Laura James: My Mother Was A Nanny - Our Caribbean-American Story
We welcome you to join us for a book launch and signing event for My Mother Was A Nanny, a children's book by author, illustrator and visual artist Laura James.
In this new vibrant and spirited picture book, artist Laura James pays homage to her childhood in Brooklyn, Caribbean immigrants, and to her mother, a homemaker who wore many hats. Often relegated to the background, nannies and domestic workers are seldom the topic of children’s stories, yet Ms. James achieves at once a deeply personal and relatable story.
Audiobook narrator Sharon Gordon will perform a reading of My Mother Was A Nanny and Ms. James will speak about how she came to write this book and what it means to tell a children's story with big topics including economy, religion, immigration, and love. After discussion and Q & A, Ms. James will be available to sign copies of the book.
This event accompanies the exhibition My Mother Was A Nanny, located in the Central Library's Youth Wing.
Laura James is a self-taught painter and illustrator whose African- and Caribbean-American heritage and love of color, design, and story inform her work. A self-taught painter and illustrator, James has been working as an Artist for almost thirty years. As a child, she spent much of her free time at the Brooklyn Public Library, the only place her parents would let her go on her own. There she explored her passion for literature, photography, and later painting. Photo credit: Edna Suarez
PLEASE NOTE: This program was originally scheduled for December 9th at 1 pm. All registrations from that earlier date have been transferred to the new time.
We welcome you to join us for a book launch and signing event for My Mother Was A Nanny, a children's book by author, illustrator and visual artist Laura James.
In this new vibrant and spirited picture book, artist Laura James pays homage to her childhood in Brooklyn, Caribbean immigrants, and to her mother, a homemaker who wore many hats. Often relegated to the background, nannies and domestic workers are seldom the topic of children’s stories, yet Ms. James achieves at once a deeply personal and relatable story.
Audiobook narrator Sharon Gordon will perform a reading of My Mother Was A Nanny and Ms. James will speak about how she came to write this book and what it means to tell a children's story with big topics including economy, religion, immigration, and love. After discussion and Q & A, Ms. James will be available to sign copies of the book.
This event accompanies the exhibition My Mother Was A Nanny, located in the Central Library's Youth Wing.
Laura James is a self-taught painter and illustrator whose African- and Caribbean-American heritage and love of color, design, and story inform her work. A self-taught painter and illustrator, James has been working as an Artist for almost thirty years. As a child, she spent much of her free time at the Brooklyn Public Library, the only place her parents would let her go on her own. There she explored her passion for literature, photography, and later painting. Photo credit: Edna Suarez