Hang in there - We'll get through this

In light of what's going on these days with Covid-19 / Coronavirus I've decided to do my small part to help civilization remain civilized. This too shall pass. Being stuck at home doesn't need to mean that you stay stuck in a rut or a funk. If you'd like some help keeping your little ones occupied while you do your best to get work done from home, head to the bottom of this post. And then keep stopping by Roy's Book Reviews as I continue to add children's book readings to my booktube channel until we ride this thing out. I may even continue after that. Stay safe!

- Roy

And since physical movement is just as important as nourishing their minds and imaginations, I also recommend this dance video series




You might want to check out some of these videos from performances at The Kennedy Center

Or stop by a virtual art gallery [INSPIRING MINDS: Art Educators Exhibition] and perhaps purchase a beautiful new piece for your home.

TONI MORRISON

REST IN POWER

I just learned Toni Morrison has passed. Perhaps the greatest writer of all time. My heart is broken but the thought that her books were left behind for us, some which I haven't gotten to yet, is a source of joy. R.I.P. to a true queen. Y'all can keep your royalty. I have Toni.

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) August 6, 2019

https://t.co/RY3ZzjGutj

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) August 6, 2019

How Toni Morrison Fostered a Generation of Black Writers https://t.co/MayrwuOT9H

— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) August 6, 2019

"If you can only be tall because somebody is on their knees, then you have a serious problem."

Rest in Power, Toni Morrison. ❤️🕊pic.twitter.com/lNj4nAcjNg

— Complex (@Complex) August 6, 2019

Rest in power, Toni Morrison. pic.twitter.com/NSWq6AxLHI

— ACLU (@ACLU) August 6, 2019

Rest In Power. Toni Morrison gave us beauty, creativity and grace. She nurtured and fed our hungry souls. Toni Morrison remains our Mother... https://t.co/yrhsUi00Rg

— JulieDash (@JulieDash) August 6, 2019

This is amazing & powerful. So many times as a Black person you have to ask yourself, "Is it worth it to go all in right now?" Toni clearly decided, "Yes, today I have the time." Rest in power, Toni Morrison, * thank you. https://t.co/6yhetgRD3o

— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) August 6, 2019

When someone dies that U have never physically met and only knew through their work and you break apart at the word of their death like they birthed u or vice versa - u know that persons gift was powerful and magnificent. I feel millions are experiencing this now. #ToniMorrison

— Bernice L. McFadden (@queenazsa) August 6, 2019

The thought of Toni Morrison no longer being in this world is incomprehensible. She was our oracle, a transcendent fact of life for any writer. We were not worthy and can only be grateful that we overlapped with her time on this planet. pic.twitter.com/rxkEVhEs4M

— Isabel Wilkerson (@Isabelwilkerson) August 6, 2019

Toni Morrison was a national treasure, as good a storyteller, as captivating, in person as she was on the page. Her writing was a beautiful, meaningful challenge to our conscience and our moral imagination. What a gift to breathe the same air as her, if only for a while. pic.twitter.com/JG7Jgu4p9t

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 6, 2019

“If you look at the world as a brutal game, then you bump into the mystery of the tree-shaped scar. There seems to be such a thing as grace, such a thing as beauty, such a thing as harmony. All of which are wholly free and available to us.” Your life was our gift, #ToniMorrison pic.twitter.com/wcD7w9zKYp

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) August 6, 2019

“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” Toni Morrison pic.twitter.com/0IlZSG6ZcE

— Aminatou Sow (@aminatou) August 6, 2019

Toni Morrison in 1978 reading the ending of Song of Solomon

"Now he knew why he loved her so. Without ever leaving the ground, she could fly." pic.twitter.com/APWVWVcSth

— Andrew Gauthier (@AndrewGauthier) August 6, 2019