Author of SISTER FRIEND and ABDUL'S STORY Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow's ABDUL'SPOEM, about a boy who knows how to write stories, but poems are a new challenge; when he taps into his emotions, he realizes you don't have to be perfect to create art, illustrated by Tiffany Rose, to Celia Lee at Simon & Schuster Children's, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2027, by Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the author, and by Erzsi Deak at Hen&Ink for the illustrator (world).
