Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson is one of the US's most acclaimed contemporary authors for young people. She first came to attention with her multi-award-winning book Brown Girl Dreaming, a memoir in blank verse of her childhood and family life moving between the American South and New York. She was the Young People's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017 and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for 2018-19. She was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2020.
Jacqueline Woodson is one of the US's most acclaimed contemporary authors for young people. She first came to attention with her multi-award-winning book Brown Girl Dreaming, a memoir in blank verse of her childhood and family life moving between the American South and New York. She was the Young People's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017 and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for 2018-19. She was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2020. See less
Jacqueline Woodson's Featured Books
Jacqueline Woodson book reviews
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Before the Ever After
Very moving
Well, this broke me a little. I listened, because I feel like I enjoy/experience more fully poetry when I hear it how it was meant to be said. This really hit me hard, and the narration was really ... Read More
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We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL
by okimat, Jan 26, 2009
When my daughter was in Elementary School, I would volunteer to read to her class and those of other teachers. This book was one of my favorites because I would read it in a Southern Dialect. The ... Read More
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Hush
Children's Book of Quality
Many authors in this age truly underestimate the level of understanding that children have, so they create "cutesy books". Woodson, however, is a literary artist who weaves serious issues into a ... Read More
