I’m Your Neighbor Books is a infinitely proud to again partner with Indigo Arts Alliance and Diverse BookFinder for their annual production of The Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival. The team is hard at work at planning the August 2021 festival and I’m Your Neighbor Books will continue to bring the Black immigrant voice to that celebration.
The Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival celebrates the voices, artistry, and impact of Black children’s literature. Visit the festival for video read aloud’s with creator interviews, art activities, and educational opportunities. Indigo Arts Alliance produces this annual festival to honor Black children’s book legend Ashley Bryan and his classic African fable Beautiful Blackbird.
On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we want to remind you that many of the resources of 2020 are available until August including:
Black Books Matter
Explore why “Black Books Matter” year round with I’m Your Neighbor Books Board Member Dr. Krista Aronson of Diverse Book Finder.
Beautiful Blackbird
By Ashley Bryan
Published by Simon & Schuster
Read Aloud & Creator Interview
Art Project
Dance Challenge
Wherever I Go
By Mary Wagley Copp & illustrated by Munir D. Mohammed
Published by Simon & Schuster
Munir D. Mohammed is an immigrant artist from Ghana.
Read Aloud & Creator Interview
Art Project
Explore other connections to the Arts.
Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration
By Samara Cole Doyon & illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
Published by Tilbury House Publishing
Samara Cole Doyon is a Second Generation Haitian American writer.
Read Aloud & Creator Interview
Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings
By Francie Latour & illustrated by Ken Daley
Published by Groundwood Books
Francie Latour is a Haitian American writer and Ken Daley is a Jamaican American Artist.
Creator Interview
When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed
Published by Random House
Omar Mohamed is a Somali American writer.
Introduction to the Graphic Novel
Interview with the Creators
Educators, Librarians and Families, take the conversation deeper with the Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival Educator’s Toolkit.
