Perfect for fans of From the Desk of Zoe Washington, Maggie, her best friend Daija, and her new half-sister Callie team up to create the ultimate hair-braiding business, but the Braid Girls aren’t the only hairstylists on the scene-available simultaneously in paperback. Sherri’s novel Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution was recently longlisted for the National Book Award. Winston is also a three-time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary for her weekly lifestyle column. She was the recipient of the Clarion Award for journalists, as well as winner of a journalism fellowship at the University of Michigan. Winston, a native of Michigan, spent several years as a newspaper columnist and journalist in sunny South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel newspaper. Winston continues to be amazed that people call her “author” and buy her books. President of the Whole Fifth Grade was also selected to Tennessee’s recommended list and the Sound Summer Recommended Reading List for the New York Public Library. The Sweetest Sound and President of the Whole Fifth Grade, were both selections for the state of Florida’s Libraries Sunshine State Young Readers Award, which recommends the best books for grades 3-5 and 6-8.
Lotus Bloom and the Afro Revolution, Jada Sly, Artist & Spy, The Sweetest Sound and President of the Whole Sixth Grade: Girl Code are also among her recent books. The Braid Girls is her latest book with Little, Brown. She is also a lover of cupcakes, cooking shows and spy movies. (Fiction.Sherri Winston is a proud mama of two beautiful daughters. …Thought-provoking and smart and a great springboard for discussions on race and class. Kirkus starred review: Winston does an excellent job highlighting the complex race issues that African-American children face.
*Kirkus starred review: … Winston …creates a rich and winning first-person story about a deeply introverted black girl who nearly loses her gift because of her understandable but undermining fear.īrianna Justice faces discrimination–her own–when she meets black kids from a “bad” neighborhood. The Sweetest Sound-a Kirkus Best Book/friendship and family selection 2017. Hopefully Jada will be back for future missions. Brianna Justice and President of the Whole Sixth Grade are part of B&N’s latest summer reading program.īookist: Winston has created a spunky character in Jada, a fashionable artist and independent girl who isn’t afraid to take on a few adults in the search for the truth.
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