Blerd Box/Little Free Library #105330

10/28/2025

One of my favorites growing up...

10/18/2025

10/05/2025

This image features the librarian Augusta Baker, who in 1937 became the first Black woman to hold a permanent position as a children’s librarian at The New York Public Library. Here she shows a young girl a copy of the book Janie Belle, which was written by Ellen Tarry, an African American author, and published in 1940. Tarry was a school teacher and social worker-turned-author who was active in the Harlem Renaissance. Her books broke conventions in children’s literature by depicting Black children in contemporary and realistic urban settings and featuring in*******al relationships. Janie Belle is a fictionalized depiction of a true incident in which a white nurse found a Black baby in a garbage can and proceeded to adopt the child. (Augusta Baker Portrait Collection)

08/30/2025

08/23/2025

I'm this old!