Jason Reynolds

Reynolds is an author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

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Peter Parker Showed Me What an Imperfect Hero Could Be

When I think of my childhood, I think of all the trappings of the late 1980s and early ’90s—beatable video games, quick-melting Popsicles, dares and double-dares and double-dog-dares. But what was just as present as...

By Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds On Illustrator Jerry Pinkney

Children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney, who died on Oct. 20 at the age of 81, was a cultural touchstone. Whether he was illustrating tales about Reverend Martin Luther King or Black cowboys, I don’t know...

By Jason Reynolds

YA Books Make Us Feel Safe to Be Who We Really Are

The first time I ever thought about what my house was made of was when I learned it could be blown down. By wolves—big, bad wolves. Sure, “The Three Little Pigs” was supposedly a fairy...

By Jason Reynolds
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