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. the absolute embodiment of Black boy joy, this is a beautiful and important book.'īorn and raised in East Orange, New Jersey, Kaija Langley has been writing since she fell in love with words at age seven. 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. With his neighborhood cheering him on, will Langston achieve his dream? When he walks, the whole street is his stage. 3 distinct works Similar authors Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author.

He wants to arabesque and attitude, grand battement and grand jeté. Kaija Langley (Author of When Langston Dances) Kaija Langley Goodreads Author Website Member Since November 2022 edit data Combine Editions Kaija Langley’s books Average rating: 4.45 He longs to twirl into a pirouette, whirl into a piqué. Langston likes basketball okay, but what he loves is to dance-ever since he saw the Alvin Ailey Dance Company perform. A young Black boy dreams of dancing in this exuberant, buoyant picture book celebrating the beauty of dance, and the wonder of Black Boy Joy-perfect for fans of Firebird and Crown!

When Langston Dances by Kaija Langley