Taelor J.'s Blog Posts

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DIY Egg Carton Flower Bouquet

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Friday, May 07

Covers of YA Adaptations

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#OwnVoices: YA Adaptations

Black and Red Boat with an Asian man and Asian boy at the front of the ship. The ship is presented in front of a yellow background and a large, yellow sun.

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Dinner Table Talks: Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist

Black tween in a black jacket balances on a skateboard with stickers attached to the bottom. A unidentified person waves to him in the background, and a tween girl sits on the stairs leading into a neighborhood home.

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Dinner Table Talks: A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart

Cover of Stamped Remix by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi

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Dinner Table Talks: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Class Act Group Shot

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#OwnVoices: Class Act

Young Black boy with green in front of multicolored background

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Read Woke Across America Week

Cover of Stamped Remix by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi

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Stamped: Who Were They Really?

Beverly Buchanan's Pawley Island, SC

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African Americans in Art: Beverly Buchanan

Felrath Hines by “Red Strip with Green Background”

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African Americans in Art: Felrath Hines “Red Strip with Green Background”

The ABC's of Black History Book Cover

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#OwnVoices: Black History Is American History

Romare Bearden "The Block"

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African Americans in Art: Romare Bearden “The Block”

Orange city background with three young Black girls walking together behind each other; Award medals are placed in all four corners of the book cover

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Dinner Table Talks: One Crazy Summer

Taelor J.'s Recommended Books, Movies, & Music

Born Curious

Joni

Trailblazers: Inspirational Women Throughout History

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist

The Day You Begin

Whatever You Are, Be a Good One

Empowering Picture Books for Girls

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist

Stargazing

The Year of the Garden

The Asian & Asian American Experience through Novels for Middle Grade and Teens

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist

A Big Mooncake for Little Star

Halmoni's Day

The Asian & Asian American Experience in Picture Books

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist

American Street

The Poet X

Read Woke Across America Week: Woke Books for Tweens & Teens

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist

Mommy's Khimar

A Big Mooncake for Little Star.

Read Woke Across America Week: Picture Books

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist

Just Like Me

Magnificent Homespun Brown

#OwnVoices: Picture Books of 2020

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist

Isaiah Dunn is My Hero

Leaving Lymon

#OwnVoices: Children's Middle Grade Books of 2020

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist

Hair Love

Crown an Ode to the Fresh Cut

Read All About It: I Love My Hair

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist

Misty Copeland

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Women's History Month: Books for Middle Grade Readers

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist

Finding Langston

Leaving Lymon

African American Children's Novels

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist

Crown

The King of Kindergarten

African American Picture Books

Curated by Taelor J.

Youth Services Specialist