pickThis is an amazing book, worthy of a place in every home and school library. #AshleyBryan gives voice and life to eleven #enslaved people auctioned off when a #plantation was sold. It brings home the horror of American chattel #slavery as a system that dehumanized both enslavers and enslaved. #humanrights #freedom
Heartrending. #slavery
Illustration by #AshleyBryan
pickColorful introduction to African American #poetry — #poem snippets from a wide variety of poets were chosen and illustrated by artist #AshleyBryan. A full list of the poems and sources is included in the back and would make wonderful further reading. #RitaDove #DiverseBooks
Isn‘t this lovely? Collecting books for the winter! #Poem by #NikkiGiovanni illustrated by #AshleyBryan
#ChristinaRossetti #poem illustrated by #AshleyBryan collage art
pickA nice anthology of #PaulLaurenceDunbar poems showcasing both his “Black dialect” and standard English poetry, with art by famed African American illustrators #AshleyBryan #CaroleByard #JanSpiveyGilchrist #BrianPinkney #JerryPinkney and #FaithRinggold
“Where was OUR freedom? OUR equality?”
#AshleyBryan #WWII #DiverseBooks
