28 Days Later: A Black History Month Celebration of Children’s Literature

The Brown Bookshelf is now accepting submissions for the 3rd Annual 28 DAYS LATER.

During the twenty-eight days of Black History Month, The Brown Bookshelf will profile a different children’s or young adult author and children’s illustrator. On March 1st, they will announce the winner of the grand prize: a gift basket featuring every book profiled during the month, donated to a library in need.

Nominations accepted until November 1st.

(Click here for additional information about the Brown Bookshelf and the selection process for 28 Days Later.)

Posted by Teresa Walls

Sunday, October 4th, 2009 at 3:45 pm and is filed under Children's Literature (all forms), Collection Development, Diversity, News of Interest. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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  1. Children’s Literacy and Reading News Roundup – 12 October | Scrub-a-Dub-Tub, a Reading Tub Blog Says:

    [...] month, donated to a library in need. Nominations are being accepted until November 1, 2009. [via Teresa Wells at the ALSC blog and Greg Pincus at Gottabook] You can also follow @brownbookshelf on Twitter. [...]

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