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ⓘ About Carole Boston Weatherford
Carole started writing in the first grade by dictating poems to her mom, who pulled over to the side of the road to take down one of her poems, as she realized it was important for her daughter to see her words written down. Her dad taught printing at a local high school, who used poems as typesetting exercises for his students, publishing the early works of his daughter. Since he knew how important it was for young Carole to see her words in print. While she was a child, she loved reading Langston Hughes and Dr. Seuss. Continuing to pursue creative writing as a hobby through college and high school, she later earned an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MA in publication design from the University of Baltimore.
All Book Series by Carole Boston Weatherford
The African-American Struggle for Legal Equality in American History
Book 9 of 62 · published 2000
You Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland
Book 58 of 62 · published 2023
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
Book 61 of 62 · published 2023
Kin: Rooted in Hope
Latest in the series · book 62 of 62 · published 2023 Anthology · Jeffery Boston Weatherford
People Interacting with Nature
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2021 Anthology · Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
True Stories from Planet Earth
Book 4 of 12 · published 2021 Anthology · Sneed B. Collard III
Brave Children, Big Obstacles
Book 8 of 12 · published 2021 Anthology · Andrea Warren
History’s Mysteries
Book 9 of 12 · published 2021 Anthology · Carla Killough McClafferty
Animals in Action
Book 11 of 12 · published 2021 Anthology · Aline Alexander Newman
Forgotten Heroes & Struggles
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2021
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1997
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Carole Boston Weatherford?
Carole started writing in the first grade by dictating poems to her mom, who pulled over to the side of the road to take down one of her poems, as she realized it was important for her daughter to see her words written down. Her dad taught printing at a local high school, who used poems as typesetting exercises for his students, publishing the early works of his daughter. Since he knew how important it was for young Carole to see her words in print.
Which Carole Boston Weatherford series should I start with?
The best place to start is the iNK Authors Read Aloud series, the earliest of Carole Boston Weatherford's multi-book series: it opens with People Interacting with Nature (2021) and runs to 12 books across 2021, ending with Forgotten Heroes & Struggles (2021).
How many books has Carole Boston Weatherford written?
Carole Boston Weatherford has 83 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1995 and 2023. 12 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the iNK Authors Read Aloud series with 12 books — and 71 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Carole Boston Weatherford's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Carole Boston Weatherford's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are iNK Authors Read Aloud (2021, 12 books).
How are Carole Boston Weatherford's books organised into series?
This guide splits Carole Boston Weatherford's 83 books into 1 named series and 71 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: iNK Authors Read Aloud (12 books, 2021).