There Was a Party for Langston | Jason Reynolds (Author) + Jerome Pumphrey (Illustrated by) + Jarrett Pumphrey (Illustrated by) MSS BOOK CLUB the author and illustrator of

the author and illustrator of the Dog Man and Cat Kid Comic Club graphic novel series

*A Best Book of the Year by NPR and Christian Science Monitor*

and a teacher who can see the future on their side

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There Was a Party for Langston | Jason Reynolds (Author) + Jerome Pumphrey (Illustrated by) + Jarrett Pumphrey (Illustrated by) MSS BOOK CLUB the author and illustrator ofNew York Times bestselling and award winning author Jason Reynolds's debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired. Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes. His ABCs became drums, bumping jumping thumping like a heart the size of the whole country. They sent some people yelling and