Notable is Langston’s unwavering passion for ballet-and his mother’s just as steadfast support-in this richly affirmative picture book." "Mallett’s lively, realistic illustrations, characterized by airbrushed strokes and dynamic dancers of varying skin tones, help further bring the story to life. the absolute embodiment of Black boy joy, this is a beautiful and important book." The love and support that Langston receives from his mother serve to buoy his confidence, but it is his awareness of his passion that sustains him and pushes him to do what makes him happy: a lesson for every child. "A tenderly told story about self-acceptance. Keith Lives in San Diego with his wife and German Shepherd. As guest artist, he crafted the 2017 Google Doodle commemorating Martin Luther King Day. The NAACP Image Award-nominated artist and designer has created posters and fine art prints for more than forty years. Keith Mallett has been drawing and painting for as long as he can remember. She’s called many places home over the years-New Jersey, Maryland, DC, California, Louisiana-and currently lives, writes, and plays in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her two bonsai and her beloved.
She knew she was onto something when she wrote her first poem and her grade school classmates thought she’d copied it from a book! A proud alumna of Morgan State University, a historically black college and university in Baltimore, Maryland, she received her MFA in fiction from St. Born and raised in East Orange, New Jersey, Kaija Langley has been writing since she fell in love with words at age seven.
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