Genre: Children’s Nonfiction
Length: 368 pages
Audiobook Length: 3 hours and 55 minutes
First Published: 2014
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Publisher’s Description
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson’s eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become.
Quotes from Brown Girl Dreaming
But on paper, things can live forever.
On paper, a butterfly
never dies.
When there are many worlds
you can choose the one
you walk into each day.
Even the silence
has a story to tell you.
Just listen. Listen.
About Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson is an author and poet whose works include Brown Girl Dreaming, Another Brooklyn, Red at the Bone, and Harbor Me. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit the author’s website →
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