Monday, June 6, 2025
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A is for Alfie.
– Alfie has been feeling down because the kids at school think his name is weird. But when his awesome babysitter Quentin takes him on a walk through their neighborhood, he learns that there are endless possibilities in the letters that make up his name –
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Written by Randy DuBurke. In stores 7/8/25 w/Macmillan. Available for preorder here.
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Here's a peak at some pages <3
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​Reading
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
"But looking at it she saw that it was never the flesh and blood figure of her dreams. Just something she had grabbed up to drape her dreams over." Man, Janie.
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Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
I wish my writing was this funny.
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Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North by Patricia C. McKissack
Diary stories fascinate me.
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A Communion of the Spirits: African American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories by Roland L. Freeman
Quilts also fascinate me. A lot of things fascinate me. That's why I be struggling.
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Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens
From top to bottom this book goes so hard.
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Listening
Trying To Get Next To You - Arnold Blair (They was really singing this song.)
Prince of The Sea - Lenny White
My Little Girl - Bobbi Humphrey
Little Children - Kool & The Gang
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Watching
Numb3rs
For All Mankind S4
Harlan County U.S.A.
NBA Finals ​​​​​​​​​​​​
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That's all for now. I guess we could call this a newsletter? Talk soon! <3​
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