Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford

Readers of all ages will delight in this declaration of freedom and homecoming. With text and illustrations as warm as a summer day, author Carole Boston Weatherford and artist Yvonne Buchanan bring the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth to life for children. And, in the process, she realizes that she and her family have indeed come home. It isn't until Cassie and her family arrive downtown that she discovers what the commotion is about.

As she helps prepare red velvet cake, fried chicken, and piles of other dishes, she wonders what makes June 19th so important. What Cassie doesn't know is that her family has a surprise for her - a Texas tradition. Weatherford will read Juneteenth Jamboree and share. She is a contributing poet to In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall, also published by Lee & Low Books. Rosenwald, The Sound That Jazz Makes, and Lee & Low's Jazz Baby and Juneteenth Jamboree. Cassie likes her new house, and her new school is okay, but Texas doesn't quite feel like home yet. Celebrate Juneteenth with Newbery and Caldecott Award winning Author, Carole Boston Weatherford. Carole Boston Weatherford is a poet and writer of numerous children's books, including Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, Dear Mrs. Cassandra's family has just moved from the city back to her parents' hometown in Texas.

A young girl, who has just moved to her parents' hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth.

Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford