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Jacqueline Woodson's Reading List

The author, most recently, of “Another Brooklyn” loved “The Little Match Girl” as a child. First, “I cried for a week. Then I was done and ready to go out and change the world!”

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By the Book: Jacqueline Woodson (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-08-25).

Source: www.nytimes.com

As Brave as You
Jason Reynolds · Buy on Amazon
"My son and partner are reading Jason Reynolds's As Brave as You, so I'm reading it too. My son is 8 and loves this book!"
A Step From Heaven
An Na · Buy on Amazon
"Na has a beautiful sense of language and rhythm, so rereading this book feels more like a meditation to me."
State of Wonder
Ann Patchett · Buy on Amazon
"I was blown away by Ann Patchett's State of Wonder. It was one of those books that really made you stop breathing. I kept asking myself, 'How did she do that?' She's a phenomenal writer."
Cover of Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison · 1977 · Buy on Amazon
"Song of Solomon is as brilliant and beautiful today as it was when first published in 1977."
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin · Buy on Amazon
"The same for James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. That's a book I go back to when I feel like I'm forgetting the importance of language."
Brother I'm Dying
Edwidge Danticat · Buy on Amazon
"Edwidge Danticat's Brother I'm Dying just stays groundbreaking and timely."
The Little Match Girl
Hans Christian Andersen · Buy on Amazon
"One of my favorite picture books of all time is The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen. When I was first introduced to that book as a child, I feel like I cried for a week. Then I was done and ready to go out and change the world! It was the first book that unlocked empathy in me."
Cover of One Crazy Summer
One Crazy Summer
Rita Williams-Garcia · Buy on Amazon
"I think no one should leave young adulthood without reading Rita Williams-Garcia's One Crazy Summer."
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie · Buy on Amazon
"I think no one should leave young adulthood without reading Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian."
The Price of the Ticket
James Baldwin · Buy on Amazon
"A friend gave me James Baldwin's collection of nonfiction The Price of the Ticket in hardcover many years ago. I've cared for this book the way my brothers used to care for their comic books."

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