{"product_id":"there-was-a-party-for-langston-caldecott-honor-coretta-scott-king-illustrator-honor-1","title":"There Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor \u0026 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThere Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor \u0026amp; Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)\u003c\/h1\u003eJason Reynolds,Jason Reynolds\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Atheneum Books\u003cbr\u003eOctober 3 2023\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781534439443\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1534439447\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eA Caldecott Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaya 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390534844461,"sku":"WHS-b1acde59f7864dfba302f022e2ea66aa","price":18.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_cf774c87-c98b-4744-b023-966e6d2e544e.jpg?v=1787344048","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/there-was-a-party-for-langston-caldecott-honor-coretta-scott-king-illustrator-honor-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}