photo credit: Kikelomo Amusa-Shonubi
to the online home of Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, author of titles including OPERATION SISTERHOOD (Crown/Random House); IT DOESN’T TAKE A GENIUS (Six Foot Press); 8TH GRADE SUPERZERO (Scholastic); TWO NAOMIS and NAOMIS TOO (Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins), with Audrey Vernick; SOMEDAY IS NOW: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-Ins (Quarto Kids); and ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA’S JOURNEY TO TOMORROW (Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan). Coming Soon: Saving Earth: Climate Change and the Fight for Our Future
Proud member of The Brown Bookshelf.
Loved chatting with incredible book advocate and author Charnaie Gordon on Here Wee Read!
I’m a big fan of AALBC.com, and am honoured to share “The Magic of Just Being” over there — please check it out!
My middle grade novel OPERATION SISTERHOOD is starting of 2022 in style and great company as an INDIENEXT pick! Thank you so much to Mystery To Me books and all the independent booksellers working incredibly hard to share our stories with readers.
cover art: Brittney Bond. cover design: Katrina Damkoehler
Thank you Kirkus! IT DOESN’T TAKE A GENIUS named as one of the Best of 2021!
Out Now and Coming soon:
OPERATION SISTERHOOD (Crown/Random House), SAVING EARTH: Climate Change and the Fight for Our Future (FSG/Macmillan), MAE MAKES A WAY: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker (Crown/Random House), THE SUN DOES SHINE, Young Readers Edition (FSG/Macmillan)
For more about me, check out this interview with the Children’s Media Association and my page at AALBC.
Find me on Instagram and Twitter. I’m represented by the wonderful Marietta Zacker.
In 2020, the Brown Bookshelf hosted Kwame Alexander’s KidLit Rally 4 Black Lives, and we list more resources on our site.
Hope this web site finds you well. ;)
And as always, I’m wishing you much bookjoy!
Brooklyn Love!
At the African American Children’s Book Fair with Books Through My Eyes’ Kennedi.
At the 30th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair in Philadelphia