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.
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.
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; ...