Join Porter Square Books for a virtual event with local debut author Kaija Langley for her new picture book, When Langston Dances! Kaija will be joined in conversation by award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson. A starred review from Kirkus Reviews described When Langston Dances as "the absolute embodiment of Black boy joy, this is a beautiful and important book." This virtual event is free and open to all, hosted on Crowdcast.
Click here to register for the event on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/WhenLangstonDances
A young Black boy dreams of dancing in this exuberant, buoyant picture book celebrating the beauty of dance, and the wonder of Black Boy Joy—perfect for fans of Firebird and Crown!
Langston likes basketball okay, but what he loves is to dance—ever since he saw the Alvin Ailey Dance Company perform. He longs to twirl into a pirouette, whirl into a piqué. He wants to arabesque and attitude, grand battement and grand jeté. When he walks, the whole street is his stage.
With his neighborhood cheering him on, will Langston achieve his dream?
Kaija Langley was born and raised in Northern N.J. and now lives in Cambridge, MA with her Beloved. When she isn’t raising money for local non-profits, she reads and writes picture books and novels for young readers. She loves long road trips, singing at the top of her lungs, and adventures near and far. Learn more about her at www.kaijalangley.com and Instagram and Twitter @mizzkalwrites71.
Jacqueline Woodson is the recipient of a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children’s Literature Legacy Award, and she was the 2018–2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Her New York Times bestselling memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming, won the National Book Award, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, and the NAACP Image Award. She also wrote the adult books Red at the Bone, a New York Times bestseller, and Another Brooklyn, a 2016 National Book Award finalist. Her dozens of books for young readers include Before the Ever After, New York Times bestsellers The Day You Begin and Harbor Me, Newbery Honor winners Feathers, Show Way, and After Tupac and D Foster, and the picture book Each Kindness, which won the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award.
Click here to register for the event on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/WhenLangstonDances
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A young Black boy dreams of dancing in this exuberant, buoyant picture book celebrating the beauty of dance, and the wonder of Black Boy Joy—perfect for fans of Firebird and Crown!
Langston likes basketball okay, but what he loves is to dance—ever since he saw the Alvin Ailey Dance Company perform.