Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson is one of the US’s most acclaimed contemporary authors for young people. She first came to attention with her multi-award-winning book Brown Girl Dreaming, a memoir in blank verse of her childhood and family life moving between the American South and New York. She was the Young People’s Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017 and the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature for 2018-19. She was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2020.
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The Year We Learned to Fly
One rainy day, a bored brother and sister listen to their wise grandmother's advice: "Use those beautiful and brilliant minds of yours. Lift your arms,…
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The Day You Begin
There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you . . . It might be how…
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Before the Ever After
For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has always been everyone's hero: a pro football superstar, a beloved member of the neighbourhood and…
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Harbour Me
An unforgettable New York Times bestseller from multi-award-winning Jacqueline Woodson, celebrating the friendships formed when a group of children create a safe harbour for each…
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Brown Girl Dreaming
A mesmerising story about a young girl growing up in America, finding a home and discovering her voice - a multi-award winning New York Times…