{"id":68818,"date":"2020-05-23T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=68818"},"modified":"2020-05-24T01:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T05:53:14","slug":"support-literacy-with-brilliant-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2020\/05\/23\/support-literacy-with-brilliant-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Literacy & Book Beat with Brilliant Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Brilliant Detroit<\/a><\/strong> is dedicated to building kid success families and neighborhoods where families with children 0-8 have what they need to be school ready, healthy and stable.<\/p>\n

To help develop early reading skills in children, Brilliant Detroit has made a recommended children’s reading list.These books are available from Book Beat, and can be donated to Detroit children in need through Brilliant Detroit.<\/p>\n

Books on the list are discounted 20% and will go directly to help Brilliant Detroit neighborhoods. A box at Book Beat is dedicated for this purpose. To donate a book to Brilliant Detroit call us at:<\/p>\n

(248) 968-1190 or email us at: BookBeatOrders@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

SUGGESTED BRILLIANT DETROIT BOOKS <\/strong><\/p>\n

MULTICULTURAL BOOKS<\/strong>
\nBein’ with You This Way by Nikola-Lisa
\nThe Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
\nI, too, Am American by Langston Hughes
\nThe Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
\nFirebird by Misty Copeland
\nFreedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford
\nI Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Kadir Nelson
\nEllen’s Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons
\nFreedom on the Menu by Carole Boston Weatherford
\nChild of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton
\nOf Thee I Sing by Barack Obama
\nFreedom Summer by Deborah Wiles
\nThe Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a
\nYoung Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson
\nLillian’s Right to Vote by Jonah Winter
\nThe Hula-Hoopin’ Queen by Thelma Lynne Godin
\nHenry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
\nIan’s Walk by Laurie Lears
\nDon’t Call Me Special by Pat Thomas
\nThunder Boy, Jr. by Sherman Alexie
\nJohn Henry by Julius Lester
\nUnder My Hijab by Hena Khan
\nKing for a Day by Rukhsana Khan
\nChristmas Makes Me Think by Tony Medina
\nAllie’s Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber
\nHair Like Mine by LaTashia Perry
\nTrombone Shorty by Troy Andrews
\nThe Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom by Bettye Stroud
\nLove to Langston by Tony Medina
\nMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by
\nCarole Boston Weatherford
\nGordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and
\nWhite America by Carole Boston Weatherford
\nThe Pirate of Kindergarten by George Ella Lyon
\nThank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
\nTom’s Special Talent by Kate Gaynor
\nSusan Laughs by Jeanne Willis
\nHansel and Gretel: A Fairy Tale With a Down Syndrome
\nTwist by Jewel Kats
\nJust Because by Rebecca Elliot
\nMeet Will and Jake: Best Buds Forever by Community
\nLiving Kincardine & District
\nSnowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
\nWhistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
\nPeter\u2019s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
\nTia Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina
\nLizard From the Park by Mark Pett
\nAda Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beatty
\nOne Family by George Shannon
\nSPANISH LANGUAGE BOOKS:<\/strong>
\nHead to Toe (De La Cabeza a Los Pies) by Eric Carle
\nThe Very Hungry Caterpillar (La Oruga Muy Hambrienta)
\nby Eric Carle
\nGo Dog Go (Ve, Perro, Ve) by P.D. Eastman
\nOpposites (Opuestos) by Sandra Boyton
\nEARLY LEARNING BOOKS:<\/strong>
\nGuided Science Readers Parent Pack: Level E-F by Liza
\nCharlesworth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brilliant Detroit is dedicated to building kid success families and neighborhoods where families with children 0-8 have what they need to be school ready, healthy and stable. To help develop early reading skills in children, Brilliant Detroit has made a recommended children’s reading list.These books are available from Book Beat, and can be donated to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[497,367],"class_list":["post-68818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peace-gaia","tag-brilliant-detroit","tag-literacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}