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Carole Boston Weatherford, author portrait

Carole Boston Weatherford

Carole Boston Weatherford is a two-time NAACP Image Award Winner, an ALA-ALSC Children’s Literature Legacy Award Winner, and the author of Standing in the Need of Prayer, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner; Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, which won the Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Awards, a Caldecott Honor, and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor Book Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom; Family Feast!; and many other acclaimed books. She was also named the 2025–2026 Young People’s Poet Laureate. Carole was born in Baltimore, where she now resides.
Let It Shine!
Family Feast!
Bridges Instead of Walls
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Standing in the Need of Prayer
The Faith of Elijah Cummings
Freedom on the Menu

Books

Let It Shine!
Family Feast!
Bridges Instead of Walls
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Standing in the Need of Prayer
The Faith of Elijah Cummings
Freedom on the Menu

Congrats to Our ALA Award Winners!

We are privileged to publish so many incredible books for young readers that have been honored this year by the American Library Association! Congratulations to all of our authors and illustrators who continue to create outstanding work for children and teens. Explore some of our award-winning titles below, and see a full list of this

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Standing in the Need of Prayer

From an award-winning author and critically acclaimed artist comes a stunning and deeply moving picture book based on the popular spiritual “Standing in the Need of Prayer.” The classic lyrics have been reworked to chronicle the milestones, struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of African American history. A perfect gift or timeless keepsake!   This inspirational book encapsulates African American

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