All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom

Experience the joy of Juneteenth in this celebration of freedom from the award-winning team of Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis.

Through the eyes of one little girl, All Different Now tells the story of the first Juneteenth, the day freedom finally came to the last of the slaves in the South. Since then, the observance of June 19 as African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. This stunning picture book includes notes from the author and illustrator, a timeline of important dates, and a glossary of relevant terms.

Told in Angela Johnson's signature melodic style and brought to life by E.B. Lewis's striking paintings, All Different Now is a joyous portrait of the dawn breaking on the darkest time in our nation's history.

Author: Angela Johnson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/06/2014
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.31h x 11.34w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780689873768
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 166424 / All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom


Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Finalist
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2014 pg. 61
Publishers Weekly 03/17/2014
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2014
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2014 pg. 67
School Library Journal 05/01/2014 pg. 84
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2014 pg. 523
Kirkus Best Picture Books 11/15/2014 pg. 65
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 50
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2014 pg. 27
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
Angela Johnson has won three Coretta Scott King Awards, one each for her novels The First Part Last, Heaven, and Toning the Sweep. The First Part Last was also the recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. She is also the author of the novels Looking for Red and A Certain October. Her books for younger readers include the Coretta Scott King Honor Book When I Am Old with You, illustrated by David Soman; Wind Flyers and I Dream of Trains, both illustrated by Loren Long; and Lottie Paris Lives Here and its sequel Lottie Paris and the Best Place, both illustrated by Scott M. Fischer. Additional picture books include A Sweet Smell of Roses, Just Like Josh Gibson, The Day Ray Got Away, and All Different Now. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio. Visit her at AJohnsonAuthor.com.

E.B. Lewis is the award-winning illustrator of such books as Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys by Elizabeth Fitzgerald, which was a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, and This Little Light of Mine. He received the Caldecott Honor for Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes. E.B. Lewis lives in New Jersey, and you can visit him online at EBLewis.com.