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My sincere thanks to the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards committee for this honor. When the award was announced in June, the news of this recognition spread to Korea, and my picture was in the newspaper my parents read. So my father, who hadn’t really read a single picture book in...
Ode to the BGHB Committee: Oh BGHB Committee, You pored through piles, far and wide, then saw our Ode and peeked inside— bloody knees, a missing treat, boring chores, and cheet-cheet-cheet. Your thoughtful readers, skilled and sage, related to its every page. We thank you for this fine award; it’s...
Where do I come from? I come from Columbus, Ohio. I grew up in the Mount Vernon/Long Street area, a historically Black neighborhood. I’m from Elijah Pierce. Queen Brooks. Aminah Robinson. From Nigerian parents, my family, my friends, from a vibrant village of aunties and uncles. From composition notebooks, church...
Before anything else, I would like to thank the Horn Book and the committee for this honor. I am deeply grateful to my agent, Steve Malk; my editor, Donna Bray; Oge Mora; my amazing wife, Narin Ramani; my family, who inspires me every day; and the entire HarperCollins team for...
The Brownies’ Book was one of the first periodicals created primarily for Black youth, or “children of the sun,” as the magazine referred to them. It was published monthly between January 1920 and December 1921, for a total of twenty-four issues, and is freely available online. Each issue opened with...
Black Means The People Remember The Creation The Origin of Life on Earth All the Days Past, All the Days to Come Before the Ever After. Do you feel me? Black Means I Have Heard of a Land. Africa Dream The Captive The Middle Passage Working Cotton Black Hands, White...
This piece depicts and is dedicated to Darryl George, a young man in Texas who was given in-school suspension for the 2023–24 school year because of the way he wore his hair. All but one of his claims of discrimination were denied by a U.S. District Court judge, but his...
I wish I was a star Not the kind on stage Where crowds and crowds Shouted and clapped And every time I looked around I had another photo shoot Or interview or somebody wanted me To do something important… But the kind floating Quietly around the sky Twinkling at the...
Original cover art and artist’s statement by Charly Palmer. Horn Book Fanfare: Our choices for the best books of 2024. Coverage of the 2024 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards celebration (once again in person, and including rare Special Citation!): judges’ remarks, speeches, photos. A conversation between Jonda C. McNair and Dianne...
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