African American children's fiction
Parent’s Frustration Leads to New Career in Educational Publishing
Thursday, January 31st, 2008When Chicago mother, Jil Ross, couldn’t find African American fiction to inspire her son, who was a late reader, she created her own series, The Shenanigans Series. The story reported in the Chicago Tribune indicates that by keeping a journal of her own children’s everyday escapades, Ross created an African-American brother-and-sister pair, Foster and Marie Blake.
After persistent [...]