WOOD Makes Music! at Historic Savannah Foundation “Block Party”
Historic Savannah Foundation: The Block Party Saturday, May 13th at Guerry Lumber Yard 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM Location: 123 West 44th Street What better place to see the bare bones of preservation than a lumber yard! Join us as we celebrate Guerry Lumber’s 90th anniversary through demonstrations and workshops…
New Book Release: NahNah Binyah’s Talking Sweet Potatoes
"Praise for NahNah Binyah's Talking Sweet Potatoes! As I read this story, we all felt as though we were sitting together raptly listening to the storyteller himself. We felt the joy of listening and the interest in a new culture, the chant, the songs. We could hear the sweet potatoes talking,…
Join us for the 2017 Savannah Children’s Book Festival!
SCHOOLS/FASHION DESIGN DEPARTMENTS/INDIVIDUAL FASHION DESIGNERS We’ve got plans to present a Fusion of International Fashion 2017 Savannah Children's Book Festival's International Tent. Will keep you posted! Shout outs to our International Team and Director/Program Sponsor in Paris, France and Hong Kong, China Ms. Amina Lamarre, International Fashion Designer Founder…
An Artist Partnership with History . . .
Looking forward to this Artist/Community School partnership with the upcoming Susie King Taylor Community School (SKTCS). And who was Susie King Taylor? Now, check out SKTCS. There may be a position here waiting for you! More to come!
eBOOKS . . . Kindle Countdown!
UPDATE! January 28, 2017 will be my Books for Growing Minds sponsored Kindle Countdown and special sale, gift give-away. These and various other titles of mine will be available from $1.99 to 99 cents! Stand by . . .
Join the Beta-Books Readers Club!
Coming March 2017! "Beta-Books Readers Club" is part of a literacy awareness and books give-away campaign that encourages reading, creative writing and storytelling and a few things more. Making connections with Language Arts (National Academic Standards, etc.), "Beta Books" are tagged as such and are books written by various authors in the public domain and…
Àgoo-o-o! Join us at the 2016 Savannah Children’s Book Festival!
PAST EVENT Join us at the 2016 Savannah Children's Books Festival Be sure to visit us at INTERNATIONAL TENT With Storyteller J'miah Nabawi as Our Host Presenter Saturday, November 12, 2016 Where: Forsyth Park (Gaston and Drayton Streets) Time: 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM See the full Program…
Callaloo the Book: Spotlight on Culture
Spotlight on Culture: J’miah Nabawi Posted on: November 10th, 2015 Callaloo loves culture, and we like to bring attention to people and organizations that do great cultural work. For the month of November we’re highlighting J’miah Nabawi. J’miah is a storyteller/writer/performer. We had the opportunity to ask him…
Rolling Out – Entertainment, Music, Culture
Award-winning action storyteller J’miah Nabawi entertains with folktales in 7 languages J’miah Nabawi Award-winning action storyteller author, Welcome to Friendly: Meet Julio Gonzalez What inspired you to be an entertainer and author? I grew up listening to music, primarily improvisational music called jazz. After listening to it for so long,…
Parent Engagement & Play
"Parent Engagement" has become the buzz words amongst educators involved with getting children "reading on grade-level" by 3rd grade and developing, expanding their vocabulary through reading-aloud and talking about the text. J'miah uses "games and physical play" as a lead-in to getting some whom may be reluctant to play with text and their…