Tameka Fryer Brown
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Twelve Dinging Doorbells
A cumulative all-holiday carol packed to the brim with family, food, love, and Black joy, especially perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, graduations, and all family celebrations.
Every holiday, aunties, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and neighbors come over to eat, sing, and celebrate life. But all our main character can think about is the sweet potato pie Granny makes just for her. As tables fill with baked macaroni and cheese, chitlins, and other sides a-steaming, she and Granny move the pie to keep it intact. The task becomes tricker as the room grows with dancing and card games and pie cravings. Just when all seems lost and there’s no more pie, Granny pulls out a sweet surprise.
Written to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” Twelve Dinging Doorbells is exuberant. Author Tameka Fryer Brown’s cumulative rhyme is impossible to resist, and the humorous details in Ebony Glenn’s cut-paper collage will welcome readers to this party again and again.
Publisher: Kokila
Publication Date: October 4, 2022
Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781984815170
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Every holiday, aunties, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and neighbors come over to eat, sing, and celebrate life. But all our main character can think about is the sweet potato pie Granny makes just for her. As tables fill with baked macaroni and cheese, chitlins, and other sides a-steaming, she and Granny move the pie to keep it intact. The task becomes tricker as the room grows with dancing and card games and pie cravings. Just when all seems lost and there’s no more pie, Granny pulls out a sweet surprise.
Written to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” Twelve Dinging Doorbells is exuberant. Author Tameka Fryer Brown’s cumulative rhyme is impossible to resist, and the humorous details in Ebony Glenn’s cut-paper collage will welcome readers to this party again and again.
Publisher: Kokila
Publication Date: October 4, 2022
Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781984815170
Pre-order on Bookshop
Brown Baby Lullaby
Now a board book!
“A perfect read-aloud for bedtime.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
From sunset to bedtime, one very active baby keeps Momma and Papi busy…but yummy tummy kisses and warm snuggles make this bebito sleepy, just in time for bed. With Spanish words sprinkled throughout and featuring warm art by New York Times-bestselling illustrator AG Ford, Brown Baby Lullaby is the perfect baby or baby shower gift.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date: January 14, 2020
Type: Hardcover/Board Book
ISBN: 9780374307523 (HC) / 9780374389819 (Board)
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“A perfect read-aloud for bedtime.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
From sunset to bedtime, one very active baby keeps Momma and Papi busy…but yummy tummy kisses and warm snuggles make this bebito sleepy, just in time for bed. With Spanish words sprinkled throughout and featuring warm art by New York Times-bestselling illustrator AG Ford, Brown Baby Lullaby is the perfect baby or baby shower gift.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date: January 14, 2020
Type: Hardcover/Board Book
ISBN: 9780374307523 (HC) / 9780374389819 (Board)
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Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change
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Shirley Chisholm was a natural-born fighter. She didn’t like to be bossed and she wanted things to be fair.
Brooklyn-born Shirley Chisholm was smart and ambitious. She poured her energy into whatever she did―from teaching young children to becoming Brooklyn’s first Black assemblywoman. Not afraid to blaze a trail, she became the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first women to seriously run for US president. With a vision of liberty and justice for all, she worked for equal rights, for the environment, for children, and for health care. Even now, her legacy lives on and inspires others to continue her work . . . which is not done yet. Stirring free verse by Tameka Fryer Brown and evocative illustrations by Nina Crews provide an inspirational look at changemaker Shirley Chisholm. Publisher: Millbrook Press Publication Date: November 1, 2022 Type: Hardcover ISBN: 9781728420080 Buy on Bookshop |
My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood
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“An excellent jumping-off point for discussion—or writing—about readers’ own colorful moods.” —Booklist
On a really good day, Jamie feels purple…like the first bite of a juicy cold plum. And with a crayon in his hand, Jamie eases into a green feeling…like a dragon dancing through a jungle made of green Jell-O. But when his brothers push him around and make fun of his drawings, Jamie feels gray like a dark storm brewing. What will it take to put Jamie back in a bright-feeling mood? Through Jamie, young readers will learn to embrace and describe their feelings in a unique way. Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Publication Date: March 7, 2013 Type: Hardcover ISBN: 9780670012855 Buy on Bookshop |
Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day
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"The book’s lively illustrations and energetic main character lead readers to think about their own neighborhood, and the kind acts and community spirit that make good neighbors." —School Library Journal
Neighbors gather on a hot summer day for a joyful block party—kids play double Dutch; men debate at the barbershop and play chess; mothers and aunts cook up oxtail stew, collard greens and other delicious treats; and friends dance and sway as jazz floats through the air. A rhythmic tale that celebrates the diversity of a close knit community, Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day will fill young readers with excitement to discover the spirit of their own special surroundings. **A Little Free Library.org® Action Book Club™ Selection** Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers Publication Date: August 1, 2010 Type: Hardcover ISBN: 9780810989719 Buy on Bookshop |
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
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"Where Are the Good People?" Contributed by Tameka Fryer Brown; Illustrated by Innosanta Nagara
"'There are more good people / than not. / They will win. / We will win / if we believe / and don’t get tired of believing.' These lines from Tameka Fryer Brown’s 'Where Are the Good People?' illustrate the central theme of We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices. Motivated by the hateful rhetoric of the 2016 election, editors Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson have collected short nonfiction pieces, poems and art by some of today’s most inspiring artists of color...." --Teaching Tolerance Publisher: Yearling Books Publication Date: December 31, 2019 Type: Hardcover ISBN: 9780525580454 Buy on Bookshop |
About Tameka
Tameka Fryer Brown is a picture book author whose titles include the Charlotte Zolotow Honor-winning My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood and Brown Baby Lullaby, winner of the 2021 Anna Dewdney Read Together Award. Her work is also featured in the widely-acclaimed anthology, We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices.
Brown’s forthcoming picture books include Twelve Dinging Doorbells, a humorous tale about Black family gatherings; Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change; and That Flag, a story about best friends divided over the meaning and significance of the Confederate flag.
You can learn more about Tameka at tamekafryerbrown.com.
YouTube: TEE TALK with Tami Charles: Cultivating Charisma
Brown’s forthcoming picture books include Twelve Dinging Doorbells, a humorous tale about Black family gatherings; Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change; and That Flag, a story about best friends divided over the meaning and significance of the Confederate flag.
You can learn more about Tameka at tamekafryerbrown.com.
YouTube: TEE TALK with Tami Charles: Cultivating Charisma
