Alvin Ailey [Paperback]

Andrea Davis Pinkney has written several acclaimed books for middle grade readers, including the novelsBird in a Box, a Today ShowAl Roker Book Club pick,andWith the Might of Angels, a book in the Dear America series. She is also the author of the nonfiction bookLet It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters, a Coretta Scott King Author Honor winner. Andrea's many picture books includeSit In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down, aNew York Timesbest-seller and a Jane Addams Honor Book, which wasillustrated by her husband, Brian Pinkney. She and her family live in Brooklyn, New York.