Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson My mom recommended this book after she read it, so I went in not knowing what it was about and didn’t rea...

 Happy Black History Month! I wanted to share the Blanche White books all together. Barbara Neely created this realistic, "average...

Blanche Passes Go by Barbara Neely I think this might be my favorite Blanche book of the series, though I loved them all for different reaso...

Blanche Cleans Up by Barbara Neely I think this has been my favorite Blanche book so far! The mystery was deeply ingrained in a community in...

Blanche Among the Talented Tenth by Barbara Neely I was reading this along with three or four other books off and on, so it took me a bit to...

Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely I read this because Sisters in Crime will have a Reading Like a Writer discussion on it soon and I wante...

These are a mix of fiction and nonfiction, short story collections and novels, old favorites and new favorites. Have you read any? What woul...

YA books are my sweet spot, but I also wanted to highlight some picture books by Black authors as well. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black ...

I wanted to kick-off Black History month by spotlighting some of my favorite young adult books by Black authors. The  Track  Series by Jason...

Ethel L. Payne was born in 1911. She went to school with white people, even though she was harassed and beaten for it. The school paper woul...

I love an inspirational, educational picture book, and The Oldest Student by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, illustrated by Oge Mora fits the bill. ...

I worked as a library page in high school. One shift I was “reading” the nonfiction section and this title caught my eye. I have to admit, I...

Deesha Philyaw read part of “Peach Cobbler” at an event I attended not long ago and I was hooked from the first line: “My mother’s peach cob...

This looks like I picked more than 5 books, but two choices are the book and the sequel, and one is an amazing series. Since I think they sh...