Ashay by the Bay Blog

The 2018-2019 Ashay's African American Reading Lists Baby-3 and K-12 are complete and ready to download.  We  added alot of new titles and updated the pricing.  We also added a few more books to each collection and tried to make sure that we have a diverse selection of themes for your students to enjoy.    Get your copy now! 2018-2019 Ashay's African American Reading Lists Baby-3 and K-6 Grades 2018-2019 Ashay's African American Reading Lists 7-12 Grades

Schools in at Ashay by the Bay and we are sharpening our pencils and ready to go with a new website look that is much easier to navigate as you search for your favorite titles.  We are updating also by adding many New Books for Back to School.   One of the other changes we are making is removing some of the slow sellers which may or may not be on our Reading Lists.  Our goal is to have all books listed online. Speaking of Ashay's Reading Lists, we are still updating the 2018 -2019 Lists and will publish sometime next...

Happy Summer Everyone, I want to wish all my customers, family and friends a Happy Summer.  This is the first time in 12 years that I have had my summer to myself.  Well not exactly, to my self.   Since I no longer direct the Mindful Messages Summer Mentoring Program in West Oakland, I find that I am even more busy with the daily operations and marketing for Ashay by The Bay.  Soon I will make an important announcement about Ashay by the Bay new markets and opportunities so stay tuned.   And although this is late, I searched and found some...

Today Ashay by the Bay received their State Certification from the California's Department of General Services. This approved vendor supplier status allows more opportunities to bid on larger contracts at the state level and with school districts here in California.   "This is an important move and I am very proud of this acknowledgement. Hopefully, it will open more doors for my products and services and the Ashay by the Bay brand.  It's all about education." Also we are announcing our Spring Promotion Deal.  Now through May 31st Schools can SAVE 15% on All Ashay's African American and Spanish Bi-Lingual Children's...

A few weeks ago I returned from my trip to Accra, Ghana.  It was my first time traveling to Africa and it was a most welcome journey.  For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to travel to the land of my Ancestors. (Of course this was both business and vacation.)  I stayed about ten days and traveled with a group of talented Sista's from all over the US.  We had a great tour guide and during our stay we toured throughout the Western part of Accra and along the coasts.   We visited several historical sites including...