  | There was a party for Langston Author: Reynolds, Jason | |
| Price: $23.78 | ||
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.
| Illustrator: | Pumphrey, Jerome |
| Pumphrey, Jarrett |
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: LG Reading Level: 4.40 Points: .5 Quiz: 522465 |
Awards:
Caldecott Honor, 2024
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2024
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (08/01/23)
School Library Journal (+) (07/01/23)
Booklist (+) (12/01/23)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/11/23)
The Hornbook (+) (00/11/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 08/08/2023 *Starred Review* Inspired by a photo of Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka boogeying down at a 1991 gathering at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center, this high-stepping shoutout to the honoree of that historic “hoopla in Harlem” pays tribute to the “king of letters,” celebrating the man “who wrote Maya and Amiri into the world” with his “wake-up stories / and rise-and-shine rhymes,” who answered would-be “word breakers” and book burners with courage and laughter. In illustrations as rhythmic and exuberant as Reynolds’ narrative, Langston and the other two luminaries may occupy center stage (their bodies ingeniously constructed from words and the brushed letters of their names), but the entire alphabetically arranged lineup of guests looking on from the bookshelves are familiar names—from Ashley Bryan to Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison to Octavia Butler, Countee Cullen to Nikki Giovanni to Gwendolyn Brooks. Evocative and celebratory words float around the dancers like strains of music, all the way to a culminating whirl of letters, laughter, and joy. The author pairs the original photo with a loving afterword. Who knew these esteemed literary lions could cut a rug like that? - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
