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Here Comes the Band

with John Holyfield (Illustrator)

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Pub Date Sep 29 2026 | Archive Date Sep 29 2026

Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing | Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Children's Fiction

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From Ezra Jack Keats Award and Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Shadra Strickland comes a dazzling picture book about a young child who watches in awe as an HBCU band takes the field and works its magic.

The game is tied at seven.
A hush falls over the stands.
Get up and stand up, everybody!
Here comes the band!

Everyone has their favorite part of a football game, but at a historically Black college or university, halftime is game time when the band takes the field in this glorious celebration of the tradition and pageantry of an HBCU band.
From Ezra Jack Keats Award and Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Shadra Strickland comes a dazzling picture book about a young child who watches in awe as an HBCU band takes...
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ISBN 9781665965880
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 42

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