4-Year-Old To Publish Poetry Book
Nadim Shamma-Sourgen is four years old and has just landed a publishing deal with Walker Books for a collection of his poetry. “’I like writing poems especially about nature. I feel happy that my poems will be in a book,’ he said. ‘When my poems are in a book, can I please have a copy?‘” The Guinness World Records held for youngest commercially published authors are currently held by a boy and girl who were each four-years-old at the time of writing/publishing, so maybe they’ll have to count down to the days/hours now?
Have Tissues, Get Inspired
Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, who recently passed away, spoke on C-SPAN hundreds of times. You can now watch all of those appearances via C-SPAN Video Library, starting with his first at a Civil Rights Forum on March 29th, 1985. You can also watch him speak on many issues, including discussing his three books Walking the Wind, Across the Bridge, and March Book 1.
Star Cast Adaptation
Talk about buzz: Netflix won the bidding war for the upcoming Rumaan Alam novel Leave The World Behind. The adaptation package comes with Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington as leads and will be directed by Sam Esmail (Mr Robot). We can read the novel–about two families who don’t know each other stuck together over a weekend where things go “terribly wrong”– in October.
For Your TBR
Diverse children and YA books to expand your knowledge of the Jewish community.