So Many Years // A Juneteenth Story

The celebrated author of Ezra Jack Keats Award winner Nell Plants a Tree and a Caldecott Honor artist come together for a poetic picture book introduction to Juneteenth and its origin. Oh, how you would dance! How you would sing! How you would celebrate! With lyrical text from Anne Wynter and radiant artwork from Jerome Pumphrey, this poetic picture book explains the history behind Juneteenth celebrations. So Many Years simultaneously acknowledges the history of slavery in the US as well as the astonishing Black resilience that has led to an enduring legacy of Black joy.   Anne Wynter is the Ezra Jack Keats Award–winning author of the picture books Nell Plants a Tree, Everybody in the Red Brick Building, and Patrick and the Not So Perfect Party as well as the board books Hands On!, One Big Day, Just Like You, and No More Sleeping In. Originally from Houston, Texas, she currently lives in Austin, Texas, with her family.  Jerome Pumphrey is an award-winning author and illustrator. He