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  • Harriet Tubman’s Remarkable Journeys Through Darkness and Starry Skies

    A Black History Month First-Time Presentation

    Harriet Tubman owned the night, and she was at one with the stars. She had to be to take more than 13 remarkable trips on the Underground Railroad to lead herself and others to freedom.

    Join Award-winning Author-Illustrator Caroline Brewer  and Prince George’s County Public Schools Planetarium Director Patty Seaton on a journey into the night, under the stars, to get a better sense of the dangers Harriet and her passengers faced — and conquered — and learn more about the constellations that helped make her extraordinary success possible !Caroline will lead a rhythmic reading of her new award-winning book, Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature, as part of the program.

    Order copies in advance at this link.  It accepts all credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Cash App.

    Friday, February 13, 7 p.m. at the Howard B. Owens Science Center (Planetarium), 9601 Greenbelt Road, Lanham, MD 20706.
    Email: howardb.owens@pgcps.org or call 301-918-8750 with questions.

    RSVP at this link. 
    Pay IN CASH at the door.
    $8 | Adults  
    $5 | Students/Teachers/Seniors/Military Families/First Responders

    Caroline Brewer takes audiences on journeys with her books. It is a communal affair – much like gatherings in villages of old and the most modern concerts on stages today. When Caroline hosts a journey with her books, she and audiences sing, chant, clap, toe-tap, and, if the spirit moves, dance across the pages of whatever story she and they have agreed to tell.

    Join us!  RSVP at this link.

    Order copies in advance at this link.  It accepts all credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Cash App.

     

  • Have we got a celebration for you!

    Have we got a celebration for you!

    Say Their Names National Award Celebration and Community Art Event
    with Author Caroline Brewer and The Capitol Hill United Methodist Church
    Saturday, October 12, 2024 * 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
    Capitol Hill United Methodist Church
    421 Seward Square SE
    Washington, DC 20003

    FREE Event! Free Books! (Limited Supply)
    Meet an award-winning author!
    Get your book autographed!
    Make –and take home –art!

    Click HERE to RSVP

    We will celebrate the Anna Dewdney National Read Together Honor Book Award
    by reading together, performance-style, with Author Caroline Brewer

    This means come prepared to sing, clap, dance, and celebrate
    the uplifting story of the Say Their Names picture book, illustrated by Adrian Brandon.
    The performance will be followed by a reception and community art event – the making of a butterfly memorial. Registration is required and deeply appreciated. Feel free to spread the word!

    Click HERE to RSVP

  • Back to school — and everyday life — with SAY THEIR NAMES. Join us!

    Back to school — and everyday life — with SAY THEIR NAMES. Join us!

    Every day in America someone is killed by police. Many of those killed are unarmed. A disproportionate number, of course, are Black, Latino, and Native American. Children are among the many victims. In the fall of 2022, it was announced that three Philadelphia police officers would stand trial for a shooting that killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility as she was riding in a car they mistakenly thought carried a criminal suspect.

    An NPR investigative report in 2021 by Cheryl Thompson suggests that lack of accountability, and fear-driven policies by police departments, are key reasons the number of killings remains steady.

    Even with, and perhaps because of, this depressing trend, authors are producing works for children and people of all ages to help us imagine news ways forward.  And we’re doing it with faith, hope, love, peace, power, and positive Identities, or as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called it, “somebodiness.”

    As a children’s book author, I’ve spent the past year sharing SAY THEIR NAMES with more than a thousand children, parents, teachers, librarians, and adults from many walks of life and diverse racial and ethnic heritages.

    They’ve read with me, sang with me, cried with me, and been willing to enthusiastically spread the word about the importance of saying their names. I hope, as the magnificent Illustrator Adrian Brandon, Reycraft Books, and I celebrate the first book birthday of SAY THEIR NAMES, that you will support us. You can support us by buying books, posting about your experience with it, and inviting us to read, speak, and sing this country, this world, into a new day where we no longer, prematurely, have to say their names.

  • Celebrating MLK Day with Rarely Seen Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech to Philly Students

    Celebrating MLK Day with Rarely Seen Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech to Philly Students

    On the 40th Anniversary of the MLK Jr. Holiday, I am delighted to share RARELY seen footage of Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967. There, he delivered his powerful, thoughtful, heartfelt speech, “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?” I strongly urge you to view in its entirety. Below are a few excerpts.

    “Number 1 in your life’s blueprint should be a deep belief in your own dignity, your own worth, and your own somebodiness. Don’t allow anybody to make you feel that you are nobody. Always feel that you count. Always feel that you have worth. And always feel that your life has ultimate significance.”  — Martin Luther King, Jr.

    CLICK HERE to watch the entire video. Thanks to Beacon Press and the Philadelphia School District for making this video available. Photo credit to Stephen F. Somerstein—Getty Images.

     

  • Children are Embracing Priceless Gifts in SAY THEIR NAMES

    Children are Embracing Priceless Gifts in SAY THEIR NAMES

     Media Opportunities December 6 & 7

    Immediate Release – December 5, 2022

    Contact Caroline Brewer, caroline@carolinebrewerbooks.com for more information

    Washington, D.C. – When Children’s Book Author Caroline Brewer speaks to children about her new picture book, Say Their Names, she brings priceless gifts. Some are on the backs of a bookmark, or a special card, inside a gift bag printed on paper, or made of sparkly icing emblazoned on a sugar cookie. The gifts are words, such as hope, courage, peace, love, and light – representing some of the 30+ “gifts” readers can find inside the story of Say Their Names. The new picture book by Reycraft Books features the fictional 7-year-old Aliya on her quest to lead a love-inspired Black lives movement. Aliya’s gifts, Brewer says, are the elements of a positive identity, which researchers say can lead to smoother transition to adulthood. “A positive identity is what Say Their Names is all about, and it’s a gift that couldn’t be more appropriate given the challenges our children face today,” she added.

    Children, parents, and educators agree.

    “And what I really like about it is how you put a little kid on there and you made (Aliya) strong and brave and independent to do what she got to do and she’s wonderful,” Andreya, a 5th grader at Simon Elementary in D.C., wrote after Brewer’s author visit in November.

    ” Teaching the value and dignity of all is at the heart of our school’s mission and this book says to our scholars that their lives matter and that  they, even in their youth, are powerful and can transform the world,” said Nicole Peltier Lewis M.Ed, Principal of Annunciation.

    Brewer, a DC resident and literacy consultant, will visit two schools this week to offer gifts that children can make their own:

    9:30 – 10:30 a.m. – Tuesday, December 6, 2022Annunciation Catholic School, 3810 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington D.C. 20016

    1:00 – 1:45 p.m. – Wednesday, December 7, 2022Truesdell Elementary, 800 Ingraham St. NW Washington, D.C. 20011 (Pen-Faulkner Author Visit)