An 11-year-old from St . Louis wants to celebrate black books plus improve the literacy rate among friends at the same time. Sidney told radio plan St . Louis on the Air previously this monththat every time I visit the library at my school, there arent many African American literature books generally there. After a visit to EyeSeeMe, a book shop in University City, Missouri, that will promotes African American childrens literature, he or she yearned to see more of himself shown in books. Caldwell mentioned her son immediately had the concept to form a book club, using EyeSeeMe as their designated bookstore , after the movie gained popularity. They did a few research and decided to target young boys 8-10, around the age their reading through skills begin to lag behind girls . Though these people focus on books with black character types, Books N Bros invites guys of … Continue reading 11-Year-Old Starts Club For Young Black Boys To See Themselves In Books