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🌟COVER REVEAL🌟 Say hello to O Holy Night: A Modern Christmas Carol, written and illustrated by me, and published by @bloomsburykids! (It’s my author-illustrator debut!) ❤️
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✨#BornOnThisDay: June 7, 1943: Nikki Giovanni
📚Children's Books by Nikki Giovanni:
📖A LIBRARY, illus. by Erin K. Robinson
📖I AM LOVED, illus. by Ashley Bryan
📖ROSA, illus. by Bryan Collier
📖THE SUN IS SO QUIET, illus. by Ashley Bryan
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✨#BornOnThisDay: June 7, 1958: Prince Rogers Nelson
📖PRINCE by Nikki Shannon Smith, Don Tate, and Golden Books (2026)
📖ORDINARY DAYS by Angela Joy, Jacqueline Alcántara, and Roaring Brook Pr (2023)
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✨#BornOnThisDay: June 7, 1917: Gwendolyn Brooks
📖A SONG FOR GWENDOLYN BROOKS by Alice Faye Duncan, Xia Gordon, and Union Square Kids (2019)
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✨#BornOnThisDay: June 6, 1944: Tommie Smith
📖VICTORY. STAND!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, Dawud Anyabwile, and Norton Young Readers (2022)
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✨#BornOnThisDay: June 6, 1939: Marian Wright Edelman
📖A FLEA FOR JUSTICE: Marian Wright Edelman Stands Up for Change by Valerie Bolling, TeMika Grooms, and Charlesbridge (2025)
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🎉🙌🏿Happy June 2nd #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉
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🎉🙌🏿Happy May 26th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉
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✨#BornOnThisDay: May 19, 1925: Malcolm Little (Malcolm X)
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✨#BornOnThisDay: May 19, 1930: Lorraine Hansberry
📖WHAT I MUST TELL THE WORLD: How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice by Jay Leslie, Loveis Wise, and Zando-Hillman Grad Books (2024)
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🎉🙌🏿Happy May 19th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉
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🎉🙌🏿Happy May 12th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉
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O Holy Night is available to preorder now! ✨ bloomsbury.com/us/o-holy-nig…
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Zuri’s dancing to @solangeknowles because she’s whimsical like that. ✨ I’ll introduce Zuri’s mom next week! ❤️
Btw, 137 days until book launch! O Holy Night comes out on September 22nd, y’all! Can’t wait to share Zuri and her family and their holiday joy in picture book form!
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📢NEW May Chapter, MG, and YA Books by Black Authors - Available NOW and coming SOON!
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📢NEW May PICTURE BOOKS by Black Authors - Available NOW and coming SOON!📚bcbooksandauthors.com/may-20…
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💐Mother’s Day: 16 Picture Books by Black Authors
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📚Explore these fantastic books, great for Mother’s Day and all year long! They are perfect for gift-giving, storytime, or adding to your home or classroom library.
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✨#BornOnThisDay: May 6, 1931: Willie Mays
📖WILLIE MAYS by Anne Wynter, Bea Jackson, and Golden Books (2024)
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🎉🙌🏿Happy May 5th #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉Young Adult Novels by #BlackAuthors
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