Juneteenth Is

Juneteenth Is2024 Golden Poppy Award Winner An intimate look at Juneteenth, this story is a warm exploration of a family and a community. Juneteenth is the smell of brisket filling the air. Juneteenth is the sounds of music, dancing, and cheering ringing from the parade outside. It is love. It is prayer. It is friends and relatives coming together to commemorate freedom, hope for tomorrow, and one another. This book is an ode to the history of the Black community

and social equality for all

Unofficial student therapist

and separates the big people from the small of heart

They were best friends

which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream

-- Ibram X

they’re joined by a baker with a "knead" for adventure

And she's a perpetual disappointment to her traditional Japanese parents

A Junior Library Guild Selection

brightly illustrated board book will have kids happily imitating all kinds of animal “talk

Mahogany L

strongly felt