Seeing Ourselves: When I Read

by Janelle Washington
May 11, 2023 | Filed in Articles & Opinion


Illustration (c) 2023 by Janelle Washington.

From the May/June 2023 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Diverse Books: Past, Present, and Future. Find more in the "Seeing Ourselves" series here.

Janelle Washington

Janelle Washington is the illustrator of Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Roaring Brook), written by Angela Joy, which won the 2023 Walter Award in the younger readers category and received a 2023 Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Award for Nonfiction. (Photo by Class & Style Productions.)

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