Bound To Stay Bound Books, Inc.

Go tell it : how James Baldwin became a writer
Author: Harris, Quartez

Publisher: Little, Brown (2025)

Dewey: 818
Classification: Biography
Physical Description: [34] p., col. ill., 26 x 26 cm

BTSB No: 421264

ISBN: 9780316483933

Ages: 4-8

Grades: K-3

Subjects:
Baldwin, James, -- 1924-1987
American authors -- 20th century -- Biography
African American authors -- Biography

Price: $23.78

Summary:
A boy who loves stories grows into a teenager who escapes into his writing and then a young man who plays his typewriter like a piano to show the fullness of Black life, in this lyrical picture book biography of James Baldwin, the celebrated novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and activist.

Illustrator:

James, Gordon C.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: LG
   Reading Level: 5.00
   Points: .5   Quiz: 556568

Awards:
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2026

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (11/15/24)
   School Library Journal (+) (10/31/25)
   Booklist (11/01/24)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (+) (00/12/24)
The Hornbook (00/03/25)

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