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Kelly Starling Lyons is a children's book author and founding member of The Brown Bookshelf (www.thebrownbookshelf.com), a team of authors and illustrators dedicated to raising awareness of black children's book creators. As a kid, she rarely saw stories for young readers that featured characters of color. Her mission is to make sure children today have a different reality. Her books include NEATE: Eddie's Ordeal; CCBC Choices-honored picture book, One Million Men and Me; Ellen's Broom, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book, Junior Library Guild and Bank Street Best selection and Tea Cakes for Tosh and Hope's Gift, Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People. Her latest picture book, One More Di ...more

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Jada Jones Contest for First-Fourth Graders

To celebrate the release of the Jada Jones series, I created a contest for kids in first-fourth grade. Parents, teachers and guardians, please share their rules being a rock star friend by October 24 to enter.

Details and prizes here: http://www.kellystarlinglyons.com/boo....

I also have a special Jada Jones site:

www.jadajonesbooks.wordpress.com

Thank you for your support.
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	Ellen's Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons (Goodreads Author), Daniel Minter (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 418 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons (Goodreads Author), Daniel Minter (Illustrator) 4.35 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tea Cakes for Tosh by Kelly Starling Lyons (Goodreads Author), E.B. Lewis (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope's Gift by Kelly Starling Lyons (Goodreads Author), Don Tate (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.05 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock Star (Jada Jones, #1) by Kelly Starling Lyons (Goodreads Author), Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrations) 4.06 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sing a Song: How "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Inspired Generations by Kelly Starling Lyons (Goodreads Author), Keith Mallett (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Girl Named Misty: The True Story of Misty Copeland by Kelly Starling Lyons (Goodreads Author), Melissa Manwill (Illustrations) 4.08 avg rating — 99 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One More Dino on the Floor by Kelly Starling Lyons (Goodreads Author), Luke Flowers (Illustrations) 3.59 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Class Act (Jada Jones, #2) by Kelly Starling Lyons (Goodreads Author), Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrations) 4.22 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Million Men and Me by Kelly Starling Lyons (Goodreads Author), Peter Ambush (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jada Jones (4 books)
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