Yay!! 🤗🤗

#Kweli24 Keynotes by Jason Reynolds News (Carnegie Medal, NAACP Image Award), Amina Luqman-Dawson (Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Award), Safia Elhillo (National Book Award Longlist, Arab American Book Award), debut author & Kweli alum, Autumn Allen * Ceasefire Now (Kirkus Reviews Best YA Books in 2023)

Such a wonderful morning!!

This is awesome!💕

Registration opens soon!!

#HBBlackHistoryMonth : In J/A #ALA Awards #HBMag , we shared Amina Luqman-Dawson's #Newbery + #CSK Author Award speeches for FREEWATER + Alex Hightower's profile of Amina + Lisa Yoskowitz's profile of Amina's editor Alex ow.ly/chRB50Qy57U #BlackHistoryMonth Little, Brown Young Readers LBYR School & Library

📣 Announcing our lineup of #Kweli24 Keynote Speakers:

Safia Elhillo
Jason Reynolds
Autumn Allen
Amina Luqman-Dawson

As always, it’s our honor to invite longstanding beloved #bipoc #kidlit authors to speak alongside rising stars in children’s lit.

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We couldn't be prouder of Vashti Harrison! Congrats on your Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Honors! The first Black woman to win the Caldecott Medal is a BIG deal, and we celebrate you, your incredible book, and the girls with very big dreams who you inspire. 💗🌸💕

Learn more about and celebrate LBYR's 2024 ALA award winners! 🎉 bit.ly/47KVfQA Vashti Harrison Dare Coulter The Catchpole Agency Michaela Goade lisaling Moira Quirk Kwame Alexander Grace Lin Dr. Elizabeth Wein karen george

Jump into #BlackHistory Month with SchoolLibraryJournal's webcast featuring Carole Boston Weatherford, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Amina Luqman-Dawson, & James Ransome. These award-winning creators will discuss how they investigate lesser-known figures and events in #BlackHistory Feb 1st 1PM ET
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Just some of my favorite titles I helped send to Title 1 schools in 2023:

Your Name is a Song - Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Looking for a Jumbie - Tracey Baptiste
Freewater - Amina Luqman-Dawson
Nic Blake and the Remarkables - Angie Thomas
Butt or Face - Kari Lavelle
Mr. S - Monica Arnaldo

@fairfaxcountylibrary recently hosted the delightful Amina Luqman-Dawson!

Amina Luqman-Dawson Look at this top 10 list from Mackin!

Congratulations! I love seeing Freewater find its way to so many readers!

This Saturday!!

This will be fun!!

Join us at Chantilly Regional Library on Saturday, Dec. 9 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. for a presentation with NYT bestselling author, Amina Luqman-Dawson discusses her Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning children’s novel 'Freewater.'

Registration: bit.ly/FCPL_AminaLuqm…

Looking forward to it!! 🤗🤗

New Book Alert! We've just added Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson to our catalog.

Ms. June Johnson had the pleasure of meeting Amina Luqman-Dawson at the 2023 ALA Conference!

I’m in St. Louis next week!

I’m looking forward to this. See you soon St. Louis! 😊