Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer

Contributor(s): Harris, Quartez (Author), James, Gordon C (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780316483933

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Hardcover

$18.99

Pub Date: January 7, 2025

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2023037023

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 04 to 08

Physical Info: 0.42" H x 10.23" L x 10.38" W ( 1.02 lbs) 40 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000556568 ( Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer)

Reading level: 5.00

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "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"--

Review Quotes: "Incredible writing, gorgeous art, and a book worthy of its subject." --Betsy Bird / A Fuse 8 Production