Poems As Picture Books: Zetta Elliott Discusses the Upcoming A Song for Juneteenth

Well, the Newbery and Caldecott Awards for 2023 have been established, so now it’s time to start a whole new year with a whole new set of books, wouldn’t you say? And I can think of no better way to begin than with a book brought to us by none other than the great and good Zetta Elliott.

I attempted to find a way to briefly introduce you to Zetta here, but found the task insurmountable. Simply put, she’s just done too much darn stuff. You find her full biography on her website where, amongs...