Keywords Juvenile Fiction

Tamara is an author, speaker and entrepreneur. She is rewriting and updating her
children’s book series. The seven-book series Just Imagine…What If There Were
No Black People in the World? about African American inventors, scientists and
other notable African Americans in history. The first book in the series Jaxon’s
Magical Adventure with Black Inventors and Scientists and Jaxon and Kevin’s
Black History Trip Downtown are published. She has also created companion
books which include a coloring book, activity book and Jaxon’s Journal to accompany the first book in the
series.
The other books in the series are (3) Women Inventors and Scientists (4) Jaxon’s Black History Trip to
NASA
and (5) Jaxon Meets Black Cowboys from the Old West (6) African American Artists, Sculptures and Other
Arts
and (7) African American Composers, Classical and Concert Musicians and Opera Singers. are
forthcoming.
She presently writes the weekly Black History column for the Post Newspaper; she’s written articles for the
Richmond Pulse, and records 2-minute Black History vignettes for the gospel station KDYA. She also
writes e
a weekly eblast of regarding multicultural books and historical information.
Tamara speaks on the importance of teaching Black History all year, including engagements as keynote
speaker
for the Las Vegas NAACP, Chevron’s Black History Month program, the Tuskegee Airmen Corporation’s
32nd
Annual dinner in Denver; and speaking engagements with the El Cerrito NAACP, various Rotary groups,
Richmond Kiwanis Clubs, Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, and various other organizations and
schools.
She teaches a Professional Development Class on how to incorporate Black History into lesson plans and
curriculum – providing educators with information, examples and samples. She created an online version
of the
class also. Teaches a publishing class at the Renaissance Center.
She is the owner of the Multicultural Children’s Bookstore in Richmond, CA. The bookstore focuses on
children’s books from many cultures including African American, Latino, Asian/South Asian, Native
American,
Middle Eastern, as well as Biracial, Disability, Diversity and LGBTQI, as well as other genres for babies to
adult
reading.
Website: www.tamarashiloh.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustImagineChildrensBooks/;
Twitter @ tamarashiloh102;
Instagram and LinkedIn.
Email: [email protected]