There Was a Party for Langston
(caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books · Print & ebook · October 3, 2023
A Caldecott Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired.
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- Who it’s for
- A jubilant tribute to Langston Hughes and the writers whose words began with his.
- Themes
- Tribute to Langston Hughes, Poetry and literary influence, Harlem Renaissance
- Pacing
- Fast
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A Caldecott Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired. Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word-making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes.
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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.
Words in Motion
A jubilant tribute to Langston Hughes and the writers whose words began with his.
Come here for
- Poetry, literary legacy, and the Harlem Renaissance in one lively celebration
- A spirited homage to words that move from one generation to the next
Expect
- Rhythmic, playful language that treats letters like drums
- A picture-book celebration of Langston Hughes and his influence
Where it sits
| Writers' Lives for Kids | 68% |
|---|---|
| African American Life (U.S.) | 42% |
| Poetry | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: African American Stories
- Nonreligious Celebrations
- Imagination & Play
- Authors
- Jason Reynolds
- Publisher
- Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
- Published
- October 3, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Tribute to Langston Hughes · Poetry and literary influence · Harlem Renaissance
- Reading lane
- US: African American Stories