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A Black Girl Magic Christmas

It’s a very Black Girl Magic Christmas blog post! YAAAAY! I love Christmas guys, like I go all in. My two girls 4 and 6 have inherited my Christmas glee, so it’s no surprise that I want books that my girls can see themselves in. Ya’ll this is the first year I’ve actually been able to count to 12 ...

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Thanksgiving Books for a Thankful Heart

We are a week away from Thanksgiving, so why am I just writing this post? It has taken me forever to think what books I wanted to share with you. Why? Thanksgiving, the holiday, is complicated, really complicated. Thanksgiving as we were taught in school is a gross misinterpretation of history, an ...

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A Black Girl Magic Women’s History Month

Passing through Black History Month and into Women’s History Month, I have noticed a trend in newer non-fiction biographies. These beautifully illustrated picture books are being published with much hype but I really don’t think they seem to know or understand who their target audience actually is. ...

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Goodbye September, Hello October 🎃👻! Halloween pi Goodbye September, Hello October 🎃👻! 
Halloween picture books are here! Spy one you want to read??#
Fall Picture books on your shelves have all the le Fall Picture books on your shelves have all the leaves, pumpkins and squirrel nuttines so common this time of year but do they also have books that represent the readers in your household or classroom? 

This becomes increasingly harder to do the older kids get. So make sure to let kids seem themselves frolicking in leaves, and picking pumpkins and living their best cozy lives early on.
🍁🎃 Okay...maybe its not exactly sweater weather bu 🍁🎃 Okay...maybe its not exactly sweater weather but its below 90°. I'm calling that a win. 🎃🍁
I'm a writer not a yapper yall. Took me days to ge I'm a writer not a yapper yall. Took me days to get this down to 3minutes)  This probably should of been an article but these are my thoughts as a Black parent of tweens 5th and 7th grade, and a person who went to predominantly White elementary, middle and high schools. THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS.

I'm also speaking as someone who literally has no idea what high school her kids are going to because I live in a school district that restructuring and closing schools but their is overcrowding at the current schools (make it make sense).
Hispanic and Latine Heritage Month is celebrated i Hispanic and Latine Heritage Month is celebrated in the U.S. from September 15th through October 15th. The 2026 theme is "Unidos, Somos Mas" (together we are more) which is a perfect way to describe this collection of picture book titles I'm sharing. 

This collection is just a small representation of what's on my shelves and on the shelves of your local library. If you look around bookstagram everyone is sharing something differemt and I love that. 

My roundup is a combination of old and brand new favorites that celebrates Hispanic values, culture and impact of historical figures on us all.
This new picture book is a win for Hispanic Herita This new picture book is a win for Hispanic Heritage Month and made my own freckled faced baby feel seen. 

Its a perfectly joyful book that all freckled faced kids can relate to.
Take me out to the ballgame...but only if its an e Take me out to the ballgame...but only if its an evening game and then I'll still probably sweat through my shirt. 

We surprised my husband with tickets to a Braves game for his birthday, but it was also all of our first time at the new Atlanta stadium the Battery and the girls first ballgame. 

These picture books, board books and historical middle grade fiction novels are a beautiful tribute to one of my husbands favorite pastimes.
...and then she 🫠 melted. The end! ...and then she 🫠 melted. The end!
Let's talk, mamas with school aged kids are ya'll Let's talk, mamas with school aged kids are ya'll okay this September? Or no???
If you value books and reading in front of your ki If you value books and reading in front of your kids they might just follow along 🤷🏾‍♀️

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