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Tony Medina (Live at the Baltimore Book Festival)
The Children's Book Podcast
English - November 06, 2018 03:56 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBEducation for Kids Kids & Family Parenting education news newsworthy nature sports current events people history social journalism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Tony Medina (@PoetTonyMedina) is the author of I AM ALFONSO JONES, a graphic novel inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement about a teen who is shot and killed by police while shopping for a suit in a clothing store. The novel retraces the events leading to that day while also following the timeline forward as both life itself a the ghost of Alfonso Jones struggle against a nation's history of violence toward people of color. It is a powerful and timely story and one that will remain with readers long after hearing Alfonso's story. We recorded this episode live on the Enoch Pratt Free Library stage at the Baltimore Book Festival. You can access even more information about this book and its author illustrator by visitingĀ www.matthewcwinner.com/podcast.