Showing posts with label 2022 July. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2022 July. Show all posts

Sunday, July 31, 2022

Diaspora Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 22

Here we are: it's the last round-up of July 2022. Plus you can cruise through all the weekly roundups since the beginning here: so many books! so many round-ups! May 2021 - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - January 2022 - February - March - April - May - June - July.

And you can also cast your vote for the Anansi Book Club books in August here: August Book Club.

And now.... here are this week's books:






by Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix





by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson 





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Saturday, July 23, 2022

Diaspora Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 21

Just one more week of July... and then August is here! You can cruise through all the weekly roundups since the beginning here: so many books! so many round-up! May 2021 - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - January 2022 - February - March - April - May - June - July.

We also started a new book for Anansi Book Club today by the great African American writer Julius Lester: How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? ... it's available for borrowing from the Internet Archive, just a click away, thanks to the power of Controlled Digital Lending.

And now... here are this week's books:




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Saturday, July 16, 2022

Diaspora Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 20

Wow, it's midway through July already! And here are the links going back to the beginning of this African and African Diaspora project... so many books! so many round-up! May 2021 - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - January 2022 - February - March - April - May - June.

And we started a new Anansi Book Club book today; it's a fun one: THE FLYING TORTOISE: An Igbo Tale.

And now, here are this week's books with stories from Caribbean Diaspora storytelling traditions:




by Flora Floss



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Sunday, July 3, 2022

Diaspora Folktales at Internet Archive: Week 19

Wow, it's July already! And here are the links going back to the beginning of this African and African Diaspora project... so many books! so many round-up! May 2021 - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - January 2022 - February - March - April - May - June.

And don't forget about our ongoing Anansi Book Club reading children's books with stories from Africa; we're starting the month of July with a beautiful book written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan, based on a folktale from Nigeria: The Story of Lightning and Thunder.

I've got a long going on this week, but I'll start up again next week, so I'll see you here with a new post on Monday, July 11.

And now..... here are this week's books: SO. MUCH. RABBIT.

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