Undefeated illustrator-Penelope Bagieu Winner of the 2018 Caldecott

Winner of the 2018 Caldecott Medal

he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong

and changing friendships

or don’t know how to dream

But between the social teas and silk dress fittings

Undefeated illustrator-Penelope Bagieu Winner of the 2018 Caldecott*Pre order by May 4th to secure your signed copies by Kwame Alexander!* Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is also peppered with references to the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Langston