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We wanted to find a Juneteenth book for our little that would address the holiday without requiring a lot of context she just isn’t equipped to understand yet. The Gathering Table did just that, showi...

From the May/June 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Perception and Reality.

Antwan Eady’s newest picture book, The Gathering Table (Knopf, 2025), illustrated by London Ladd, is a powerful recounting of a year of celebrations happening around one outdoor family table where foo...

From the May/June 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Perception and Reality.

It’s been super exciting, following the author journey and stories of Antwan Eady . Antwan’s picture books are exactly the kind that pop off the shelf to me, and so many readers. They are intimate ...

In an artfully rendered picture book that spans numerous events, a child recounts a Black family’s tradition of standing around ...

Did you see? Did you see? The Ezra Jack Keats Awards were announced today! You can take a peek at the brand new winners in a press release at the end of this post. But before we get to any of that, wh...