Friday, April 25, 2025
Black Boy Joy (B.B. Alston)
Each Friday that school is in session, I share the link to a read-aloud preview of a book from SRCSA library. The “First-chapter Friday” selection for April 25, 2025 is Black Boy Joy featuring contributor B.B. Alston.
Black boy joy is … Picking out a fresh first-day-of-school outfit. Saving the universe in an epic intergalactic race. Finding your voice — and your rhymes — during tough times. Flying on your skateboard like nobody’s watching. Edited by Kwame Mbalia, Black Boy Joy is an anthology of short stories, poems, and comics about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood. It features the contributions of 17 critically-acclaimed Black authors. Black Boy Joy was the winner of the Kids’ Book Choice Award in 2022, in its “Favorite World Changer” category. Today’s selection is from “The McCoy Game,” by B.B. Alston.
https://youtu.be/7r3KdgO_qSs
First-chapter Friday playlist on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F1x26TGVFF4Clbqq18kcKCxfxnuDx4w
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