Based in New York, Barbershop Books aims to “inspire Black boys and other vulnerable children to read for fun through child-centered, culturally responsive, and community-based programming and ...

His debut title Books N Bros: 44 Inspiring Books for Black Boys provides a recommended reading list of more than 40 books by notable authors including Jason Reynolds, Angie Thomas, Nic Stone ...

Kwame Mbalia has a goal: for Black boys to pick ... award-winning books, sees the stories as a gateway to introducing young readers to various forms of storytelling. “Reading is intimidating.

But Jeremiah is also pretty different from the characters that Myles Johnson, the author of the Kickstarter-backed book, met in the stories he read when he was growing up. Jeremiah is black ...