PRE-ORDER: Here Comes the Band
From Ezra Jack Keats Award and Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Shadra Strickland comes a dazzling picture book about a young child who watches in awe as an HBCU band takes the field and works its magic.
The game is tied at seven.
A hush falls over the stands.
Get up and stand up, everybody!
Here comes the band!
Everyone has their favorite part of a football game, but at a historically Black college or university, halftime is game time when the band takes the field in this glorious celebration of the tradition and pageantry of an HBCU band.
- Author(s)
- Shadra Strickland and John Holyfield
- Publication Year
- 2026
- Publication date
- September 29, 2026
- Pages
- 42
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- ISBN
- 9781665965880
- Dimensions
- 9.0 × 0.4 × 11.0 in
- Weight
- 1.03 lb
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