# The World Belonged to Us - Hardcover

by **Jacqueline Woodson** (Author), **Leo Espinosa** (Illustrator)

**Two children's book superstars--#1 _New York Times_ bestseller Jacqueline Woodson, the author of _The Day You Begin_, and Leo Espinosa, the illustrator of _Islandborn­_\--join forces to celebrate the joy and freedom of summer in the city, which is gloriously captured in their rhythmic text and lively art.**

It's getting hot outside, hot enough to turn on the hydrants and run through the water--and that means it's finally summer in the city! Released from school and reveling in their freedom, the kids on one Brooklyn block take advantage of everything summertime has to offer: Freedom from morning till night to go out to meet their friends and make the streets their playground--jumping double Dutch, playing tag and hide-and-seek, building forts, chasing ice cream trucks, and best of all, believing anything is possible. That is, till their moms call them home for dinner. But not to worry--they know there is always tomorrow to do it all over again--because the block belongs to them and they rule their world.

(This book is also available in Spanish, as _El mundo era nuestro_!)

### Author Biography

Jacqueline Woodson is the recipient of a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children's Literature Legacy Award. She is the 2022 Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence, and was the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Her _New York Times_ bestselling memoir, _Brown Girl Dreaming_, won the National Book Award, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, and an NAACP Image Award. She also wrote the adult books _Red at the Bone_, a _New York Times_ bestseller, and _Another Brooklyn,_ a National Book Award finalist. Her dozens of books for young readers include Coretta Scott King Award and NAACP Image Award winner _Before the Ever After_, _New York Times_ bestsellers _The Day You Begin_ and _Harbor Me_, Newbery Honor winners _Feathers_, _Show Way_, and _After Tupac and D Foster_, and the picture book _Each Kindness_, which won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

Leo Espinosa is a _New York Times_ bestselling illustrator and designer from Bogotá, Colombia. His picture books include _Islandborn_ (by Junot Diaz), for which he was awarded a Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor, _No More Naps_ (by Chris Grabenstein), and _Goldfish on Vacation_ (by Sally Lloyd-Jones). His award-winning illustrations have been recognized by _American Illustration, Communication Arts, Pictoplasma, 3x3,_ and the Society of Illustrators (Gold and Silver Medals). In addition, he has given multiple lectures and workshops at schools and institutions such as Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute, as well as serving on the faculty of the Rhode Island School of Design.

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 10.6 x 8.6 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** May 10, 2022

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** World Belonged to Us

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 4.2

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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