October Exclusive Literary Event: Award-Winning Author and Illustrators to Visit AISD

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Book Debut

Aldine ISD has been offered an exclusive literacy event: New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds and award-winning author-illustrators Jerome and Jarrett Pumphrey will visit Aldine ISD on October 6. They will be in AISD for Reynolds’ debut picture book, There Was a Party for Langston, to be released on October 3.

Reynolds’ debut picture book is described as a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired. Reynolds is the former National Ambassador of Children’s Literature.

An Aldine ISD Exclusive

This will be the only school visit in Houston for the book’s release. Aldine ISD has been recognized as a district that honors and celebrates diversity and inclusion in literature.

It is also the only scheduled visit where all three book creators will be present. The book is for young readers ages 4-8.  The authors and illustrators will talk to students about reading, writing, history, and culture of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century and the subsequent social and artistic explosion that resulted. Lasting roughly from the 1910s through the mid-1930s, the period is considered a golden age in African American culture, manifesting in literature, music, stage performance, and art. AISD students have studied about the period.

About the Book

The story is historical and contains non-fiction information and an illustrated story. Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal have starred reviewed the book. Visit the publishing house Simon & Schuster to learn more about the book.

Stay Tuned for More Details to Come

Aldine will purchase books for the students in attendance so the students can share the story with their families as part of a home library and home literacy. Participating schools will share details once these become available.