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Visitors enjoy presentations and storytelling by select authors as well as bookbinding demonstrations with local book artists. The 28th annual african american childrens book fair. The african american childrens book fair is a part of the african american childrens book projects initiative to promote and preserve multicultural childrens literature. Important book fairs, festivals, and conferences coming in. African american book worms beaumont, tx afrikanah book club houston, tx black peeps who read houston, tx brownstone book club houston, tx. After 27 years, the events creator and producer still finds novel pitches and plugs. On saturday may 5th 2018 we attended the 6th annual african american childrens book fair in baltimore md at the reginald f lewis museum.
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