16TH TULISOMA SOUTH DALLAS BOOK FAIR
AUGUST 24, 2019
Tulisoma is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features award-winning authors ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Carole Boston Weatherford.
SDBF will spotlight literary art activities for all ages. Budding authors can expect information on how to self-publish their books.
ReShonda Tate Billingsley is an award-winning and national best-selling author and journalist.
The African American Museum serves as the lead partner along with many community supporters and sponsors to continue the tradition of celebrating reading and the importance of literacy. Your contribution makes this possible.
| Publishing Company | co-founder of Brown Girl Books |
| Authored | over 45 books in three anthologies |
| Movies | The Secrets She Kept and Let the Church Say Amen |
| Genres | adult and teen fiction |
| Awards | Best Books 2004 and 2015 in Christian Fiction by the Library Journal, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature, National Association of Black Journalists "Spirit in the Words," Essence best-selling author, Inductee into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame |
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Tulisoma, Swahili for "we read", is a community-based festival in the South Dallas Fair Park area that promotes literacy. Reading is the foundation of education. Children who learn to love reading generally have better reading comprehension. According to Reading is Fundamental, children who learn to read early have a better chance of overcoming the achievement gap . Your generous giving to the Museum's literacy programming helps to reach more families.
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Carole Boston Weatherford is a New York Times best-selling author/poet/biographer and award-winning illustrator.
The goal of Tulisoma is to create a dynamic event tailored to engage local families, avid readers, aspiring writers and visitors to the city of Dallas.
| Publishing Company | co-founder of Children's Books by the Weatherfords |
| Authored | over 12 books |
| Illustrated | over 12 books |
| Genres | children and adult fiction and history |
| Awards | Carter G. Woodson, Caldecott Honors, NAACP Image Awards, SCBWI Golden Kite Award, Coretta Scott King Author Honor |
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In 2003, the late City Councilman Leo V. Chaney, Jr. and the current CEO/President of the African American Museum, Dr. Harry Robinson Jr., founded Tulisoma. Your funding assistance to continue this great community resource is greatly appreciated.
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