The Book Faire: Children's Literature for Grownups
Oct 30, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments
https://www.tunisiawilliams.com/ In this episode of ***The Book Faire Podcast***, host Anthony sits down with middle school counselor and debut author **Tunisia…
Anytime we can, and even for myself, anytime I can find a time or find a way to step in, especially as a middle school counselor, I have several kids One in particular right now who I've kind of stepped into her life and I serve as a mentor for her.
But just the fact that I am able to provide just that additional support just for kids.
when it comes to representation of Black children in books and also any time that I'm able to write, my stories are highly geared towards African-American.
They feature African-American children because that's what I know and that's where I grew up as.
grew up as an
girl.
And
so it's just... just being able just to kind of showcase my, like a little bit of, of my culture and a little bit of how I grew up.
So, but I remember long ago and far away, um, Growing up as, you know, just the little things.
And that's one of the things that I did within the book is I tried to make sure that I slid in those little nuances, those little hints of Black culture.
He's playing basketball and it starts getting late and the streetlights come on.
That was the universal sign in every Black household or for every Black child.
I don't know, maybe it was just something for all kids during that time period in the 80s.
Anytime we can, and even for myself, anytime I can find a time or find a way to step in, especially as a middle school counselor, I have several kids One in particular right now who I've kind of stepped into her life and I serve as a mentor for her.
But just the fact that I am able to provide just that additional support just for kids.
when it comes to representation of Black children in books and also any time that I'm able to write, my stories are highly geared towards African-American.
They feature African-American children because that's what I know and that's where I grew up as.
grew up as an
girl.
And
so it's just... just being able just to kind of showcase my, like a little bit of, of my culture and a little bit of how I grew up.
So, but I remember long ago and far away, um, Growing up as, you know, just the little things.
And that's one of the things that I did within the book is I tried to make sure that I slid in those little nuances, those little hints of Black culture.
He's playing basketball and it starts getting late and the streetlights come on.
That was the universal sign in every Black household or for every Black child.
I don't know, maybe it was just something for all kids during that time period in the 80s.
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