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There was a party for Langston Cover Image Book Book

There was a party for Langston / by Jason Reynolds ; with art by Jerome Pumphrey & Jarrett Pumphrey.

Reynolds, Jason, (author.). Pumphrey, Jerome, (illustrator.). Pumphrey, Jarrett, (illustrator.).

Summary:

A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991.
"Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word-making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes. His ABCs became drums, bumping jumping thumping like a heart the size of the whole country. They sent some people yelling and others, his word-children, to write their own glory. Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, and more came be-bopping to recite poems at their hero's feet at that heckuva party at the Schomberg Library, dancing boom da boom, stepping and stomping, all in praise and love for Langston, world-mending word man. Oh, yeah, there was hoopla in Harlem, for its Renaissance man. A party for Langston." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781534439443
  • ISBN: 1534439447
  • Physical Description: 54 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book"--Page facing title page.
Cover title: There was a party for Langston : king o' letters.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Book design by Sonia Chaghatzbanian.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 4-8. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Grades PreS-3. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Awards Note:
Caldecott Honor, 2024
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2024

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