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Title:
There was a party for Langston
Summary:
Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word-making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes. His ABCs became drums, bumping jumping thumping like a heart the size of the whole country. They sent some people yelling and others, his word-children, to write their own glory. Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, and more came be-bopping to recite poems at their hero’s feet at that heckuva party at the Schomberg Library, dancing boom da boom, stepping and stomping, all in praise and love for Langston, world-mending word man. Oh, yeah, there was hoopla in Harlem, for its Renaissance man. A party for Langston. -- Amazon.
Audience:
Ages 4-8. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Grades K-1. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
General Note:
"King o' letters" -- Cover.
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Publisher:
Atheneum Books for Young Readers,
Publication Date:
2023
ISBN:
9781534439443
Publication Information:
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2023]

©2023
Award Note:
Caldecott Honor book, 2024

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, 2024.
Call Number:
P REYNOLDS
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