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“A Black girl whose voice chased away darkness, ushered in light.”

Maya’s Song by Renee Watson

June 16, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

  Maya’s momma was right. Maya was a preacher, a teacher. A Black girl whose voice chased away darkness, ushered in light.   Maya’s Song is an introduction biography of Maya Angelou. Done in prose poetry, (most likely inspired by Angelou’s own writing style. Though I am afraid I have only read a handful of her writing and therefore, not well enough versed to say yes or no), this picture book shows Angelou’s life poetically. Renee Watson was inspired by Maya Angelou’s works and that […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Arkansas, Bryan Collier, Marguerite Annie Johnson, Maya Angelou, Missouri, Renée Watson, St. Louis, United States - African American & Black

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:303 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Arkansas, Bryan Collier, Marguerite Annie Johnson, Maya Angelou, Missouri, Renée Watson, St. Louis, United States - African American & Black ·
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“Why am I only seen as someone who needs and not someone who can give?”

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

June 4, 2019 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Piecing Me Together is a 2017 YA novel, a Newbery Honor book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. Jade, a teenager from Portland, Oregon, tells her story of being poor, black and on scholarship to prestigious St. Francis school on other side of town. Jade is an excellent student and an artist who has much to offer and who is eager to break out of her neighborhood.  As she navigates two worlds — the neighborhood called the New Columbia and the world of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11, ElCicco, Fiction, Piecing Me Together, ReadWomen, Renée Watson, YA

ElCicco's CBR11 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11, ElCicco, Fiction, Piecing Me Together, ReadWomen, Renée Watson, YA ·
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Betty Before she was X

Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz

March 5, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Before she was Betty X and before she was Dr. Betty Shabazz she was just Betty. A girl who lost her beloved aunt. A girl who had to move to Detroit to live with a mother and family she did not know. A girl who had to deal with the life of a black girl in the 1940s. Loosely based on the life of Betty Shabazz, her daughter Ilyasah Shabazz (with the help of‎ Renée Watson) gives you a peak at the events that would […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, History Tagged With: Ilyasah Shabazz, Renée Watson

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:47 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, History · Tags: Ilyasah Shabazz, Renée Watson ·
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