Novelist and poet
Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson writes for children, teenagers, and adults. In Brown Girl Dreaming she uses verse to revisit childhood between South Carolina and New York.
On the shelves
Books in the collection
Memoir
Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
Woodson remembers growing up between South Carolina and New York in verse attentive to family stories.
Picture book
The Day You Begin
Jacqueline Woodson
Children find ways to speak about their differences and begin making connections in a classroom.