Mama's Library Summers MIddle Grade reading poetry with Paul Lawrence

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Thoughtfully curated to engage young minds

Holding the hand of someone you love

by Oge Mora

Mama's Library Summers MIddle Grade reading poetry with Paul Lawrenceby Melvina Noel and illustrated by Daria Peoples Mamas Library Summers is a moving picture book tribute to a strong Black mother, libraries, and the power of reading and of seeing oneself in books by the author of Chef Edna, Melvina Noel, and illustrator Daria Peoples. Every summer, Mama takes her two daughters to the library to pick out books. Not just any booksbooks about Black people. In the 1960s, such stories were not taught in schools. If there