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"A group of kids celebrate the joy and freedom of summer on their Brooklyn block"--

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Main Author:	Woodson, Jacqueline (Author)
Other Authors:	Espinosa, Leo (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2022.
Subjects:	Summer > Juvenile fiction. Play > Juvenile fiction. Children of minorities > Juvenile fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	"A group of kids celebrate the joy and freedom of summer on their Brooklyn block"--
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Audience:	Ages 5-8.
ISBN:	9780399545498 0399545492
Author Notes:	Jacqueline Woodson was born in Columbus, Ohio on February 12, 1963. She received a B.A. in English from Adelphi University in 1985. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a drama therapist for runaways and homeless children in New York City. Her books include The House You Pass on the Way, I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Lena, and The Day You Begin. She won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2001 for Miracle's Boys. After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way won Newbery Honors. Brown Girl Dreaming won the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award in 2015. Her other awards include the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She was also selected as the Young People's Poet Laureate in 2015 by the Poetry Foundation. (Bowker Author Biography)