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Check out diverse children's audiobooks on sale. Libro.fm's Kids Club is a collection of books currently on sale for $10 or less. Titles rotate monthly. Here are a few titles I would recommend for September's List.
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📝 BOOK REVIEW 👉🏾 One of Tuma's Books Diverse Reads picks for September, Plantains and Our Becoming, is a wonderful poetry collection by fellow New Yorker Melania Luisa Marte.
Perfect for Latiné/Hispanic Heritage Month, this imaginative collection looks at the identities and histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti in order to celebrate and center the Black diasporic experience. Through the exploration of themes like self-love, nationalism, displacement, generational trauma, and ancestral knowledge, this collection confronts stereotypes while creating new ideals for Black identity and personhood.
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This is a beautiful, stunning poetry collection about the identities and lived experiences of an Afro-Latina woman from NYC. I marked so many entire poems and lines as faves - my copy bursting with post it tabs.
Marte's poems about Hispaniola were insightful and thoughtful. They made me interested in learning more about Haiti and DR's tumultuous history despite sharing an island.
At the core of Marte's collection is the power of telling one's own story. Rather than let anti-Blackness rhetoric erase her identity -- she is unapologetic about embracing both her African ancestry and Dominican culture.
Marte also explores what is lost in immigration -- leaving a kind of paradise for a land that doesn't accept you as you are, wanting you to become something else. I really loved her way with language. It was accessible and easy to understand-- Heart-first vs. Head-first poetry is my fave. Some poems did make me think but most made me FEEL- warm, mad, shocked, disappointed, understood, stunned, etc.
Overall, loved this poetry collection and would highly recommend for folks who enjoy works about cultural identity, home, belonging, family, immigration, and history.
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What aspects of poetry resonate with you most? Comment below.
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ID: Photograph of Tuma's brown hand holding up her copy of Plantains and Our Becoming bursting with colorful post-it tabs in front of a stuffed bookcase.
Perfect for Latiné/Hispanic Heritage Month, this imaginative collection looks at the identities and histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti in order to celebrate and center the Black diasporic experience. Through the exploration of themes like self-love, nationalism, displacement, generational trauma, and ancestral knowledge, this collection confronts stereotypes while creating new ideals for Black identity and personhood.
* * *
This is a beautiful, stunning poetry collection about the identities and lived experiences of an Afro-Latina woman from NYC. I marked so many entire poems and lines as faves - my copy bursting with post it tabs.
Marte's poems about Hispaniola were insightful and thoughtful. They made me interested in learning more about Haiti and DR's tumultuous history despite sharing an island.
At the core of Marte's collection is the power of telling one's own story. Rather than let anti-Blackness rhetoric erase her identity -- she is unapologetic about embracing both her African ancestry and Dominican culture.
Marte also explores what is lost in immigration -- leaving a kind of paradise for a land that doesn't accept you as you are, wanting you to become something else. I really loved her way with language. It was accessible and easy to understand-- Heart-first vs. Head-first poetry is my fave. Some poems did make me think but most made me FEEL- warm, mad, shocked, disappointed, understood, stunned, etc.
Overall, loved this poetry collection and would highly recommend for folks who enjoy works about cultural identity, home, belonging, family, immigration, and history.
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What aspects of poetry resonate with you most? Comment below.
ID and Tags in comments.
TAGS: #BookReview #Review #BookRec #BookRecs #Poetry #PoetryCollection #BIPOCPoetry #BIPOCBooks #BIPOCAuthors #LatinxBooks #LatinxAuthors #LatinxReads #ReadLatinxBooks #LatinxHeritageMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth #AfroLatina #PlantainsAndOurBecoming #MelaniaLuisaMarte #DominicanWriter #Hispanola #DiversePoetry #InclusiveReads #InclusiveBooks
ID: Photograph of Tuma's brown hand holding up her copy of Plantains and Our Becoming bursting with colorful post-it tabs in front of a stuffed bookcase.
I 😍 stickers! Do you?
Here are some of the stickers we have available at Tuma's Books by BIPOC artists and brands. 🫶🏾
Some of them are on our website; others we haven't added yet. Shoot us a message if you'd like to purchase. Stickers are $4 each and perfect for decorating your e-readers, notebooks, laptops, and water bottles! 💜
#stickers #bipocartists #blackartists #latinaartists #snallbusiness #bookstore #indiebookstore #giftsforreaders #stickerlovers
Here are some of the stickers we have available at Tuma's Books by BIPOC artists and brands. 🫶🏾
Some of them are on our website; others we haven't added yet. Shoot us a message if you'd like to purchase. Stickers are $4 each and perfect for decorating your e-readers, notebooks, laptops, and water bottles! 💜
#stickers #bipocartists #blackartists #latinaartists #snallbusiness #bookstore #indiebookstore #giftsforreaders #stickerlovers
Diversify your reading every month with regular deliveries of Monthly Diverse Reads!
If you're here, then it means you're looking to expand your horizons and enrich your reading experiences with more culturally diverse books by authors who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Monthly Diverse Reads is perfect for you if you're busy or overwhelmed by finding new reads.
Each month, you choose from three compelling and culturally diverse books that I've carefully chosen to delight, inspire, and educate you about diverse cultural representations. No researching, digging through long lists, concerns about problematic content--Tuma does all the hard work for you. Simply order one time or subscribe for regular deliveries of amazing, diverse books.
- One Time, Subscription, or Pre-Paid options
- Choose 1, 2, or all three titles
- Title(s) come with personalized note, bookmarks, and gifts from BIPOC brands
Check out our September Reads at www.tumasbooks.com
#monthlyreads #monthlydiversereads #indiebookstore #bipocbooks #bookseller #diversebooks #readdiversely #readdiverselit #readdiversebooks #diversifyyourreading #23for23 #23for23challenge #23for23readingchallenge
If you're here, then it means you're looking to expand your horizons and enrich your reading experiences with more culturally diverse books by authors who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Monthly Diverse Reads is perfect for you if you're busy or overwhelmed by finding new reads.
Each month, you choose from three compelling and culturally diverse books that I've carefully chosen to delight, inspire, and educate you about diverse cultural representations. No researching, digging through long lists, concerns about problematic content--Tuma does all the hard work for you. Simply order one time or subscribe for regular deliveries of amazing, diverse books.
- One Time, Subscription, or Pre-Paid options
- Choose 1, 2, or all three titles
- Title(s) come with personalized note, bookmarks, and gifts from BIPOC brands
Check out our September Reads at www.tumasbooks.com
#monthlyreads #monthlydiversereads #indiebookstore #bipocbooks #bookseller #diversebooks #readdiversely #readdiverselit #readdiversebooks #diversifyyourreading #23for23 #23for23challenge #23for23readingchallenge
Hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes, an August Diverse Reads pick!
Diversify your reading with monthly diverse reads. We research and find three exciting, culturally diverse books to offer you. You make your picks and wait for your package with a personalized note and small gift from BIPOC brands.
Join today at www.tumasbooks.com
#diversebooks #bipocbooks #diverserecs #indiebookstore
Diversify your reading with monthly diverse reads. We research and find three exciting, culturally diverse books to offer you. You make your picks and wait for your package with a personalized note and small gift from BIPOC brands.
Join today at www.tumasbooks.com
#diversebooks #bipocbooks #diverserecs #indiebookstore
😩 Made cute edits and then tried to change the song and all my edits disappeared. Too frustrated to re-do 🥲. Anyway, Word of the Day Diverse Books Rec! Check out Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo for DRAMA to the 9th degree. 😔 Fertility Challenges, Polygamy, Interfering In Laws...
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Our Free Diverse Books Program is funded by 5% of Tuma's Books profits and your generous donations!
Today, I was able to give away free books at a Back to School event in the Bronx.
You can donate to our fund anytime. Our handle is "Tumasbooks" on Venmo, CashApp, and PayPal. You can also set up weekly or monthly donations to provide ongoing support though PayPal link on our website. Let me know if you're interested in setting that up and I can message you the link. 🫶🏾
Book Rep Matters and I appreciate your help getting diverse books into the hands of young people who need it most.
Work with young people, submit request for books on our website!
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Today, I was able to give away free books at a Back to School event in the Bronx.
You can donate to our fund anytime. Our handle is "Tumasbooks" on Venmo, CashApp, and PayPal. You can also set up weekly or monthly donations to provide ongoing support though PayPal link on our website. Let me know if you're interested in setting that up and I can message you the link. 🫶🏾
Book Rep Matters and I appreciate your help getting diverse books into the hands of young people who need it most.
Work with young people, submit request for books on our website!
#bookrepmatters #weneeddiversebooks #booklover #freebooksforkids #bookdonations #donationrequest #bookstore #diversereads #diversekidsbooks #booktok #indiebookstore #onlinebookstore #booksonline
What customers are buying through our Bookshop. 🫶🏾 Visit www.bookshop.org/shop/TumasBooks to browse our lists and support our bookstore.
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🚨 The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas. If you loved Cemetery Boys or their Peter Pan retelling book (I'm forgetting the name right now), then you NEED this book.
🛒 Two ✌🏿Bargain Copies in excellent condition available for purchase. $15 + $5 shipping. You can send payment however you like, cause I got everything. lol Comment or message if interested. ⬇️
📖 Here's the synopsis:
Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys.
"Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I'm just a Jade. I'm not a real hero."
As each new decade begins, the Sun's power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the chaotic Obsidian gods at bay. Sol selects ten of the most worthy semidioses to compete in the Sunbearer Trials. The winner carries light and life to all the temples of Reino del Sol, but the loser has the greatest honor of all--they will be sacrificed to Sol, their body melted down to refuel the Sun Stones, protecting the world for another ten years.
Teo, a seventeen-year-old Jade semidiós and the trans son of the goddess of birds, isn't worried about the Trials . . . at least, not for himself. His best friend, Niya is a Gold semidiós and a shoo-in for the Trials, and while he trusts her abilities, the odds of becoming the sacrifice is one-in-ten.
But then, for the first time in over a century, the impossible happens. Sol chooses not one, but two Jade competitors. Teo, and Xio, the thirteen-year-old child of the god of bad luck. Now they must compete in five trials against Gold opponents who are more powerful and better trained. Worst of all, Teo's annoyingly handsome ex-best friend and famous semidiós Hero, Aurelio is favored to win. Teo is determined to get himself and his friends through the trials unscathed--for fame, glory, and their own survival.
#Tumasbooks #bookstore #bookseller #booksellersoftiktok #booksellers #booksellersofbooktok #indiebookstore #thesunbearertrials #aidenthomas #diverseYA #queerYA #diversebooks #diversereads #latinebooks #ownvoicesbooks #queerbooks
🛒 Two ✌🏿Bargain Copies in excellent condition available for purchase. $15 + $5 shipping. You can send payment however you like, cause I got everything. lol Comment or message if interested. ⬇️
📖 Here's the synopsis:
Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys.
"Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I'm just a Jade. I'm not a real hero."
As each new decade begins, the Sun's power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the chaotic Obsidian gods at bay. Sol selects ten of the most worthy semidioses to compete in the Sunbearer Trials. The winner carries light and life to all the temples of Reino del Sol, but the loser has the greatest honor of all--they will be sacrificed to Sol, their body melted down to refuel the Sun Stones, protecting the world for another ten years.
Teo, a seventeen-year-old Jade semidiós and the trans son of the goddess of birds, isn't worried about the Trials . . . at least, not for himself. His best friend, Niya is a Gold semidiós and a shoo-in for the Trials, and while he trusts her abilities, the odds of becoming the sacrifice is one-in-ten.
But then, for the first time in over a century, the impossible happens. Sol chooses not one, but two Jade competitors. Teo, and Xio, the thirteen-year-old child of the god of bad luck. Now they must compete in five trials against Gold opponents who are more powerful and better trained. Worst of all, Teo's annoyingly handsome ex-best friend and famous semidiós Hero, Aurelio is favored to win. Teo is determined to get himself and his friends through the trials unscathed--for fame, glory, and their own survival.
#Tumasbooks #bookstore #bookseller #booksellersoftiktok #booksellers #booksellersofbooktok #indiebookstore #thesunbearertrials #aidenthomas #diverseYA #queerYA #diversebooks #diversereads #latinebooks #ownvoicesbooks #queerbooks