Libraries in the past, and often still now, have more books written about Black people than by Black people, and nuance and authenticity are often lost in those books. Too often, in schools children read stories about Black oppression and trauma and not the joy and love in our lives. Students need to see a variety of stories that reflect Black lives and experiences. “I want to write stories like those I would have loved to read as a Black child. Lisa is a middle school teacher and lives in Boston, MA, with her children and two bossy cats. Her work often reflects her West Indian and Black southern heritage. Lisa received the inaugural Kweli Color of Children’s Literature Manuscript Award in 2019 for the novel manuscript. losing her mother broke kela but she knew she needed to do the right thing. kela grew up with stories and mythologies but meeting a real life sea folk was a shock to her. It was selected as an ABA Indies Introduce title for Winter/Spring 2022, received starred reviews in BookPage and Youth Services Book Review, and garnered praise from Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, and The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. a comb of wishes is filled with caribbean lore and legends, focusing on mermaids and the sea as kela connects with ophidia. Her debut fantasy, A Comb of Wishes, will be published on Februby HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. Lisa Stringfellow writes middle-grade fiction and has a not-so-secret fondness for fantasy with a dark twist.
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