Tune in tomorrow morning at 7:25AM to the Bill Anderson Show, 900AM WURD Philadelphia, as we talk about this weekend’s African American Children’s Book Festival! The show streams live over the internet here.
Archive for the ‘Media’ Category
Over your airwaves!
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Patch Interview
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
On Tuesday Theresa Woodgeard of Stone Mountain-Redan Patch came by for a few hours to talk about my work and hang out in the studio. You can read all about that experience and see a few pics of my current projects here!
copyright Theresa Woodgeard
NBC Nightly News Segment
Saturday, August 28th, 2010Wow!!!!!!! My mind is officially blown. A huge round of applause for Renée Watson and the Random House team for pulling this all together! For all of you who missed our segment on NBC Nightly News, here it is for your viewing pleasure! I’m so thrilled and honored to be a part of this project.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who supported this venture at Random House, the producers at NBC Nightly News, Cindy and the gang at Maple Street Book Shop, and everyone who has supported and championed this book~
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Same book, new time
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
I just returned from an AMAZING trip to New Orleans where I met Renée Watson and a whole host of other cool people for the first time. Unfortunately I forgot to take out my camera during most of the days there (my fork kept getting in the way). The NBC segment on A PLACE WHERE HURRICANES HAPPEN is slotted to air on NBC Nightly News, this
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29
instead of Thursday, August 26. Please tune in and/or set your dvrs. Hopefully the time won’t change again, but I will confirm this date and time again tomorrow. I will post more on the trip and activity tomorrow. My bed is calling.
If there’s anyone from NOLA who grabbed a few pics of the events and would like to e-mail me at news at shadrastrickland dot com, my world would be rocked~
Blogosphere Buzz
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010What a way to start a Sunday. There are a few things to check out today. First, head on over to Color Online to see a nice shout out for APWHH.
After you’re done there, stop by 7-Imp to see a wonderful feature of APWHH along with the latest from Sean Qualls (the amazing and talented).
Our signing is listed in the “Special Events section of NOLA.com via the Times-Picayune. You can find other Katrina Anniversary listings there as well.
Lastly, and not entirely related, check out my new dress that I bought last night for the trip. 
Our Children Can Soar is an NAACP Image Award winner!
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
I woke to outstanding news this morning. OUR CHILDREN CAN SOAR has won an Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children!
Congrats to Michelle Cook and all of the artists who contributed to this wonderful project!
You can see a list of all of the award winners here:
28 Days Later!
Sunday, January 31st, 2010I am honored this year to be a part of The Brown Bookshelf’s 28 Days Later Campaign!
The Brown Bookshelf is designed to push awareness of the myriad of African American voices writing for young readers. Their flagship initiative of is 28 Days Later, a month-long showcase of the best in Picture Books, Middle Grade and Young Adult novels written and illustrated by African Americans. You can read more about the founders of The Brown Bookshelf here. You can also download a copy of the 28DaysLater Poster for your walls this month, so you can get to know a new (or old) face in children’s literature each day.
A huge THANK YOU to all who nominated such wonderful books, and many props to Paula Chase-Hyman, Varian Johnson, Don Tate, Kelly Starling-Lyons, Tameka Fryer-Brown, and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich for the wonderful work that they do to promote diversity in children’s literature.
Serendipity and Self Promotion
Monday, December 14th, 2009
It’s such a good feeling when life comes full circle. Today I spoke at Parson’s School of Art and Design with David Ezra Stein and Nancy Paulsen. We were invited by Pat Cummings as special guests for her Children’s Book Illustration Class. The bulk of the talks were about breaking into the business and the long road to getting published. I have uploaded a couple of today’s videos on my Youtube channel. Enjoy~
Shadra’s YouTube Channel
Friday, December 11th, 2009I have made a home for myself on Youtube. Check out www.youtube.com/shadrieka to see book trailers and clips from some of my appearances. I will also add demos and interesting art stuff over time.
Go Philly!
Friday, April 17th, 2009Today is the Philadelphia Free Library Festival!
The city of brotherly love is hosting the Free Library Festival on April 18th. I’ll be signing copies of OUR CHILDREN CAN SOAR at 1:30PM and BIRD at 4:00PM. If you’re in Philly stop by and say hello! There’s tons of literary royalty to be met that weekend. Hope to see you there~
Also, if you can’t make it to Philly, look for me on C-SPAN this Saturday.
