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Alice Faye Duncan - Picture Books, Dr. Martin Luther King, Writer. I write books for young learners. I speak about Civil Rights, Literacy & Self-Empowerment. I lead writing workshops. About Me. New Titles. Pre-Order Now! HELP! Only 3 People Have Heard of this Book! A Book for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
ALICE FAYE DUNCAN is a National Board Library Media Specialist who writes for young learners. Since 1995, she has written 14 picture books that are celebrated for vivid imagery and musical lyricism. Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop received a Coretta Scott King Honor Medal for Illustrations in 2019. Yellow Dog Blues was a New York Times and ...
Jan 1, 2018 · Alice Faye Duncan is the author of Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop (4.29 avg rating, 728 ratings, 189 reviews, published 2018), Opal Lee and What It...
Jan 11, 2022 · Alice Faye Duncan, Keturah A. Bobo (Illustrator) 4.32. 587 ratings125 reviews. Black activist Opal Lee had a vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone. Growing up in Texas, Opal knew the history of Juneteenth, but she soon discovered that many Americans had never heard of the holiday.
Nov 18, 2021 · Children’s picture book author and school librarian Alice Faye Duncan (’91) looks for those moments in history that define generations yet are not often discussed—and especially aren’t stories typically told via picture book.
Jun 20, 2020 · Jun 20, 2020. An Interview with Alice Faye Duncan, author of Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop. Alice Faye Duncan is an award-winning writer, teacher, and school librarian. She is also a partner in the Sowing Circle, an organization of Black creatives working to bring books to children in schools, hospitals, and homes.
Alice Faye Duncan writes for the love of music and the inspiring magic of words. Some of her picture books include Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free, Evicted! , and Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop, which received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. Alice lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
Alice Faye Duncan is the author of several books, including the classic NAACP Award–nominated board book, Honey Baby Sugar Child, and Just Like a Mama. Ms. Duncan is a school librarian in Memphis, Tennessee, and conducts writing workshops for parents and educators.
Sep 26, 2022 · Sep 26, 2022. Tweet. Comments. As a longtime teaching librarian, Alice Faye Duncan has planted seeds of lifelong learning and the love of reading. As a children’s author/poet, she’s planting...
Feb 9, 2022 · When children’s book author Alice Faye Duncan was working toward her master’s degree in library and information science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she served as a graduate teaching assistant for Professor Glenn Estes. “He had such a passion for children’s picture books,” says Duncan. “He was a children’s picture ...
