Here Comes the Band

From Ezra Jack Keats Award (2009) and Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award winner (2009) Shadra Strickland comes a dazzling picture book about a young child who watches in awe as an HBCU band takes the field and works its magic. From Ezra Jack Keats Award and Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Shadra Strickland comes a dazzling picture book about a young child who watches in awe as an HBCU band takes the field and works its magic. The game is tied at seven. A hush falls over the stands. Get up and stand up, everybody! Here comes the band! Everyone has their favorite part of a football game, but at a historically Black college or university, halftime is game time when the band takes the field in this glorious celebration of the tradition and pageantry of an HBCU band.

Pagina's: 42, Hardcover, Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers