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March 17, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Monday Morning

Young people don’t need to settle into feelings of doom, despondency, or powerlessness, and they don’t need to settle for anything less that what they believe in for this country.

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Learning to navigate these corners of the world are an important part of personal liberation.

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February 25, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Blog: http://tanitasdavis.com/tanita.shtmlIG: https://www.instagram.com/tanita_writes/Blog: http://tanitasdavis.com/wp/BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/tanitawrites.bsky.social Watch for: Berry Parker Doesn’t Catch Crushes (HarperCollins Sept 2025)Tanita S. Davis is the award-winning author of six novels for middle grade and young adult readers, including Serena Says, Peas and Carrots, Happy Families, and Mare’s War, which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and earned her a nomination […]

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February 23, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Celebrating Lamar Giles!

22 Feb.: Laugh With Me!

February 22, 2025 by Edith Campbell

We need more books for that center Black teens and Black girls that mare readers chuckle, laugh out loud, or even groan at the corniness.

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L.L. McKinney

February 21, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Celebrating L. L. McKinney!

Music

February 20, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Through these books, readers will engage with real and imagined stories about the power of music to create change in us and around us.

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These print-based gatherings remind us that communities are essential to our survival. 

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