Books by Jacqueline Woodson
Before the Ever After
by Jacqueline Woodson, narrated by Guy Lockard
Ages : 10 – 14
Narrator: Guy Lockard
Length: 2 hours and 14 minutes
“This is a novel, and it’s no secret that Jacqueline Woodson is an incredible author. She is a favourite of ours at AudioFile. It’s a story about a young boy, ZJ, who really idolises his father. His father was a former pro football player who had to stop playing because of this mysterious illness.” Read more...
The Best Audiobooks for Kids of 2020
Emily Connelly, Journalist
“This beautifully and brightly illustrated book is about a little girl entering into a new world. It could be a classroom or it could be anything. It features this beautiful African American girl with big, beautiful hair, talking about her expectations about entering someplace new and her thoughts about how she might be received. She eventually figures out how to make herself seen and heard. I read The Day You Begin at the beginning of my first grade year and leave the book prominently displayed through the year, because it captures what a lot of children go through as they experience new things. We all experience so many similar things and yet we each bring a different perspective, different expectations and different fears.” Read more...
The Best Antiracist Books for Kids
Paula Young Shelton, Children's Author
Interviews where books by Jacqueline Woodson were recommended
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In Your Hands
by Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) & Carole Boston Weatherford -
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The Day You Begin
by Jacqueline Woodson & Rafael López (Illustrator) -
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I Am Enough
by Grace Byers & Keturah Bobo (Illustrator) -
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
by John Steptoe -
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Milo's Museum
by Purple Wong (Illustrator) & Zetta Elliott
The Best Antiracist Books for Kids, recommended by Paula Young Shelton
The Best Antiracist Books for Kids, recommended by Paula Young Shelton
Understanding the African American experience is not just about learning about suffering, it’s also about celebrating a vibrant culture and its roots across the millennia. Paula Young Shelton, author of Child of the Civil Rights Movement, recommends the best antiracist books for kids.
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¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat
by Raúl the Third, narrated by Gary Tiedemann -
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Overground Railroad
by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James Ransome, narrated by Shayna Small and Dion Graham -
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When Stars Are Scattered
by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson, narrated by Faysal Ahmed (and full cast) -
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Before the Ever After
by Jacqueline Woodson, narrated by Guy Lockard -
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King and the Dragonflies
by Kacen Callender, narrated by Ron Butler
The Best Audiobooks for Kids of 2020, recommended by Emily Connelly
The Best Audiobooks for Kids of 2020, recommended by Emily Connelly
Whether you’re on a car journey or sitting on the sofa together at home, listening to audiobooks with kids can be an incredible experience. Some will make you laugh, some will make you weep. Many will help us develop empathy for other human beings in the world around us. Here Emily Connelly, Assistant Editor at AudioFile, talks us through the magazine’s choices of the best audiobooks for kids of 2020.
