I hadn't heard anything about it, but any book about a Black store is worth learning about. mentions how the bank would not loan his father money because 'black people don't read.' My 6-year-old made the most horrible face. This day-in-the-life storybook is packed with love and adornment of Black literary arts. He saw his father as a poet and the bookstore as his second home, fondly called 'The House of Common Sense and the Home of Proper Propaganda'. recounts some of the most amazing times at the store, like meeting famous people or reading books by Black authors. It's a picture book written from Lewis Micheaux Jr's point of view, the son of the famous bookstore owner. She wanted to be able to share this story with a younger audience, so in 2015, she published The Book Itch. In 2011, Micheaux-Nelson published the young adult, historical fiction novel, No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller. He owned and operated The National Memorial African Bookstore of Harlem, the place for Black literature and culture. The love of books runs in her family, as she is the great-niece of the famed Harlem bookseller, Lewis Micheaux. She has written numerous children's books and has won a Coretta Scott King Honor award. Aside from her current gig as a youth services librarian, she has also worked as a bookseller and a teacher. She knows exactly what makes a good book.

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson has an 'itch' to scratch

The Book Itch by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson