There Was a Party for Langston
There Was a Party for Langston
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There Was a Party for Langston

Written by Jason Reynolds & illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey
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4 - 8
Reading age
56
Page count
15
Words per page
640L
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Oct 3, 2023
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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. 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.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781534439443
    Publication Date
    October 3, 2023
    Publisher
    AtheneumCaitlyn Dlouhy Books
    Original Publication Date
    October 3, 2023
    Page Count
    56
    Words Per Page
    15
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    4 - 8 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2022058007
    Lexile® Level
    640L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~P
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~4.1

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