Derrick Barnes

The Queen of Kindergarten

Illustrator: Brantley-Newton, Vanessa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A confident little Black girl has a fantastic first day of school in this companion to the New York Times bestseller The King of Kindergarten. MJ is more than ready for her first day of kindergarten! With her hair freshly braided and her mom's special tiara plopped on her head, she knows she'll be able to follow her mom's advice for being the best queen her kindergarten has ever seen: by brightening up every room she enters, being caring and kind, and always being helpful to others. Like The King of Kindergarten, this is the perfect book to reinforce excitement and build confidence in the newest students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Altersempfehlung: 3 bis 5 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 258mm x 240mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780593111420
• ISBN-10: 0593111427
• Artikelnr.: 62648850

Autorenporträt

Derrick Barnes is the author of the empowering New York Times bestsellers The King of Kindergarten, I Am Every Good Thing, which won the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award and the Kirkus Prize, and Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, which received a Newbery Honor, a Coretta Scott King Honor, the Kirkus Prize, and the Ezra Jack Keats Award. He also wrote the bestselling chapter book series Ruby and the Booker Boys. Derrick is a native of Kansas City, MO and a graduate of Jackson State University and was the first African American male creative copywriter hired by greeting card giant, Hallmark Cards. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and their four sons. Vanessa Brantley-Newton has illustrated numerous picture books, including The King of Kindergarten (by Derrick Barnes), The Girl Who Heard Colors (by Marie Harris), Mary Had a Little Glam (by Tammi Sauer), One Love (by Cedella Marley), A Night Out with Mama (by Quvenzhané Wallis), and The Youngest Marcher (by Cynthia Levinson), as well as the chapter book series Ruby and the Booker Boys (by Derrick Barnes) and Jada Jones (by Kelly Starling Lyons). She wrote and illustrated Let Freedom Sing and Grandma's Purse. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.