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Introducing our new menu!!

We’ve taken our Caribbean x Japanese fusion to a new level…Serving comfort food, cocktails and desserts that honour both cultures, creating a unique dining experience in Notting Hill💜✨

Keep an eye out for more updates of our new favourite dishes 👀

#nottinghillrestaurant #portobellomarket #londonrestaurants #caribbeanfood #japanesefood

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Here are my #8brilliantbooks for #WorldKidLitMonth Read around the World.

This Is Who I Am
✏️ @rashmiwriting
🎨 @ruchi.mm
🖨️ @andersenpress

Ayo’s Adventure: Across the African Diaspora from Afro to Zulu
✏️ @ainheathdrew
🎨 @brooklyndolly
🖨️ @barefootbooks

The Visit
🎨 @annafontgarcia

Everything Is Music
✏️🎨 @miraism_
🖨️ @bluedotkidspress

A Whale of a Dream
✏️🎨 @mailyscartlamy
🖨️ @orcabook

Same Time, Next Week?
✏️🎨 @marlene.droop
🖨️ @northsouthbooks

Papa Drew a Thousand Birds
✏️🎨 @marenamini

Mishka

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Here is the story of Henrietta Wood, who was enslaved twice—but who demanded justice and was awarded the largest reparations ever granted for enslavement. This nonfiction book for ages 9–12 puts a human face on the current issue of reparations.

Henrietta Wood was born enslaved. As a teen she was ripped from her family and sold. Years later, a miracle happened, and she was given freedom papers. But Henrietta’s freedom was short-lived. She was tricked back into enslavement and sent to a Mississippi cotton plantation.

On June 19, 1865—Juneteenth—she was emancipated. Finally free for good, Henrietta Wood sued the man who had kidnapped her back into enslavement—and she won! Henrietta was one of the few people in United States history to ever receive a reparation payment for slavery.

Twice Enslaved is a true story of cruelty, resilience, and ultimately triumph, told lyrically for middle-grade readers by Selene Castrovilla and illustrated in full color by artist Erin K. Robinson.

Gorgeously illustrated. The poetic method of telling Henrietta’s story was perfectly suited to the emotions of the history. I could not recommend this more for home and school libraries. Perfect for younger audiences with proper preparation, and suited for middle grade readers. ***Would be lovely to gift to a school library.***

#twiceenslaved #henriettawood #calkinscreek #reparations #blacklit

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⁨ ⁨ Summa ‘26⁩⁩

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There is just something so magical about a library. ✨📚

A Library by Nikki Giovanni beautifully captures that magic—the kind that begins the moment you open a book and suddenly, your imagination can take you anywhere. 🥹💫

Libraries are more than shelves filled with books. They are gateways to adventure, wonder, knowledge, faraway places, and worlds we haven’t even dreamed of yet. All you need is a library card, a little imagination, and a story waiting to be opened. 📖✨

What a beautiful reminder that some of the greatest adventures can begin right inside your local library. 🩷

So come on, readers… let’s turn the page and see where our imaginations take us! ✨📚🪄

#LibraryMagic #Bookstagram #ChildrensBooks #ReadingIsMagic #LoveYourLibrary

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BI Summer 2026🤎💚💙🧡

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It’s ALA weekend! Time to celebrate the important work of creators, librarians, educators, and all those who put books in the hands of people!! 📚💛 #alaac26

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Our May nominations for ages 0-5 are now in! With one title rolled over from last month, we are looking forward to discussing seven new titles at our next meeting! Nominations for this month are:
• While We’re Here by Anne Wynter and illustrated by Micha Archer
• The Chase by Jenny Bloomsfield
• Here Come the Aunties! by Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrated by Aphelandra
• Action Jasmine by Kristen Mai Giang and illustrated by A. N. Kang
• My Sister, Goose by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and illustrated by Hyewon Yum
• This Hair Belongs by JaNay Brown-Wood and illustrated by Erin K. Robinson
• A Bear, A Man, and A Donut Van by Daniel Bernstrom and illustrated by Brandon James Scott
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@clarionbooks @flcbooks @harperkids @penguinkids @hippoparkbooks @astrakidsbooks
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#childrensliterature #kidlit #dcreads #dmvreads #capitolchoices

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Born enslaved, separated from her family, and later granted freedom, Henrietta Wood should have been safe. Instead, she was kidnapped back into slavery and forced onto a Mississippi plantation.

Visit https://writerreaderteacher.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/twice-enslaved/ to learn more about author Selene Castrovilla's stirring new nonfiction middle-grade novel in verse, Twice Enslaved, Liberty and Justice for Henrietta Wood, illustrated by Erin Robinson and published by Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books.

#selenecastrovilla
#brooklyndolly
#middlegradebooks
#middlegradenonfiction
#calkinscreek
#astrakidsbooks illustrated book cover showing a black woman in a turban her face turned upward and slightly behind her a pale image of a young black girl looking to the right and below their neck are wavy lines depicting a river.

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Today is the last day of National Library Week and what a joy filled week it has been! These two fantastic picture books celebrate all the wonder, magic and joy you can discover at the library!

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✨The theme of this year’s National Library Week is “Find Your Joy”✨

Because joy, access, and imagination should always be within reach.

Big ups to Chicago for converting all school IDs into library cards!! 📚🔥

This is what access looks like making it easy for students to go from school straight into books, resources, and imagination with no barriers.

Libraries = equity, opportunity, and joy!

📕Picture Books📕

📚 A Library
✍🏾 by Nikki Giovanni
🫟 by Erin K. Robinson

📚Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
✍🏾 by Carole Boston Weatherford
🫟 by Eric Velasquez

📚Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
✍🏾 by Breanna J. McDaniel
🫟 by April Harrison

📚My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World
✍🏾 by Malcolm Mitchell
🫟 by Michael Robertson

📕Middle Grade📕

📚The Secret Library
✍🏾 by Kekla Magoon

#NationalLibraryWeek #LibrariesMatter #librarians #libraries #RepresentationMatters

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Truth’s Table Season 10 is here 🙌🏾

The opening season theme is “The Underground Railroad 2.0” we going to Freedom Land, y’all!

The chaos abounds BUT GOD remains faithful to uphold us by giving us survival strategies.

This beautiful artwork is brought to you by our dear friend and artist extraordinaire @brooklyndolly.

Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Episode link in bio and in stories.

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