Take a trip with New Haven Reads staff around the world to hear poems and books written by BIPOC authors. Each day this we week will be posting a new reading from a staff member along with a fun activity that goes along with the reading.
| Friday 02.19.21 The Turtle with an Afro by Carlotta Penn Read by Audra Carlotta Penn founded Daydreamers Press, a multicultural education company focused on children’s book publishing and diversity programming. |
| Thursday 02.18.21 I Ask My Mother to Sing by Li-Young Lee Read by Aimee Li-Young Lee was born in Djakarta, Indonesia in 1957 to Chinese political exiles. He arrived in the United States in 1964 and eventually attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he began to develop his love for writing. Activity |
| Wednesday 02.17.21 Rice From Heaven by Tina M. Cho Read by Amanda Tina M. Cho has written over 200 guided reading books, lesson plans for educational publishers, and two picture books. She wrote Rice from Heaven to teach children about empathy and kindness along with issues in North Korea. Activity |
| Tuesday 02.16.21 Still I Rise by Maya Angelou Read by Mary Activity |
| Monday 02.15.21 Caged Bird by Maya Angelou Read by Natosha Maya Angelou was an American author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet and civil rights activist. She is best known for best known for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction bestseller by an African American woman. Activity |
