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Summary:

A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991.
"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"-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Reynolds, Jason , author

Contributors:

Pumphrey, Jerome , illustrator

Pumphrey, Jarrett , illustrator

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

There was a party for Langston [by Reynolds, J.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: There was a party for Langston [by Reynolds, J.] (New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2023] — ISBN 9781534439450; LCCN 2022058008)

Subjects:

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 — Juvenile fiction

Poets — Juvenile fiction

African Americans — Juvenile fiction

African American authors — Juvenile fiction

African American poets — Juvenile fiction

Parties — Juvenile fiction

Libraries — Juvenile fiction

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Poets

African Americans

African American authors

African American poets

Parties

Libraries

Genres:

Picture books

Biographical fiction

Fiction

Juvenile works

Production Credits:

Book design by Sonia Chaghatzbanian.

General Notes:

"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book"--Page facing title page.
Cover title on book jacket: There was a party for Langston : king o' letters.
Caldecott Honor Book, 2024
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, 2024

Audience:

Children
Ages: 4-8. (source: Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Grades: PreS-3. (source: Atheneum Books for Young Readers)

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

JE R463th

ISBNs:

9781534439443 (hardcover)
1534439447 (hardcover)
9781534439450 (electronic book) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2022058007

OCLC Numbers:

1374195053