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My Progress:


10 / 30 books. 33% done!

2024 Literary Escapes Challenge

- Alabama (1)
- Alaska
- Arizona (1)
- Arkansas
- California (3)
- Colorado (1)
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia (1)
- Hawaii
- Idaho (2)
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana (1)
- Maine (1)
- Maryland
- Massachusetts (2)
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York (2)
- North Carolina (2)
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma (1)
- Oregon (2)
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee (1)
- Texas (1)
- Utah
- Vermont (1)
- Virginia (1)
- Washington (1)
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Washington, D.C.*

International:
- Australia (1)
- Canada (1)
- England (7)
- France (1)
- Indonesia (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Italy (1)
- Scotland (2)
- The Netherlands (1)

My Progress:


18 / 51 states. 35% done!

2024 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge

My Progress:


13 / 50 books. 26% done!

2024 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge


20 / 50 books. 40% done!

Booklist Queen's 2024 Reading Challenge

My Progress:


38 / 50 books. 76% done!

2024 52 Club Reading Challenge

My Progress:


33 / 52 books. 63% done!

2024 Build Your Library Reading Challenge

My Progress:


23 / 40 books. 57% done!

2024 Pioneer Book Reading Challenge


13 / 40 books. 33% done!

2024 Craving for Cozies Reading Challenge

My Progress:


5 / 25 books. 20% done!

2024 Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge

2024 Mystery Marathon Reading Challenge

My Progress


25 / 26.2 miles. 95% done!

Mount TBR Reading Challenge

My Progress


19 / 100 books. 19% done!

2024 Pick Your Poison Reading Challenge

My Progress:


50 / 104 books. 48% done!

Around the Year in 52 Books Reading Challenge

My Progress


39 / 52 books. 75% done!

Disney Animated Movies Reading Challenge

My Progress


45 / 165 books. 27% done!

Baby Steps to Understanding


Baby Steps to Understanding was inspired by my beautiful daughter, who's bi-racial (her birth father is Black, her birth mother is white). It wasn't until I adopted her that I realized how vastly underrepresented Black and bi-racial people are in modern literature. I want my baby to grow up loving books, I want her to find characters with whom she can identify, I want to see girls who look like her on book covers. To encourage myself and others to search out and celebrate the literature that does exist, I created this feature. Every time you see this button on a review at Bloggin' 'bout Books, you can be assured that the book being reviewed is:

(A) Written by an author who is Black (not necessarily African-American) or bi-racial; (B) Illustrated by an author who is Black or bi-racial; (C) Features a main character who is Black or bi-racial; or (D) Concerns a person, event or subject relevant to Black history, culture and/or heritage.

This post will serve as an index for all my reviews of "Baby Steps" books. It's a work in progress, so please be patient with me. Eventually, it will be all organized and updated!

Abramson, Jill (author): Obama: The Historic Journey (review)

Brown, Linda Beatrice (author): Black Angels (review)

Collier, Brian (illustrator): Martin's Big Words (review)

Collier, Kristi (author):  Jericho Walls (review)

Collison, Michele N-K (author): It's All Good Hair (review)

Jaye, Lola (author).  Being Lara.  (review)

Johnson, Angela (author): Heaven (review); The First Part Last (review)

Jones, Edward P. (author): The Known World (review)

Lester, Julius (author): Day of Tears (review)

Lewis, E.B. (illustrator): I Love My Hair! (review)

Lilly, Deborah R. (author): Wavy, Curly, Kinky (review)

Locke, Attica (author):  Black Water Rising (review); The Cutting Season (review)

Myers, Walter Dean (author): Lockdown (review)

Nelson, Kadir (author/illustrator): Moses (review)

Perkins-Valdez, Dolen (author): Wench (review)

Rappaport, Doreen (author): Martin's Big Words (review)

Rhodes, Jewell Parker (author): Ninth Ward (review)

Rinaldi, Ann (author).  Numbering All the Bones (review)

Smith, Sherri L.  (author):  Flygirl (review)

Stockett, Katherine (author): The Help (review)

Tarpley, Natasha Anastasia (author): I Love My Hair! (review)

Walker, Brian F. (author):  Black Boy, White School (review)

Wilkins, Ebony Joy (author):  Sell-Out (review)

Williams-Garcia, Rita (author):  One Crazy Summer (review)

Woodson, Jacqueline (author): Feathers (review); Hush (review); If You Come Softly (review)

Wright, Bil (author): When the Black Girl Sings (review)


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