A Caldecott Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds's debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired.

Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word-making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes. His ABCs became drums, bumping jumping thumping like a heart the size of the whole country. They sent some people yelling and others, his word-children, to write their own glory.

Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, and more came be-bopping to recite poems at their hero's feet at that heckuva party at the Schomberg Library, dancing boom da boom, stepping and stomping, all in praise and love for Langston, world-mending word man. Oh, yeah, there was hoopla in Harlem, for its Renaissance man. A party for Langston.

Author: Jason Reynolds
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Published: 10/03/2023
Pages: 56
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 11.60h x 9.80w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781534439443

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 522465 / There Was a Party for Langston


Award: 2024 Caldecott Medal Honor Book - Picture Book
Award: 2024 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book - Illustrator