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Dr. Diane's Adventures in LearningRAP IT UP! Empowering Youth Through the Transformative Power of Rap with Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston WeatherfordSend us a textDive into the dynamic world of rap as a powerful tool for youth empowerment with the acclaimed mother/son author duo, Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford. Discover how their newest picture book RAP IT UP! is transforming classrooms and empowering young voices worldwide.Summary: In this rollicking episode, we sit down with Carole Boston Weatherford, recipient of the 2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award, and her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford to explore their groundbreaking collaboration, RAP IT UP!This project merges their love...2025-03-1925 min
Midday'Kin: Rooted in Hope' uses poetry to unearth Black family rootsTom's guests are Carole Boston Weatherford, an award-winning author, and her award-winning son, Jeffery Boston Weatherford, who is an acclaimed illustrator. They have collaborated on a powerful book about their family’s journey in Maryland, from enslavement to freedom. It’s called Kin: Rooted in Hope. Carole and Jeffrey will speak about the book tonight at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.2023-10-1918 min
Experience the Story, Anywhere, Anytime With Free AudiobookKin: Rooted in Hope Audiobook by Carole Boston WeatherfordListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 676960
Title: Kin: Rooted in Hope
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Narrator: Janina Edwards, Leon Nixon
Format: Unabridged
Length: 02:16:14
Language: English
Release date: 09-19-23
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Kids, General, Historical
Summary:
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
A Boston Globe–Horn Book Poetry Award Winner
An “imaginative and moving” (The Horn Book, starred review) portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and stunning art by her son Jeffery Boston Weatherford.
I call their names...2023-09-192h 16
Raising Joyful and Resilient Black ChildrenExploring 'Kin: Rooted in Hope' - A Journey with Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery WeatherfordBooks can serve as a powerful tool in raising children who are aware of their history and joyful, resilient, and deeply connected to their heritage. On todays episode, we explore the powerful middle-grade novel, KIN: ROOTED IN HOPE, by award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Jeffery Weatherford. During the conversation, Carole and Jeffery share the inspiration behind the book, the poetic forms used to write the book, working together, and how Kin addresses essential themes, heritage, and storytelling.This episode was produced by Jacqueline D...2023-09-1841 min
Raising Joyful and Resilient Black ChildrenExploring 'Kin: Rooted in Hope' - A Journey with Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery WeatherfordBooks can serve as a powerful tool in raising children who are aware of their history and joyful, resilient, and deeply connected to their heritage. On todays episode, we explore the powerful middle-grade novel, KIN: ROOTED IN HOPE, by award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Jeffery Weatherford. During the conversation, Carole and Jeffery share the inspiration behind the book, the poetic forms used to write the book, working together, and how Kin addresses essential themes, heritage, and storytelling.This episode was produced by Jacqueline D...2023-09-1841 min
Dr. Diane's Adventures in LearningKin: Rooted in Hope -- Adventures in Learning with Award-Winning Mother-Son Author-Illustrator Team Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston WeatherfordSend us a textMeet author/illustrator team Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston Weatherford (also mother and son). Carole has authored 70+ books, including award winning Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre; Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom; and All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jeffery's beautiful illustrations can be found in We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices and You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airman. On this episode, we celebrate the book birthday of their new, i...2023-09-0649 min
Artifactual JourneyEpisode 52: Kin with Carole and Jeffery Boston WeatherfordTo pre order a copt of Kin: Rooted in Hope, visit https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Kin/Carole-Boston-Weatherford/97816659136212023-08-3030 min
PreserveCastKIN: ROOTED IN HOPE with Carole Boston Weatherford & Jeffery Boston WeatherfordOn this week’s PreserveCast, join us as we talk with Carole Boston Weatherford and her son, Jeffrey Boston Weatherford, about their book Kin: Rooted in Hope. Carole and Jeffrey will share their journey creating this book, set in Talbot County, Maryland, which reimagines Wye House plantation and the nearby all-Black, Reconstruction-era hamlets of Copperville and Unionville, and the research into their ancestors that shaped the narrative.
Carole Boston Weatherford has written many award-winning books for children, including You Can Fly illustrated by her son Jeffery; Box, which won a Newbery Honor; Unspeakable, which won the Coretta Sc...2023-07-0331 min
Words, Images, & WorldsWords, Images, & Worlds with Carole Boston Weatherford and Jeffery Boston WeatherfordThe Weatherfords talk with me about close collaborations, the power of images and verse, and the vital work of exploring family history and sophisticated topics for young readers. You can read more about their work at https://cbweatherford.com/2023-06-1927 min
Start The Most Uplifting Full Audiobook Today!Call Me Miss Hamilton by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston WeatherfordPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/103977to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Call Me Miss Hamilton
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Weatherford
Narrator: Adenrele Ojo
Format: mp3
Length: 19 mins
Release date: 04-26-22
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Social Activists
Publisher's Summary:
Mary Hamilton grew up knowing right from wrong. She was proud to be Black, and when the chance came along to join the civil rights movement and become a Freedom Rider, she was eager to fight for what she believed in. She was arrested again and again—and she did not back down when faced with insults or di...2022-04-2619 min
WE ARE HERE!: a Literary Space for Black Boys and Young Black MenWe Are Here Lit! interviews Award-Winning Author Carole Boston Weatherford in honor of Women's History Month!We will celebrate her space in children's literature as an author who has given voice to Black historical people and places for all to learn. We also learn about her influence on her son Jeffery who is a Poet, MC, and Illustrator.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weareherelit/message2022-04-0256 min
Kidlit These DaysChildren's Books In VerseTune in to hear Nicole and Nusrah talk about excellent children’s literature in verse, alongside a conversation with the wonderful Charles Waters, the co-author of Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship.
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