Papercuts Presents: Story and Art Hour with Ajuan Mance
When:
Sunday, May 05, 2024 4:00p -
5:00p
Sunday, May 05, 2024 4:00p -
5:00p
Where:
Papercuts Bookshop
60 South Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Good for Groups, Kid Friendly, Rainy Day Ideas
Join us on SUNDAY, May 5th at 4pm, and bring your whole family, to a picture book reading from author-illustrator Ajuan Mance. Coloring pages and art supplies will be provided!
Inspired by Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day?, author-illustrator Ajuan Mance created What Do Brothas Do All Day?, like Scarry, in response to children's innate curiosity about the activities and experiences of others, but also to meet the longing many kids have for characters and communities that look and feel like the people and places they know.
"Have you ever wondered . . .
What do brothas do all day?
Brothas drive. Brothas dance. Brothas work. Brothas listen. And brothas love."
Ajuan Mance is a Professor of African American literature at Mills College in Oakland, California. A prolific artist and writer, Ajuan's books include Living While Black (Chronicle Books) and 1001 Black Men (Stacked Deck Press). Ajuan's new book, What Do Brothas Do All Day? (Chronicle Books), is her first picture book. Ajuan’s illustrations and comics have also appeared in several anthologies, including, Drawing Power (Abrams Press), winner of the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Anthology. Her academic collections include Inventing Black Women and Before Harlem both with the University of Tennessee Press.
