Micah Reed emerged from The Brickhouse gallery on Sunday thumbing through a children’s copy of “The Lion King,” one with a yellow stuffed lion attached to the cover. The contented 2-year-old was one of hundreds of African American children who left the second annual Sacramento Black Book Fair with a free book over the weekend.
“There’s not a lot of access to black books, and nearly every book here’s by an African American author,” said Micah’s dad, Michael Reed, a CSU Sacramento communications major.
“Reading opens doors to writing,” added Micah’s mom, Chanel Reed.
Community sponsors, including the Black Parallel School Board, the Sacramento Public Library, Blue Nile Press, Underground Books and the city of Sacramento, turned Oak Park into a celebration of words and culture. On the final day, a procession of children and their parents poured into the Kid Zone at the Brickhouse for drumming, sketching, games and storytelling.
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