Zetta Elliott

Zetta Elliott appears in the following:

#1000BlackGirlBooks and Diversity in Children's Books

Friday, January 29, 2016

An 11-year-old girl told her mom she's tired of reading books about white boys and dogs. Her campaign to collect books with black protagonists calls attention to diversity in publishing.

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Re-Imagining Black History

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

In her young adult novel A Wish After Midnight, Zetta Elliott examines the African American experience in Civil War-era Brooklyn through the eyes of a contemporary girl. And she explores how our understanding of history is shaped by interpretation, memory and place.

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Bubbling Up

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The so-called "soda tax" is back. Dr. Richard Daines, Commissioner of Health for New York State, discusses why he thinks New York needs it to curb obesity and raise some much-needed cash. Plus, financial analyst Peter Schiff, running for the Republican Senate seat in Connecticut; Brooklyn children's writer Zetta Elliott; ...