Etikett: USA

  • Pekar, Harvey

    Vi frågade Linda Gustafsson som arbetar som bibliotekarie på Serieteket i Stockholm om hon kunde sätta ihop en lista. Hon svarade entusiastiskt ja, så här kommer 11 serietips, 11 dagar framåt från en expert. Tack Linda! Alla serier går att låna på Serieteket. REKOMMENDATION #1 Harvey Pekars bok ”Vietnamnveteranen” och tillika arbetskollegan Robert McNeill och…

  • Owerko & Lee

    ”The Boom Box Project, The Machines, the Music, and the Rise of Hip-Hop” av Lyle Owerko, Spike Lee (2010) ”On the heels of the graffiti renaissance comes a vibrant look at an old-school icon that figured prominently in music movements of the 1970s and 80s. The Boombox Project features contemporary fine art portraits of an…

  • Miller, Frank

    ”The Life and Times of Martha Washington in the Twenty-First Century” av Frank Miller med illustrationer av Dave Gibbons. ”A masterpiece nearly twenty years in the making, this archival volume contains the complete life story of Martha Washington, the twenty-first century freedom fighter created by comic-book megastars Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) and Dave Gibbons…

  • Hamilton, Virginia

    ”Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales” av Virginia Hamilton ”In the tradition of Hamilton’s ”The People Could Fly and In the Beginning”, a dramatic new collection of 25 compelling tales from the female African American storytelling tradition. Each story focuses on the role of women–both real and fantastic–and their particular strengths,…

  • Ander, Martin

    ”The Hip-Hop board book” av Martin Ander ”Rap, Breakdance, Graffiti & DJ: ing – now for the very youngest The Hip Hop Board Book is a different, colorful picture book about culture and everyday life with fun and clear pictures for small children. A charming book with lots of humor and attitude. You can point…

  • Martin, Michelle

    ”Brown gold : milestones of African American children’s picture books, 1845-2002” av Michelle H. Martin ”Brown Gold is a compelling history and analysis of African-American children’s picturebooks from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. At the turn of the nineteenth century, good children’s books about black life were hard to find – if, indeed, young…

  • Curtis, Christopher Paul

    ”The Mighty Miss Malone” av Christopher Paul Curtis ”We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful” is the motto of Deza Malone’s family. Deza is the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana. But the Great Depression hit Gary hard, and there are no jobs for black men. When her…

  • Hill, Z.B

    ”Beyoncé” av Z B Hill ”Beyoncé Knowles has become one of the biggest artists in music since making her start with the group Destiny’s Child years ago. She has sold millions of albums and won many awards in her career. Here she tells the story about herself, a girl from Texas . Read about Beyoncé…

  • Hill, Z. B

    Rihanna av Z.B Hill ”Rihanna is one of music’s biggest stars. The singer has had hit songs around the world. She’s sold millions of albums and won many awards. Few artists reach the heights that Rihanna has-and the singing superstar is still in her early 20s! Rihanna tells the story of how a girl from…

  • Representation i barn- och ungdomsböcker

    Den 7-11 augusti 2013 höll föreningen ”African-American Librarians” sin 8:e nationella konferens: ”Culture Keepers VIII: Challenges of the 21st Century-Empowering People, Changing Lives”. Den bestod som vanligt av många olika paneler och samtal. Ett av dessa hade titeln: “Empowering the Voice of the Black Male in Children’s and Teen Lit” och handlade om svarta ungdomars…

  • Jackson, Andrew P.

    The 21st-century Black Librarian in America, redaktörer: Andrew P. Jackson Jr. Julius Jefferson och Akilah S. Nosakhere I ”The 21st-Century Black Librarian”, hittar du 48 artiklar som alla belyser biblioteksarbete från ett afro-amerikanskt perspektiv. Visst, mycket är specifikt för amerikanska bibliotek men jag tror vi kan lära oss mycket här som också går att applicera…

  • Silei, Fabrizio

    ”Rosas buss” av Fabrizio Silei med illustrationer av Maurizio A.C Quarello. Bens morfar tar en dag med honom på en utflykt till Henry-Ford museet. Han ska visa honom något: en gammal buss. Men det är inte vilken buss som helst. Rosa Park, en av den amerikanska medborgarrättsrörelsens viktigaste figurer vägrade vid ett tillfälle resa sig…

  • Ringgold, Faith

    ”Tar Beach” av Faith Ringgold. ”Cassie Louise Lightfoot, eight years old in 1939, has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on ”tar beach” –the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building–her dream comes true. The stars lift her up, and she flies…

  • Hill, Z. B.

    ”Tupac” av Z.B Hill ”Tupac Shakur was one of hip-hop’s most important people. He may be gone today, but Tupac’s music and messages live on. Few artists have the kind of effect on fans that Tupac had. Years after his death, hip-hop fans still listen to Tupac and remember the impact he had on hip-hop.…

  • Carter, Shawn Corey/ Jay-Z

    ”Decoded” av Jay-Z ”Decoded” is an intimate, first-person portrait of the life and art of Jay-Z, organized around a ”decoding” of his most famous and provocative lyrics. This beautifully designed, fully illustrated book offers a surprising and revealing look at the life, influences, and artistic process of one of the most successful, widely admired, controversial,…