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Santa’s Gotta Go! by Derrick Barnes; illus. by Courtney LovettPrimary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp.10/23 9780593530436 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593530443 $10.99In this silly Santa story, siblings Monte and Mabel Mack invite Santa Claus to stay with their family after his sleigh breaks down on Christmas. While waiting for a “yip-yip fuse” to fix...
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes; illus. by Dawud Anyabwile Middle School Norton 208 pp. g 9/22 978-1-324-00390-8 $22.95 Paper ed. 978-1-324-05215-9 $17.95 Smith’s graphic memoir (co-authored with multi-awardee Barnes) provides context for the iconic 1968 image of two Black Olympians, gold...
The Queen of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes; illus. by Vanessa Brantley-NewtonPreschool, Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp. g5/22 978-0-593-11142-0 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-11143-7 $10.99This companion to The King of Kindergarten (rev. 9/19) stars MJ Malone, all ready to go in her first-day-of-school outfit (polka dots, denim, and stripes), with rainbow-colored hair bands on...
In 2018, multinational clothing-retail company H&M released an ad that featured children of different ethnicities wearing shirts with messages in big block letters on the front. The shirts that really stood out were worn by two very handsome young gentlemen. One White. One Black. The White kid’s orange shirt read,...
Welcome to Picture Book week in our month-long virtual Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards celebration. Today, chair Luann Toth introduces the 2021 BGHB Picture Book Honor Book I Am Every Good Thing: The 2021 Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book Award for Picture Book is presented to author Derrick Barnes...
On Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 12 pm EDT, Horn Book editor in chief Roger Sutton announced the 2021 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners. If you want to relive the excitement, you can watch the archived video here: 2021 BOSTON GLOBE–HORN BOOK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED Prestigious Program...
I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes; illus. by Gordon C. James Preschool, Primary Paulsen/Penguin 32 pp. g 9/20 978-0-525-51877-8 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-525-51878-5 $10.99 Barnes and James reunite, after the multi-award-winning success of Crown (rev. 11/17), for this beautiful and necessary book that affirms Black boys and their...
Before -- my ten-year-old baseball fanatic and I had been excited to chat with Newbery and CSK Honor winner (for Crown) Derrick Barnes about his new book Who Got Game?: Baseball: Amazing But True Stories!, illustrated by John John Bajet, at Belmont Books. We had come up with some questions for...
I began my writing career in the fifth grade, penning rap lyrics, love letters, and short stories. But in the sixth grade, my teacher, Mrs. Davis, introduced me to the writers and poets of the Harlem Renaissance. I remember being as fascinated by those writers as I was by the...
by Martha V. Parravano and Dr. Kim Parker Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Millner/Bolden Books/Agate, 4–8 years) was a 2018 ALA Youth Media Awards darling, recipient of four Honor awards: Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King Author, and Coretta Scott King Illustrator. The Crown team — author Derrick Barnes...