So Many Years, Anne Wynter
So Many Years, Anne Wynter
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So Many Years
A Juneteenth Story

Author: Anne Wynter

Narrator: Adenrele Ojo

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 05/06/2025

Synopsis

The celebrated author of Ezra Jack Keats Award winner Nell Plants a Tree and a Caldecott Honor artist come together for a poetic audiobook 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, this poetic 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.

About Anne Wynter

Anne Wynter is the author of numerous board books and picture books, including So Many Years, Everybody in the Red Brick Building, and Nell Plants a Tree, which won the Ezra Jack Keats Award and the Golden Kite Award and was selected as the 2023 Texas Great Read. Originally from Houston, Texas, Anne currently lives in Austin, Texas, with her family. To learn more or say hello, visit annewynter.com.  

Reviews

Goodreads review by Snaxx on May 22, 2025

The best Juneteenth book yet. So powerful!......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on June 19, 2025

How do you dress or eat or dance to celebrate a freedom that for so many years was denied to you? The author asks these questions at the start of this moving, lyrical picture book about Juneteenth. The visuals answer the questions: a Freedom Day barn dance in 1872; a 1910 emancipation celebration p......more

Goodreads review by A on June 25, 2025

I borrowed this book from my local library as part of my Juneteenth lesson plan. This book has only one sentence or a few words on each page. I thought it was fun that the cookout page shows someone in a "Juneteenth '75" shirt and the following page shows people dancing beneath a "Juneteenth 2000" b......more

Goodreads review by Christina on May 27, 2025

If you're only going to add one Juneteenth book to your collection, make it this one. (Though why stop at one!?) Poetic text, striking illustrations, and a repeating questions make this perfect for storytime with both preschool and elementary age audiences. It can serve as both a primer on why Junete......more

Goodreads review by Drusilla on June 21, 2025

Excellent and poetic!......more

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