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Jabari Asim

About the Author

Jabari Asim is the author of several adult and children’s books, including Preaching to the Chickens which was named one of the NYT Best Illustrated Books of 2016 and Fifty Cents and a Dream-an NAACP Image Award Nominee, CCBC Choice, School Library Journal Editor’s Choice, and Kirkus Best Book. He is an associate professor at Emerson College in Boston and executive editor of The Crisis, the magazine of the NAACP. He recently was honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

A Child’s Introduction to Jazz

A Child’s Introduction to Jazz

by Jabari Asim, Illustrated by Jerrard K. Polk

Whose Knees Are These?

Whose Knees Are These?

by Jabari Asim, Illustrated by LeUyen Pham

Whose Toes Are Those?

Whose Toes Are Those?

by Jabari Asim, Illustrated by LeUyen Pham

A Child’s Introduction to African American History

A Child’s Introduction to African American History

by Jabari Asim, Illustrated by Lynn Gaines

Fifty Cents and a Dream

Fifty Cents and a Dream

by Jabari Asim, by Bryan Collier

Boy of Mine

Boy of Mine

by Jabari Asim, Illustrated by LeUyen Pham

Girl of Mine

Girl of Mine

by Jabari Asim, Illustrated by LeUyen Pham