CHILDREN'S BOOK CORNER

Here is a selection of books related to the holidays and special days of this month, recommended for your child’s reading pleasure, related stamps are also highlighted.

Book LOVERS DAY ~ August 9th

GOIN’ SOMEPLACE SPECIAL

Patricia C. McKissack, author ~ Jerry Pinkney, illustrator

A Coretta Scott King Award Winner (illustrator)

Overview: In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African-American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town – the public library. (Ages 4-8)

America’s Libraries ~ (Issued: 7/13/82 – Scott # 2015)

NATIONAL HIP HOP DAY ~ August 11th

THE ROOTS OF RAP:
16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop

Carole Boston Weatherford, author ~ Frank Morrison, illustrator

Overview: Through poetry this book gives a picture of the four elements of the Hip Hop culture. It contains a forward by Swizz Beatz, a Grammy Award-winning hip-hop rapper, DJ, and record producer. (Ages 5-10)

Hip Hop ~ (Issued: 7/1/20 – Scott # 5480-83)

WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY ~ August 28th

FINISH THE FIGHT!

Veronica Chambers and the Staff of the New York Times, authors ~

Several illustrators

Overview: This book looks at suffrage in America and highlights the many women, from various backgrounds, who through the years played a part in the movement. It contains biographies and a timeline. (Ages 8-12)

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

19th Amendment, Women Vote ~ (Issued 8/21/20 - Scott # 5523)

August 2rd JAMES BALDWIN

GO TELL IT: How James Baldwin

Became a Writer

Quartez Harris, author ~ Gordon C James, illustrator

Overview: This is the story of a young James Baldwin and how he fell in love with stories. It tell how Baldwin read and wrote at every opportunity, developing into the famous writer who showed the world the fullness of Black American life. Ages 4-8.

JAMES BALDWIN (1924 – 1987) ~ (Issued: 7/23/04 – Scott # 3871)