Harlem - The Black Mecca: The Harlem Renaissance Time Travel Girlz (TTGirlz)

by Antonia Badon, Antonia Badon (Illustrator)

Overview

Harlem Renaissance Time Travel Girlz aka the TTGirlz, is a living history storybook series that follows the excursions of seven (7) year old Ava and and six (6) year old Tamia who travels back-in-time to the Harlem Renaissance locating, recounting stories, adventures and writings mapped-out in their grandmother's secret journal found in her armoire. In Harlem - The Black Mecca, book 1 of the Harlem Renaissance landmark series; kids explore the rich and storied history of the Harlem community, its culture, the ever-present Harlemites, the lifestyles, the places, and the cultural phenomena like the 'Strut.' Along with discovering Harlem's most illustrious middle-class neighborhoods, at every turn, kids get an up-close pictorial view of the indelible landmarks where the legends lived and frequent.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798985737608
Publisher:	Antonia Badon
Publication date:	09/15/2022
Pages:	46
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

Children's first-time book Author, SAG/AEA_AEA Actress, CulturREPreneur, SGRho ANTONIA BADON is a former Co-Segment Producer and Co-Celebrity Talent Coordinator for the late Great Chair-Emeritus, Percy E. Sutton's Inner City Broadcasting Co., TV show "It's Showtime At The Apollo," a NYC NAACP AWARD WINNER (Outstanding Achievements In The Arts) for the play ZORA!, a BEST ACTRESS AWARD WINNER of the Strawberry One-Act Play Festival produced by the late Van Dirk Fisher, a WBLS/WLIB Radio, Circle of Sisters COMMUNITY HONORS RECIPIENT for cultural tourism, and a RECIPIENT of the FIRST FRUIT FILM FESTIVAL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION (Excellence In Artistic & Integrity) for her radio show The Harlem Renaissance Time-Travel Show. The HBCU graduate of Dillard University New Orleans-actress is a force to be reckon with. Antonia came to the consciousness of the New York populous with her critically-acclaimed college touring unique one-woman biography, transcending time and place in 19-character-portrayals, 15 wardrobe changes, 15 authentic voices, and 15 music transitions, in an extraordinary dramatic, transformation of the famous Zora Neale Hurston in, ZORA!, written by multi-AUDELCO Award Winner Laurence Holder. Antonia's mindset on the Harlem Renaissance has led this NYC Gold Star Licensed Tour Guide to author a children's book Series of the Historic Harlem neighborhood to couple her (iCu2) icultureUp e-commerce brand of walking history wearables and gifts. Additionally, she is an on-air personality for the WHCR 90.3FM_THE VOICE OF HARLEM, where her brand is greatly influenced. You can catch her weekly TV show Renaissance Traveler, a variety show that exposes audiences to the culture, arts, music, and literature of diverse cultures on cable & FiOS.