Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford

) illustrations have a loose, sketchy quality, emphasizing the energetic nature of the various dogs that appear. Juneteenth Jamboree Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan (Illustrator) 3.95 56 ratings14 reviews Cassandra and her family have moved to her parents' hometown in Texas, but it doesn't feel like home to Cassandra until she experiences Juneteenth, a Texas tradition celebrating the end of slavery. Rendered in watercolor, pencil and gouache, Bates's ( Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight Today, she often writes with her son, Jeffery Boston Weatherford, who is an illustrator and poet.

Notably, Weatherford has written literary criticisms of racist representations in children's entertainment. The story is curiously anticlimactic, providing scant info about Bo, who appears only on the final spread. Weatherford is best known for her books Juneteenth Jamboree, Freedom in Congo Square, and You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen. While their father campaigned, Malia and Sasha “wore curls and party dresses to join their parents onstage” and “put up with Secret Service agents always on their heels,” believing, the author muses, “it was worth it if they finally got their dog.” Building up to first dog Bo's arrival at the White House, the account spotlights several previous presidents' canines and imagines the process of deciding what kind of dog the family might choose. ) moves on to Barack Obama's promise to his daughters that they can get a puppy. After citing previous presidential promises, such as when Kennedy promised to land a man on the moon, Weatherford ( Racing Against the Odds

Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford