I’ve been waiting 8 years to post this. Back in 2014 Roaring Brook Press asked me to write my own picture book. Many stops and starts later we finally nailed something down; a story about a kid moving to a small town and finding a community through graffiti and street art.
Picture This!: Black History Picture Books
2/11/25
He read journals in French and German,
And spent countless hours observin',
Water flees and ants,
Honey bees and plants,
Charles Turner had a fervor for learnin'.
#BlackHistoryMonth#BHM#BHM2025#KidLit#PictureBooks@tedikuma
5 years ago today @LilNasX became a published author when he released his children's book "C Is for Country," a New York Times Bestseller illustrated by Theodore Taylor III (@tedikuma). Lil Nas X also narrates the audiobook version.
https://t.co/ifdzks2fSZ
Getting up close and personal with the samurai. 🤩
📷 Thanks to Instagram user @tedikuma for sharing these gorgeous detail shots from your exhibition visit.
➡️ Get tickets to "Samurai Armor from the Collection of Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller" here: https://t.co/itmKmj5b9i
On this day in Richmond music - May 18th:
Multimedia magnate @tedikuma releases Cosmic Slop in 2018, a snazzy beat tape that utilizes space and sci-fi samples to build a sonic venture into the cosmos.
https://t.co/at2bQP7D5r
@Wiswell Viewing the cover of my debut mg novel for the first time made me laugh aloud with delight. Award-winning illustrator @tedikuma beautifully expresses "book-within-a-book" (or #zine within a book). I'm deeply #grateful
🔜NEW Book-Coming Soon-August 29, 2023
📖ROOTING FOR PLANTS: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector
Janice N. Harrington; Theodore Taylor III @tedikuma; Calkins Creek @astrakidsbooks
Preorder👇🏿
https://t.co/QlEhUdOzkH
#OurStoriesMatter
⭐ Fiction Review of the Week GARVEY'S CHOICE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL by @nikkigrimes9; illus. by @tedikuma (Wordsong/@astrakidsbooks): "The verses are given a new visual life with excellent page designs and clever illustrations" https://t.co/nJQvvt3UkA