“The Lorax” Combines a Great Message with Great Family Fun [REVIEW]
Last week MyBrownBaby sent 12-year-old Mari Chiles to an advance screening of “The Lorax.” This is her review. By MARI CHILES Global warming, climate change,...
Nature Love: An African American Girl Overcomes Fear and Embraces Rocks and Rafting
By MARI CHILES I have been to cooking, science, soccer and writing camps throughout my summers, and a lot of them have been some pretty...
That Psychology Today Blog May Say Black Girls Are Ugly, But My Baby Knows Better
After all that yang poppin’ last week over the foolish “study” that claimed black women are the ugliest of all human beings on the planet,...
Kirk Franklin’s “I Smile” Video Plus, the Debut of Mari’s Super Giggly BFF
Here’s the thing you need to know about my Mari: She picks...
Celebrating Earth Day The MyBrownBaby Way: A Tree Is Me
Oh, happy Earth Day, sweeties! Today is the day we pay homage to the natural beauty of our planet and make the commitment to take...
On the MyBrownBaby Bookshelf: Out Of My Mind
By Mari Chiles Out Of My Mind, by Sharon Draper (Atheneum Books) Out Of My Mind is a book about a disabled girl, Melody, who...
Home Made Love: The Easiest, Tastiest Chicken Pot Pie Recipe Ever
By Mari Chiles and Lila Chiles It’s been totally cold here in Georgia, which is weird because up until now, our winters have been kinda...
The Brown Baby Hustle: Going Green, Singing Earth's Praises, and Getting Paid
Okay, so maybe I was being a wee-bit dramatic last week when I posted about how giddy I was that the kids were back at...
Home Made Love: Mari's Chocolate Sticky Bread
By MARI CHILES To start this off I just want to say that CHOCOLATE STICKY BREAD IS THE BEST DESSERT EVER! Just trust me: once...
Just Call Her Little Nikki Giovanni: My Brown Baby Tries Her Hand At Poetry
Have mercy, school is over and there’s an avalanche of graded papers, old school supplies, and random art/science/social studies projects cluttering literally every surface of...
