DuEwaWorld News! by DuEwa Frazier

Celebrating Alice's Musical Debut & Multicultural Children's Book Day!   DuEwa Frazier  is a proud Author Sponsor for  Multicultural Children's Book Day  that is being celebrated on January 31, 2020.   With the release of  Alice's Musical Debut , a diverse children's picture book with African American child protagonist Alice McLeod (young Alice Coltrane), DuEwa joins the ranks of committed children's book creators and educators to celebrate young readers and promote diversity in children's book publishing.  Authors, publishers, editors, illustrators, educators, and others who champion diverse books for young readers will celebrate books that that feature multicultural content for children.   The importance of diverse books for children is that children of all backgrounds and ethnic groups can see themselves in the pages of these books.  The promoters of multicultural books for children have a vested interest in creating...

ALA 2011: Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon, authors of Zora and Me with Editor Mary Lee Donovan Zora and Me , the young adult book written by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon received the 2011 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent award.  Congratulations to the authors!  Check out my earlier blog post on this wonderful book .  Zora and Me by Victoria Bond & T.R. Simon I'm a huge fan of Zora Neale Hurston and I applaud the authors on their research and re-imagining Hurston's life as a young girl.   The authors attended the 2011 ALA Conference where they received the King-Steptoe honor.  The late John Steptoe was a brilliant and award winning illustrator of children's books.  His son, Javaka Steptoe continues his legacy as an illustrator. ALA 2011: Editor Andrea Davis Pinkney and Drawing from Memory author Allen Say ALA is one of the esteemed literary events where authors, educators, librarians, editors and other publishing profess...