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Happy Small Business Saturday! With the holiday season in full swing, consider gifting my children’s books to someone you love. ???????? Copies of my books can be purchased online from the links below or directly from me. ?? Noelle's Beats is an early reader book that features American Sign Language. This book is perfect for engaging 0-6-year-olds at-home, in the classroom, and even in utero! https://lnkd.in/g_WU6nb9 Nia’s Question is a picture book with beautiful full spread imagery that follows a young girl on her journey to answer her own big question. This book is suitable for early readers as it encourages them to be inquisitive with the support of loved ones. https://lnkd.in/g2YDgd59

Happy Juneteenth! ??????? This is a holiday that is important for all Americans to celebrate as it acknowledges the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865. It became a federal holiday in 2021. Freedom and justice are values we want to instill in the next generation to continue pushing for. Books for everyone??: For early readers, check out Juneteenth by Van G. Garrett (Author) and Reginald C. Adams (Illustrator. This beautiful illustration includes lyrics from “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the main character experiences a Juneteenth parade for the first time. As the child understands the reason for celebrating, the reader also experiences the joy of Juneteenth freedom celebrations. Short chapter book for middle grade readers, ‘What is Juneteenth?’ by Kristi Jewel is a great introduction. This addition to the “What Was?” series provides a thorough introduction to the past and the present of Juneteenth. Text contains racism and disturbing imagery. For advanced and adult readers, William H. Wiggins Jr.‘s “O Freedom! Afro-American Emancipation Celebrations” is the historical standard for African American emancipation celebrations. It offers an accessible and well-researched account of the emergence and evolution of Juneteenth. Happy Freedom Day!!?????????

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Story Shifter’s would like to celebrate the heritage and culture of the AAPI communities by featuring books from some amazing AAPI authors! ???. ?? Brown is Beautiful, written by Supriya Kelkar and illustrated by Noor Sofi, is for early readers. On a hike with her grandparents a young Indian-American girl observes all the things in nature that are brown, too. She collects them in a scrapbook to share with a brand new member in her family! ?? Ichiro by Ryan Inzana is for intermediate readers. Ichiro was raised by his Japanese mother and idolizes his deceased American father. Now, his mom decides that they should move back to Japan and live with Ichiro’s grandfather. There, Ichiro has a supernatural encounter with the gods and creatures of Japanese mythology that changes his worldview! ?? Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz is for advanced readers. Jasmine de los Santos has always done what’s expected of her, studying hard and making her Filipino immigrant parents proud. All of that shatters when her parents reveal that their visas expired years ago. #StoryShifters #RepresentationMatters #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHeritageMonth2024 #ShareStories #CommunityMatters #ReadABook #AskQuestions #ChildrensBooks #IntermediateBooks #AdvancedBooks #AAPIBooks

???? April 22nd is Earth Day! Especially in recent years, it has become important to protect our environment, showing love and respect for the planet we live on. Our recommendations below feature stories of the loving relationship between people and the planet. Comment below on how you would protect and nurture our environment! ??? ?? Zonia's Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal is for early readers. Zonia, an Asháninka girl, has her home in the Amazon rainforest. See how Zonia connects with all the animals and plants within the rainforest, emphasizing the powerful bond with her home. ?? Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers by Celia C. Pérez is for intermediate readers. One summer, in a sleepy Florida town, three highly different girls — Ofelia, Aster, and Cat — come together for a shared mission: stopping the Floras, a local Scouts group, to ditch an outdated tradition that puts endangered species in danger. ?? Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, edited by Camille T. Dungy, is for advanced readers. This is an anthology focusing on nature writing by African-American poets. It features 180 poems from 93 poets that provide unique perspectives on the concept of nature poetry and African American poetics. #StoryShifters #RepresentationMatters #EarthDay #EarthDay2024 #Environment #Earth #CommunityMatters #ReadABook #YABooks #ChildrensBooks #IntermediateBooks #AdvancedBooks #POCBooks #POCAuthors #POCIllustrators

Happy Monday! As Story Shifters continues to celebrate community leaders each month, we want to introduce you to Mariama Suwaneh, M.A.. ???This April, read about Mariama’s journey. She reminds us that knowing your purpose, which is where prayer and passion or practice and passion align, and standing fully in that is truly powerful and transformative.?? Read more about her work and path on our website: https://lnkd.in/gPEhKpen Thank you Zoe Wright (Summer 2023 intern) for covering Mariama’s contributions! #StoryShifters #RepresentationMatters #MondayMotivation #blogpost #ShareStories #CommunityMatters #DiverseVoices

March is Social Work Month! Social workers, like our director Adelia, strive to help individuals, families, communities, and society as a whole meet their basic needs and enhance their individual and collective well-being. Now is the time to celebrate this essential profession and its workers! As such, Story Shifters is happy to feature books about social workers and why they are essential to our society! ???. ?????? My Auntie Is A Social Worker by Lynn Charles is for early readers. This book will help children understand the role social workers play in society, and it may prompt conversations about issues such as aging, emotions, therapy, social services and various policies. ?? The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes is for intermediate readers. Paris has just moved into another foster home with the Lincoln family. Over time, the Lincolns grow on Paris, but she can’t shake the feeling that she’ll never fit in a town that's mostly white while she is biracial. This is a touching story on family and friendship, and it expresses what foster care should be. @poetrynikki ?? All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu is for advanced readers. In the early 1970s, a refugee from a revolution in an African country begins a romantic relationship with his quaint midwestern social worker. But when the secrets of his past come back, so do the acts he committed, the work he left unfinished, and the friend he left behind. #StoryShifters #RepresentationMatters #SocialWorkMonth #MentalHealthMatters #EarlyIntervention #SocialWorkMonth2024 #SocialWorkers #SocialWork #CommunityMatters #ReadABook #YABooks #ChildrensBooks #IntermediateBooks #AdvancedBooks #POCBooks #POCAuthors #POCIllustrators