #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit #womenshistory #HERstory #Blackwomen ##Blackhistory365

My #GREATNESS sis out here planting seeds of self-love and confidence in our kids! Go @alleannaharris.bsky.social !! 💜💛💜💛

Hey Charlotte! Please join us for a Freedom to Read panel discussion this Thursday, sponsored by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Our fight to maintain intellectual freedom grows more urgent by the day. Hope to see you there.

Register here: tinyurl.com/yrvhfxkp

#freedbetweenthelines #freadom

I'm more than fasting. I'm cutting it out altogether.

"Grimes’ simple, lyrical text depicts a sweet, relationship-based mini-adventure with a victory both adults and children will appreciate. [Cathy Ann] Johnson’s whimsical illustrations... are as poetic as Grimes’ verse. Playful, soothing, and beautiful. (Picture book. 3-8)" Thanks, Kirkus!

I heard today is National #Shelfie Day. For no particular reason at all, my shelfie includes a copy of Little People, Big Dreams' Anne Frank & That Flag by @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social. Also for no particular reason at all, my t-shirt reads "E Pluribus Unum, #ProtectTransKids."

Only 4 more days to bid and support LA residents impacted by wildfires...

Thank you so much, Lorie!

Signed Books From Author Tameka Fryer Brown Auction item 'Signed Books From Author Tameka Fryer Brown' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Look at all the great things you can bid on!
I'm doing an AMA. And ngl I'm a delight to chat with about publishing stuff!

ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED:
1) California Community Foundation - Wildfire Relief Fund:
@calfund
calfund.org

2) Los Angeles Regional Food Bank:
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3) Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation:
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4) Animal Wellness Foundation Fire Relief Fund:
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I am offering 2 Signed Copies of my books--WINNER'S CHOICE--to help raise money for those impacted by the wildfires in California.

Kidlit for Los Angeles Auction Info:

DATES: Monday, January 20th, at 9am PST until Friday, January 26th, at 9pm PST.

@kidlitforla.bsky.social #lawildfires

Wrong Tameka 🙂. But Happy Book Birthday, Tamika!

Join me on February 1st for MY VOICE, MY STORY, a community event designed to empower youth through self-expression, sponsored by Bookmarks and the Winston Salem Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.

See you soon, Winston-Salem!

#myvoice #mystory #AllTheGreatnessInYou #begreat #believeinyou

Gorgeous cover!

👍📚How will they learn? By picture books. This is a wonderful, relatively gentle way to learn, through the experience of two best friends, about the lasting harm and division caused by the Confederate flag. Written by @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social, beautifully illustrated by @4nikkolas.bsky.social